Farnborough Aircraft Corporation Ltd is a British company headquartered at Farnborough, UK, the home of British aviation. The company is the developer of the Kestrel single engine turboprop business aircraft, a brand new aircraft design combining the speed and comfort of business jets with the impressive economics, short field performance and low noise footprint of a PT6-powered turboprop. The Kestrel is constructed with the best of today’s proven aircraft components combined with a lightweight and aerodynamically efficient carbon composite airframe. Using the latest in aerodynamic design techniques and composite structural materials, the Kestrel will be the fastest certified single-engine turboprop passenger aircraft.

The company benefits from a talented and experienced in-house design & manufacturing team with a heritage from Airbus, BAE Systems, Thales and the UK National Physical Laboratory. The prototype Kestrel aircraft made its maiden flight in July 2006 and continues through a rigourous flight test schedule. Part 23 Type Certification (to EASA and FAA standards) and first customer deliveries are planned for 2010