<p><br /> The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has touched down on British soil, tipping its wings to the crowd and building buzz at the Farnborough International Airshow, the industry's premier event.<br /> </p><p><br /> It was the plane's first international test flight and it landed in the UK direct from Seattle.<br /> </p><p><br /> The arrival of the blue-and-white 787, which claims to be "greener" than its rivals, underlines hopes that the two-year downturn in the aviation and defence industry is nearing a bottom.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Dreamliner has been beset by delays.<br /> </p><p><br /> But the President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Jim Albaugh, said people would soon forget the delays, as the plane would be around for the next fifty years.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Dreamliner was parked up in front of its big rival, the Airbus A380.<br /> </p>
