It's Formula One without the cash, but the F1 project is really starting to buzz

摘要

Richard Noble has assembled a team of engineers to create a new kind of light aircraft, the Farnborough F1, designed to open up a market for single-engined air taxis across the US and Europe. The project is gathering pace. Since the Farnborough Air Show, new engineers have joined the team, and funds are coming in from supporters - many of whom have discovered the project via its website - at the rate of around £120,000 a month. At the same time, attention is turning towards the manufacturing requirements of the new aircraft, to meet a global market that could be in the tens of thousands, and talks are planned with two major manufacturers: not of aircraft, but of cars.