Paris Air Show

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The Paris Air Show in 2007

The Paris Air Show or Aérosalon in Paris ( French Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace , English Paris Air Show ) is an international air show at the Le Bourget airport in Paris . The fair with numerous exhibits takes place every two years (every year with odd numbers since 1949) in June, always alternating with the Farnborough International Airshow and the Berlin International Air and Space Exhibition . The 53rd Salon du Bourget will take place in Le Bourget from June 21-27, 2021 .

The Paris Air Show is a commercial event organized by the Groupement des industries françaises aeronautiques et spatiales (GIFAS). It is one of the most important aviation trade shows in the world. During the fair, large-scale purchases, orders and pre-orders are often closed between aircraft operators, airlines and manufacturers.

history

Salon de la locomotion aérienne , 1909, Grand Palais, Paris

The history of the Paris Air Show goes back to the first decade of the 20th century:

In 1908 an aviation exhibition took place as part of the Paris Motor Show , which has been held regularly since 1898 . From these beginnings, the first independent Paris Air Show developed, which was first opened on September 25, 1909 as the "Exposition Internationale de la Locomotion Aérienne". The organizer was the “Chambre Syndicale des Industries Aéronautiques”.

During the First World War, the aerosalon was suspended from 1914 to 1918. The event was held annually until 1924, from that year a two-year rhythm was introduced at the 9th Salon, which is still maintained today. In 1938 the "Union Syndicale des Industries Aéronautiques" took over the role of organizer. The air show was interrupted again from 1939 to 1945 due to the Second World War.

Until 1949 the fair took place in the Grand Palais . At the 18th Salon in 1949, an air show was held at Orly Airport for the first time during the fair ; As a result, the date was postponed to spring, a change that also continues to this day. Le Bourget Airport has served as a venue since the 20th Salon in 1953 . From 1959 the exhibition was supplemented by a space section; since the 26th Salon in 1963, the event has had its current name.

Accidents

  • 1961, June 3: A US Air Force Convair B-58 A (registration number 59-2451 ) crashed from a low altitude during a flight demonstration under the command of USAF pilot Elmar Murphy. All three crew members were killed.
  • 1965, June 15: A B-58A ( 59-2443 ) touched down on the landing approach in front of the runway, brushed against a mast of the instrument landing system and caught fire. Due to the imminent flight demonstrations, the USAF pilot Charles D. Tubbs had decided on an overload landing without a quick discharge of fuel and missed the runway in an approach that was too short. Tubbs was killed, the other two crew members survived and injured.
  • 1967, June 4th: Didier Duthoit, deputy commander of the Patrouille de France aerobatic team , was killed when his Fouga CM.170 Magister got out of control.
  • 1973, June 3: The first series aircraft ( CCCP-77102 ) of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144S dismantled during its flight demonstration under the command of Mikhail Kozlov after an unexpected dive and fell on fire on the Paris suburb of Goussainville . All six inmates and eight people on the ground were killed.
  • 1977, June 3: On the opening day of the Aérosalon, a Fairchild-Republic A-10A ( 75-0294 , s / n 43) crashed due to the last of a series of three loops that were flown too low. Fairchild's chief test pilot Howard W. Nelson died a little later in the rescue helicopter during the flight to the hospital.
  • 1989, June 8th: A Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29A ( blue 10, s / n 2960522971 ) piloted by test pilot Anatoli Kwotschur crashed during a demonstration after it failed in a slow flyby at a low altitude with a large angle of attack Engine suffered by a bird strike. The pilot managed to steer the machine away from the spectators, then he saved himself from an extreme flight position and at low altitude with the ejector seat K-36D.
  • 1999, June 12th: A Russian Sukhoi Su-30MKI ( Blaue 01 , s / n 96310104003 ) hit the ground after a downward spiral that was too late. Despite the tailstrike , the machine climbed with the right engine burning until it completely failed. When the climb ended at a height of around 50 m with a high angle of attack, the Sukhoi test pilot Vyacheslav Avrinov released the K-36D-3.5 ejection seats for himself and his co-pilot. Both pilots were uninjured. The machine fell a short distance to the ground and burned out completely.

Web links

Commons : Paris Air Show  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Stache: The Paris Aerosalon yesterday and today. In: Flieger Jahrbuch 1981, transpress Berlin, pp. 93–97.
  2. ^ Accident Convair B-58A Hustler 59-2451, 03 Jun 1961. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59733. In: Aviation Safety Network WikiBase . April 30, 2009, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Accident Convair B-58A Hustler 59-2443, Jun 15, 1965. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154902. In: Aviation Safety Network WikiBase . April 9, 2013, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Accident Fouga Magister CM170 488, 4 June 1967. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178,290th In: Aviation Safety Network WikiBase . August 4, 2015, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  5. ^ Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-144S CCCP-77102 Goussainville. In: Aviation Safety Network . August 4, 2015, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ George Vecsey: Plot Killed in Crash of US Plane At Opening Day Of Paris Air Show. New York Times , June 4, 1977, accessed October 10, 2019 .
  7. ^ Accident Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II 75-0294, 03 Jun 1977. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56117. In: Aviation Safety Network WikiBase . September 15, 2010, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  8. ^ Accident Bird strike Incident MiG-29A 10 Blu, Jun 8, 1989. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46137. In: Aviation Safety Network WikiBase . June 3, 2018, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Stamford, Lincs., UK: Air Forces Monthly, Alan Dawes, " That Crash - at Le Bourget ", August 1999, Number 137, pages 50-53.
  10. ^ Incident Sukhoi Su-30MKI 01Blue, Jun 12, 1999. ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46140. In: Aviation Safety Network WikiBase . June 3, 2018, accessed November 1, 2019 .