7,500 students visit Farnborough Futures Day

Posted on 16 Jul 2012 by Chris Flynn

Over 7000 students aged 11-21 years from over 200 UK schools and universities attended the Farnborough International Airshow on Friday July 13 for Futures Day, a day intended “to inspire young minds towards careers in aerospace, defence, security and space".

Futures Day was first held at the Airshow in 2008 and has more than doubled its attendance each show.
Presenter Jem Standsfield and astronaut Tim Peake opened Futures Day
The day was opened by Jem Stansfield, presenter of BBC’s Bang goes the Theory, astronaut Tim Peake, Allan Cook, chairman of SELEX Galileo,…

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