The Paris Air Show (french: Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget, Salon du Bourget) is a

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and air show held in odd years at

Paris–Le Bourget Airport Paris–Le Bourget Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget) is an airport located within portions of the communes of Le Bourget, Bonneuil-en-France, Dugny and Gonesse, north-northeast of Paris, France. Once Paris's principal ...

in north Paris, France. Organized by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, the ''Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales'' (

GIFAS The Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (abbreviated GIFAS) is the French Aerospace Industries Association created in 1908, featuring more than 260 members. The first name of the association was ''Association des Indu ...

), it is the largest air show and aerospace-industry exhibition event in the world, measured by number of exhibitors and size of exhibit space, followed by UK's Farnborough Air Show,

Dubai Air Show The Dubai Airshow ( ar, معرض دبي للطيران) is a biennial air show held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in ...

, and

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. First held in 1909, the Paris Air Show was held every odd year from 1949 to 2019, when the 53rd Air Show attracted 2,453 exhibitors from 49 countries and occupied more than 125,000 square meters. Organizers canceled the 2021 show due to the COVID pandemic and said it would resume in 2023. It is a large

, demonstrating military and civilian aircraft, and is attended by many

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s and the major

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s, often announcing major aircraft sales. It starts with four professional days and is then opened to the general public followed from Friday to Sunday. The format is similar to Farnborough and the

ILA Berlin Air Show The ILA Berlin Air Show (German: Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA)) combines a major trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries with a public airshow. It is held every even year at the new Berlin ExpoCenter Airp ...

, both staged in even years.

History

Salon de locomotion aerienne 1909 Grand Palais Paris

The Paris Air Show traces its history to 1908, when a section of the

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was dedicated to aircraft. The following year, a dedicated air show was held at the Grand Palais from 25 September to 17 October, during which 100,000 visitors turned out to see products and innovations from 380 exhibitors. There were four further shows before the

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The air show continued to be held at the Grand Palais, and from 1949 flying demonstrations were staged at Paris

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. In 1953, the show was relocated from the Grand Palais to Le Bourget. The show was drawing international notice in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, the show has emerged as the main international reference of the aeronautical sector.

1967

The 1967 air show was opened by French President

Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...

, who toured the exhibits and shook hands with two Soviet

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and two American

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. Prominently displayed by the

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was a three-stage

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, such as the one that had carried

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Tr ...

into space on April 12, 1961. The "extraordinarily powerful" Vostok was downplayed by American missile experts as "rather old and unsophisticated."Mooney, Richard E. "Soviet Competes with U.S. in Paris." ''New York Times''. May 26. 1967. 92. The American exhibit, the largest at the fair, featured the

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swing-wing fighter bomber, a replica of Charles Lindbergh's ''

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''. and the

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, a cargo plane capable of a vertical takeoff and landing. A full-size model of the supersonic

Concorde The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde () is a retired Franco-British supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). Studies started in 1954, and France an ...

was displayed by the French and British, auguring its successful first flight on March 2, 1969.

1969

"The largest plane in the world," the

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jet airliner, arrived on June 3, after flying non-stop from

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, Washington, and the Apollo 8 command module, charred by its re-entry, was there flanked by the

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astronauts, but the most-viewed exhibit was the supersonic

, which made its first flight over Paris as the show opened.

1971

The Soviet

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supersonic airliner was flown to

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for the 1971 show, drawing comparisons with the French

. Landing with the Concorde was the world's largest aircraft, the American Lockheed C-5A Galaxy.

1973

The crash of the Soviet Tu-144, see below, overshadowed the 1973 show, otherwise characterized by "There was nothing new", although the flying was memorable, and there were a great many exhibits.

1975

One hundred and eighty-two aircraft were scheduled for appearance. Despite restrictions that followed the TU-144 crash in 1973, a day of flying pleased viewers. In particular, the American YF-16 and the French Mirage F-1E competed in turn before a critical audience. Days later, Belgium became the fourth European nation to choose the YF-16 over the F-1E.

1977

Celebration of Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight to Le Bourget fifty years ago recalled that historic event.

