By sheer luck, I was in Paris a few days at the same time that the Bourget Air Show. This also happened in 2005, and I went there for a day then.
This time, I went during professional days, which meant fewer crowds (good), but a much lesser airshow (not as great, but oh well):


the line to get in was thankfully fast as everyone was pre-paid
I then went to see expo halls:



chinese jet



cool aircraft using helium for lift and hydrogen for propulsion












NGF concept

VTOL aircraft:

quadplane (multirotor for takeoff and conversion to plane in flight)

another concept


Drones:

tethered drone with unlimited runtime

It was air and space:




A fair amount of planes outside too:










next generation fighter












I went back to see the old planes that are there all year:


747 2nd floor








So, there was a small airshow, I only watched part of it given limited time and that it was a bit weak. I heard it was better during the weekend when the general public was allowed. I somehow made a few wrong turns and ended up at the Airbus private viewing lounge:











And that was it for the Bourget expo. I didn't quite have the time to see everything in one day, but saw most of it, worth the visit given that I was already there :)