Le Bourget/Paris Air Show - English -- Zacharz on Line

The world's premier aerosapce event

June 18th - 24th, 2007

The Show in 2007:

This year the highlights will include the Airbus A380-800, the Dassault Mirage 2000 and Rafale (Air, B3 02 and M1), the Boeing F/A-18F, the Mikoyan MiG-29 (OVT) and many more.

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The Airbus A380 during the fluing display; june 2007 (picture by M. Zacharz )

The Show in 2005 - key figures:

128,019 sq.m. of covered floor space
192,000 sq.m. of static display area
1,926 exhibitors
238 aircrafts on display
206 delegations from 88 countries
480,000 visitors including 223,000 trade visitors

Airbus A380 (photograph by M. Zacharz )

The Show in 2003 - key figures:

1,728 exhibitors from 42 countries
237,358 visitors, including 94,159 trade visitors, from 149 countries
Over 3,422 journalists
202 aircarfts on display
106,201 net sq.m. of covered floor space
192,000 gross qs.m. of static display area

Pictures:

2001 Air Show (pictures by Christophe Zacharz)
2003 Air Show (pictures by Michel Zacharz)
2005 Air Show:
- Airbus A380
- Sukhoi Su-27SKM
- Old planes (pictures by Michel Zacharz)
- U.S. planes (pictures by Christophe & Michel Zacharz)
- French planes (pictures by Michel Zacharz)

The Boeing KC-767 Tanker:

This is the next generation military refueling aircraft developed from the Boeing 767-200.

So far Boeing received orders from the Italian Air Force and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force; the Pentagon has so far postponed its decision.

Length: 48.5m
Wingspan: 47.6m
Height: 15.8m
Maximum take-off weight: 186,880kg
Engines: two GE CF6-80C2 of 282kN thrust each
Maximum speed: mach 0.86
Range: 9,250km with in-flight refueling

Boeing KC-767 Tanker (picture by M. Zacharz)

The last Mirage IV in the French Air Force:

Entered in service in 1964, this Mirage IV has flown for 337,000 hours (photo by M. Zacharz)