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, Lindbergh's widow, attended the ceremony along with early trans-Atlantic pilots,

Maurice Bellonte Maurice Bellonte (Méru, Oise, 25 October 1896 – Paris, 14 January 1983) was a French aviator who set flight distance records. Associated with Dieudonné Costes, in 1930 he performed the first westbound crossing of the North Atlantic fr ...

and Armand Lotti. Recent extension of coastal limits to 200 nautical miles has produced new maritime-reconnaissance (MR) aircraft. The crash of a Fairchild A-10 tank-destroyer led to tightened rules on air show demonstrations.

1979

Two airliners, the

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and the

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, are competing for the international market, but neither will carry passengers before 1982. The Westland WG30 transport helicopter shows promise. "The Mirage 4000 remains a question mark" despite being "surely the main highlight this year at Le Bourget."

1981

Exhibiting at the show,

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, and

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/ Fokker vie for the 150-seat airline market, while Rolls-Royce/Japan, General Electric/Snecma (CFM), and Pratt & Whitney contest for their engines. The Northrop F-5G Tigershark mockup was on display and expected to fly in 1982 with delivery the following year. A novelty was Air Transat, a light aircraft trans-Atlantic race from

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, Connecticut and back, won by a twin engine Piper Navaho and a Beechcraft Bonanza.

1983

The American Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' was flown around Paris and towered over other exhibits, but "much more intriguing" were replicas of two twin-engined fighters, the British Aerospace ACA and French Dassault Breguet ACX. Sales of

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and

airliners to

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were welcome news during an ongoing recession.

1985

The Soviet

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military heavy lifter was the largest exhibit in 1985.

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engines stirred interest. Reflecting the upturn in the economy,

and

announced new contracts totaling as much as $1,700 million. The

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should be deployed in 1986.

1987

Newly introduced, in the rain, were the Soviet

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Helicopter, the Israeli Super Phantom, and the Harrier GR.5.

announced firm orders for both the

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and A340 airliners. Exhibiting at the show for the first time, the Chinese displayed, among others, the A-5C Attacker (Fantan) and FT-7. Richard Rutan and

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, who flew a Voyager non-stop around the world without refueling, were present, but their aircraft was not.

1989

The "38th Paris International Air and Space Show" or "1989 Paris Air Show", featured a variety of aerospace technology from

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and

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crashed during a demonstration flight with no loss of life. The then-Soviet space shuttle Buran and its carrier,

Antonov An-225 Mriya The Antonov An-225 Mriya ( uk, Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, lit=dream' or 'inspiration; NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was o ...

, was displayed at this show. A Sukhoi Su-27 made debut to western world, as well first publicly seen "Cobra" maneuver.

1991

Despite a

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display of the F-117A Stealth Fighter and other

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armaments, most American contractors stayed home, so Soviet aircraft drew attention, among them the Beriev Be-42 Mermaid (A-40 Albatros) amphibian, the MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor, and the

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short take-off/vertical landing (ASTOVL) supersonic fighter. When it receives its first customer order, Dassault plans to begin production of the

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, which is a "new machine compared to the basic Mirage 2000."

1993

The show attracted 1,611 exhibitors from 39 countries and nearly 300,000 visitors attended the show.

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featured the debut of the

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, and

will manufacture the 130-seat A319.

1995

The 41st Paris Air Show main attraction was the stealth

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bomber, along with the Tupolev Tu-160 and Sukhoi Su-34 bombers. The flying display included the

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tilt-rotor, the

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Super Transporter, the

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, the

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high-manoeuvrability fighter demonstrator, the McDonnell Douglas C-17 military transport, the Eurocopter EC135 civil helicopter, the Sukhoi Su-35 fighter, and the Daimler-Benz Aerospace

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-100, and for the first time on static the

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Saab Gripen The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (; English: ''griffin'') is a light single-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab AB. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stabilit ...

