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Back for this year's Farnborough air show, the free Flightglobal Air Show Guide mobile app is the perfect tool for visitors to the world's most important air shows, designed to help you get the most out of your visit.


The app features exhibitors and aircraft lists together with their location on the air show maps, the flying display schedules, essential local information, a personalised To-do list, and last but not least constantly updated news from the world-renowned and award-winning Flightglobal news team.

New in this version is the full Farnborough Air Show package, a personalized To-do list to help you organize your day at the show, allowing users to add individual exhibitor and aircraft to your own air show schedule.

And you can now share Flightglobal's comprehensive news coverage from air shows via the quick link to Facebook simply by tapping the Facebook icon displayed alongside individual news stories.

The iOS version for iPhone and iPad is live here ...

And the Android version will be live shortly over on the Android market.

As anticipation of the year's biggest aerospace event cranks up to fever pitch, we've quizzed our editors on what to look out for at the show in their particular areas of expertise.


Airlines - Graham Dunn, Managing Editor of Airline Business talks about Qatar, lessors and emissions.

Engines - Andrew Doyle, Head of Content spotlights the key engine competitions likely to come to a head.

Space - Dan Thisdell, Business Editor, picks out Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 as a must see exhibition.

Biz Av - Kate Sarsfield, Business and General Aviation Editor, describes how the biz av sector make use of the show.

Aerospace (widebodies) - David Kaminski-Morrow, Air Transport Editor, zones in on the 777-X and A350 as programmes to watch during the course of the week.

Defence - Craig Hoyle, Defence Editor, picks out Irkut's Yak-130 fighter/trainer and the MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor as potential aerial display highlights.

These videos are exclusively available to watch on Flightglobal's FG Club - launched specifically in time for the Farnborough air show.

The FG Club is FREE to join and includes loads of exclusive pre show material.

Sign up today ...

You may already be aware that Flightglobal has launched a new member-only area in advance of the Farnborough air show called the FG Club.

The FG Club has exclusive air show content for signed-up members to enhance your experience of the show including special reports and live streaming of the Farnborough flying displays.

But we're also giving anyone who signs up for the FG Club the chance to win one of three ultra cool aircraft models - a Typhoon, a 747-8F and an A380, kindly donated by Eurofighter, Boeing and Airbus.

Having just unpacked the 1:100 scale Airbus A380 model (for the purposes of photographing the beast before carefully packing it away again) I can tell you that these bad boys are well worth signing up for.

Now we're not short of models here in the Flightglobal head office but these three are causing a stir, even among our model-collecting veterans!

You can see details of the prize draw here ...

Best of luck for anyone who enters.

We've just launched an iPhone and iPad app for visitors attending this year's Dubai Air Show.

It's designed to help visitors get around the show, keep up to date with announcements and provide helpful show and local information.

The app is free and available from the iTunes store.

There are some really nice features in the app:

• Hall maps: The maps of the different halls allow users to tap on individual stands and chalets to bring up exhibitor details
  
• Static map: The static map will be updated as soon as the final static plan is released (likely to be a couple of days before the show starts). Tapping on individual aircraft will bring up details specific to that aircraft.
  
• Exhibitors listings: Fully searchable and features tap thrus to the exhibitor's chalet or stand position on the maps
  
• Flying times: We'll update the daily flying display schedule each morning of the show as we receive the final details
  
• Show news: All the latest stories will be piped into the app in full text with photos (where present)
  
• Local and show information: There's a bunch of useful information relating to taxis, show opening times, restaurant suggestions and nightlife
  

The app works offline (once you've installed it for the first time), but obviously to receive the latest news and flying display times, you'll need to restart the app when connected to wifi or 3G (with data roaming switched on).

Our iFlight interactive magazines were a centrepiece of our Paris Air Show coverage. Anchored by Mary Kirby, AKA Runway Girl, each told the big stories in punchy video presentations.

In Day 1's issue, FlightBlogger gave a guide to the Boeing 747-8i and Craig Hoyle briefed on the Eurofighter Typhoon's role in the Libyan conflict.

