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):
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![the line to get in was thankfully fast as everyone was pre-paid the line to get in was thankfully fast as everyone was pre-paid](/blogimg/01/thumb1024_101_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
the line to get in was thankfully fast as everyone was pre-paid
I then went to see expo halls:
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![chinese jet chinese jet](/blogimg/21/thumb1024_121_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
chinese jet
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![cool aircraft using helium for lift and hydrogen for propulsion cool aircraft using helium for lift and hydrogen for propulsion](/blogimg/48/thumb1024_148_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
cool aircraft using helium for lift and hydrogen for propulsion
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![NGF concept NGF concept](/blogimg/02/thumb1024_402_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
NGF concept
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VTOL aircraft:
![quadplane (multirotor for takeoff and conversion to plane in flight) quadplane (multirotor for takeoff and conversion to plane in flight)](/blogimg/77/thumb1024_177_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
quadplane (multirotor for takeoff and conversion to plane in flight)
![another concept another concept](/blogimg/51/thumb1024_251_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
another concept
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Drones:
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tethered drone with unlimited runtime
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It was air and space:
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A fair amount of planes outside too:
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![next generation fighter next generation fighter](/blogimg/40/thumb1024_240_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
next generation fighter
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I went back to see the old planes that are there all year:
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![747 2nd floor 747 2nd floor](/blogimg/05/thumb1024_305_20190620_Bourget.jpg)
747 2nd floor
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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:
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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 :)