, Atlas Cheetah Mirage and

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1997

America Eagle announced purchase of forty-two

EMB-145 The Embraer ERJ family (for Embraer Regional Jet, model names EMB-135, EMB-140 and EMB-145) are regional jets designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. The family includes the ERJ135 (37 passengers), ERJ140 (44 passenger ...

regional jets from

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and twenty-five

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airliners from Bombardier. Spectators saw two Eurofighter Typhoon EF2000s flying together. A full-scale mock-up of the Bell Boeing 609 civil

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aircraft attracted attention. IAR Brasov featured a prototype Anti-Tank Optronic Search and Combat System (SOCAT) helicopter, an upgrade of the IAR-330 Puma.

1999

The 1999 show continued a trend away from displays of new aircraft toward announcements of new contracts. Although new entries such as the Fairchild 30-seat 328JET and the Boeing 100-seat 717-200 attracted interest, airlines ordered as many as 103 Embraer ERJ-135s and 145s in addition to a 4.9 billion-dollar order for ERJ-170s and ERJ-190-200s. In February, the Russian Il-103 received US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval, a breakthrough in certifying Russian aircraft for the American market. Subsequent certification for the Ilyushin Il-96T wide-bodied jet was displayed at the show.

2001

Boeing introduced scale models of their Sonic Cruiser which would reach speeds approaching Mach 0.98, together with a walk-through hologram. The

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, seating 555, offered size rather than speed, and was there on the tarmac. Crowds toured the restored Antonov An-225 Dream, the world's largest aircraft.

featured a model of the new Falcon FNX business jet that is projected to fly 10,500 kilometers at Mach 0.88. The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), which is undergoing

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testing, is a likely replacement for older American F-15E Strike Eagles and F-117 Nighthawks.

2003

The Concorde F-BTSD made its farewell landing at

on June 14, the opening day, and the Dassault's Mirage 2000 and

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put on a show overhead. Pilotless planes, such as the

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and General Atomics Predator drew attention. Boeing publicized the 7E7 Dreamliner.

2005

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cited the

and "nineteen remarkable first appearances," including Dassault's Falcon 7X and Gulfstream's G550 business jets, Embraer's EMB-195 regional jet, and the second prototype of Alenia Aermacchi's M-346 advanced jet trainer. CompositesWorld added the

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and the Dassault UCAV Neuron.

2007

The

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sold briskly, as did the

and A350 XWB. A mockup of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter was on display. The IAI

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is ready to enter production. The Spanish steer-by-leaning AN-1 AeroQuad flying platform from Aeris Naviter weighed only 100 kilograms.

2009

The 48th International Paris Air Show took place in 2009 and marked a hundred years of technological innovation in aeronautics and space conquest. The event was held from 15 to 21 June, at Le Bourget. A memorial service was held for the victims of

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2011

The 2011 show was the 49th presentation, and hosted over international exhibitors in 28 international pavilions. A total of 150 aircraft were on display, including the solar-electric aircraft

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. A demo A380 was damaged the day before the exhibition opened and needed a replacement;L'A380 volera tout de même au salon du Bourget ("A380 will still fly at Paris Air Show")
''La Tribune'', 20 juin 2011. while the new

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military transport aircraft had an engine failure, but could still perform some demonstration flights.

2013

Nothing really happened this year.

2015

The 2015 show, held from June 15 to June 21, 2015, saw the new

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and

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and received 351,584 visitors, 2,303 exhibitors over 122,500 square metres of exhibition space, 4,359 journalists from 72 countries and 130 billion euros in purchases and "cemented its position as the world's largest event dedicated to the aerospace industry". During the show, Airbus Helicopters announced a successor to the

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, called the

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2017

The 52nd Air Show was held from 19 to 25 June 2017, with 2,381 exhibitors from 48 countries, showing 140 aircraft including for the first time the

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Airbus A350-1000 The Airbus A350 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner developed and produced by Airbus. The first A350 design proposed by Airbus in 2004, in response to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, would have been a development of the A330 wi ...

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, Boeing 737 MAX 9,

Kawasaki P-1 The Kawasaki P-1 (previously P-X, XP-1) is a Japanese maritime patrol aircraft developed and manufactured by Kawasaki Aerospace Company. Unlike many maritime patrol aircraft, which are typically conversions of civilian designs, the P-1 is a pu ...

