Paris Air Show stories:
Boeing Readies 787 Dreamliner For Penultimate Test >BA
Jun 16th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Boeing Co.'s (BA) 787 Dreamliner is on track for a final flight-readiness test this weekend and will undertake its maiden voyage before the end of June, said Pat Shanahan...
Air Asia orders 10 Airbus A350 jets at Paris Air Show
Jun 16th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
LE BOURGET, France (AP) - European planemaker Airbus says low-cost airline Air Asia has ordered 10 A350-900 jets and placed options for five more. The order boosts Airbus SA's tally in its race with rival Boeing Co...
AIRSHOW-Airbus sticks to order target after Vietnam deal
Jun 16th, 2009 - Reuters
PARIS, June 16 (Reuters) - Airbus (EAD.PA) is sticking to atarget for 300 gross aircraft orders this year after it won adeal worth around $1.9 billion from Vietnam Airlines...
Boeing Deepens Reliance on 777 to Beat Airbus on Jets, Tankers
Jun 15th, 2009 - Bloomberg
June 16 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. surprised the crowd atthe Paris Air Show with the new plane it says can outdo the nextAirbus SAS jet and win back a $35 billion military tanker deal:the 14-year-old 777. The Chicago-based manufacturer...
Boeing receives no orders at Paris Air Show
Jun 15th, 2009 - MSNBC
LE BOURGET, France - Boeing didn’t score a single jet order and its competitor Airbus didn’t fare that much better on Monday’s opening day of the Paris Air Show...
Paris Air Show videos from YouTube:
3:36Paris Air Show - Flying display 2009
Just a few of the highlights of the Paris Air Show. Tigre helicopter aerobatics, Sukhoi Superjet 100, Airbus A300, A340, A380 fly-bys.
2:36Paris Air Show - Sukhoi Superjet 100 debut
A few scenes of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100, the first airliner by the Sukhoi company.
5:24Paris Air Show Video
NASA Produced Video For The Paris Air Show On NASA Aeronautics.
2:24Mig-29 crash at Paris Air Show Le Bourget 1989
On the opening day (8th June 1989) Mikoyan test pilot Anatoliy Kvochur was making a demonstration flight in the single-seater Mig-29 '303' Blue. During the high-alpha/low-speed pass at 160m ...
Paris Air Show from WikiPedia:
Paris Air Show 2007 - first day
The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display and the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin (ILA).
The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry's body the Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS) whose main purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers. It is one of the most prestigious in the world; traditionally, some major sales contracts are announced during the show as part of the corporate communication of the manufacturers. All major international manufacturers, as well as the military forces of several countries, attend the Paris Air Show.
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