Mitsubishi MRJ90 The Mitsubishi SpaceJet (, originally named ''Mitsubishi Regional Jet'') is a regional jet developed by Japanese company Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC), a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) subsidiary. The airframe is made mainly in alum ...

and

Lockheed Martin F-35 The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide ele ...

. Inaugurated by French President Emmanuel Macron, it was visited by 290 official delegations from 98 countries and 7 international organizations, French Prime Minister

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, 3,450 journalists, 142,000 trade visitors and 180,000 general public visitors. Announcements for 934 commercial aircraft orders and purchasing commitments were worth a catalogue value of US$115 billion. There were 1,226 order and commitments : 352 firm orders, 699 letters of intent or memorandums of understanding, 40 options and 135 options letters of intent; plus 229 conversions of existing orders, mainly for the Boeing

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MAX variant launched at the show. There were mainly narrowbodies with 1,021 orders or commitments against 76 widebodies, 48

regional jet A regional jet (RJ) is a jet-powered regional airliner with fewer than 100 seats. The first one was the Sud-Aviation Caravelle in 1959, followed by the widespread Yakovlev Yak-40, Fokker F-28, and BAe 146. The 1990s saw the emergence of ...

s and 81

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airliners. With 766, mainly preliminary deals,

led

with 331, while

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had 64,

48 and

ATR Aircraft ATR (French: Avions de transport régional; Italian: Aerei da Trasporto Regionale; or "Regional Transport Airplanes" in English) is a Franco- Italian aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Blagnac, France, a suburb of Toulouse. It was form ...

17. Nearly half of those order and commitments was from

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s with 513, and where the operator was known, 43% came from Asia-Pacific, 27% from the middle east, 10% from Europe as from South America, 7% from Africa and 3% from North America.

2019

The 53rd Air Show was held from 17 to 23 June 2019 with 2,453 exhibitors from 49 countries over of exhibition space for 140 aircraft shown including the recently certified Airbus A330neo and

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, Bombardier Global 7500, Embraer Praetor 600 and soon to be certified

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; it saw 316,470 unique visitors (for more than 500,000 entries): 139,840 professional from 185 countries and 176,630 from the general Public plus 2,700 journalists from 87 countries and announcements for $140 billion worth of orders. The air show ended with 866 aircraft commitments totalling $60.9 billion (130 firm orders, 562 LoI/MoU, 119 options and 55 options on LoIs): 388 for

including 243 newly launched A321XLRs and 85 A220s, 232 for

including 200

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es for IAG, 145 for

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and 78 for

; 558 narrowbodies, 62 widebodies, 93 regional jets and 153 turboprops.

2021

Due to the

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, the June 2021 Paris Air Show was cancelled, the next edition is planned for June 2023.

Accidents

1961

Convair B-58 Hustler The Convair B-58 Hustler, designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, was the first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air ...

crashed while doing low-altitude

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. The aircraft reportedly flew into a cloud bank, where visual reference was lost, and crashed.

1965

Another Convair B-58 crashed while on final approach during an overweight landing. The aircraft touched down short of the runway, killing United States Air Force Lt. Colonel Charles D. Tubbs. Two other crewmen were injured.

1969

A Fairchild-Hiller FH-1100 helicopter crashed killing the pilot. Witnesses of the crash cite seeing "something wrong with the main rotor".

1973

At the Paris Air Show on June 3, 1973, the second

Tupolev Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...

production aircraft (

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SSSR-77102) crashed during its display. It stalled while attempting a rapid climb. Trying to pull out of the subsequent dive, the aircraft broke up and crashed, destroying 15 houses and killing all six on board and eight on the ground; a further sixty people received serious injuries. The cause of this accident remains controversial. Theories include: the Tu-144 climbed to avoid a French Mirage

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whose pilot was attempting to photograph it; that changes had been made by the ground engineering team to the auto-stabilisation circuits to allow the Tu-144 to outperform the

in the display circuit; and that the crew were attempting a manoeuvre and to outshine the Concorde.

1977

A-10 Thunderbolt II The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic ...

crashed killing the pilot.

1989

crashed during a demonstration flight with no loss of life.

1999

Sukhoi Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter ...

crashed during a demonstration flight with no loss of life.

References

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GIFAS, organisers of the Paris Air Show
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