The Day 2 issue led on the Dassault Rafale's display and had Dominic Perry's take on the Eurocopter X3, plus a Solar Impulse piece from Kerry Reals, who authors our blog The Green Wing.

And Day 3 brought a Bombardier CRJ1000 cutaway and Ghim-Lay Yeo's tour of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet cabin, plus a Russian aircraft focus.

Also on offer across the issues were news round-ups, galleries, a NATO AGS cutaway and a spotter's quiz.

We also toured inside the Korean AIr A380, the aircraft that saved the day when it stepped in to perform aerial displays in place of the Airbus A380 flight test aircraft, MSN 004 which suffered a damaged wingtip following an incident in which it "touched a structure" during ground manoeuvres at the Le Bourget Airport.

You can still check out all the coverage from last week's Paris Air Show on our dedicated page including images, video, twitter, news and blogs.

BoeingAirplanes has been crowned the Paris Power Tweeter for this year's Paris Air Show.

The award recognises the most active, influential and engaged social media proponent from the show's exhibitors.



BoeingAirplanes posted a total of 94 tweets during the first four days of the show (19-22 June) and received an impressive 469 retweets of their Paris announcements.

It helped swell their followers by over 650 up to a total of 28,745.



The Award was calculated by measuring the number of tweets from each twitter account using the Paris Air Show hashtag #pas11, the number of retweets by the respective followers, and the growth in those following the account.

Twitter powerhouse and Flightglobal journalist Jon Ostrower said of Boeing's achievement: "The award is recognition for Boeing's commitment to bringing together those who bring aerospace to life and those who follow with passion and enthusiasm around the world."

Notable mentions in the Power Tweeter award go to Airbus - generated the highest percentage of retweets per tweet, GEAviation - who clocked up an impressive 177 #pas11 tweets, and CFM_Engines, who pulled in a massive 4,284 new followers mainly through their innovative sponsorship of the #pas11 hashtag.

This year's Paris Air Show has seen an unprecedented amount of social media activity, with many exhibitors embracing their customers through the new medium.

twitter profile	number of #pas11 tweets	number of retweets	growth in followers	Score
BoeingAirplanes	94	469	651	44737
Airbus	53	380	877	21017
GEAviation	177	113	204	20205
CFM_engines	63	39	4284	6741
Bombardier_Aero	70	70	92	4992
Boeing	48	95	360	4920
EADSatLeBourget	69	19	52	1363
raytheoncompany	33	17	77	638
snecma	72	1	2	74

Flightglobal has been monitoring the use of the #pas11 tag in the run up to the show and the statistics show over 15,000 tweets have covered the show since 6 June 2011.

Top tweeters over all (including the media and general public) are: OhMyJet (303 tweets), Flightglobal (223 tweets), jetcitystar (223 tweets), DailyAviation (190 tweets), and winglets747 (189 tweets)

*stats provided by Twitter.com, Twittercounter.com, and Twapperkeeper.com

See Paris your way by deciding on the content that you want to see from this year's air show.

Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page, filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza.

This free MyParis service allows you to:

• Create a personalised Paris web page that only you can access
• Decide the show coverage you want to see, including customised videos, social media, images and much more. 
• Configure the industry sector that most appeals to you or receive it all.

Creating your unique view is free, quick and easy. All you have to do is select the type of show coverage you want to see and we will create your unique page and send you your personalised link when the coverage starts.

You don't have long to wait. Sign up now and see Paris your way.

See all the thrilling action from this year's Paris air show streamed directly to you through Flightglobal. Filmed in glorious high-definition using FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE® HD sensor, we will make sure you're right in the thick of the action at the aviation event of the year.

Stay informed about the latest news and flying display information on our special flying page, so you can make sure you don't miss a thing from 12pm Monday 20th through Thursday 23rd at this year's show.

Highlights include:

• Experience the latest image technology in action - FLIR will capture full-spectrum, infra-red HD images via a FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE® HD sensor, transmitting in real time back to the Flightglobal Media Lounge at the heart of the show. 

• Get involved - 
You can interact live with show presenters through Twitter and Facebook - a great way to take part and to share your thoughts and views on the action
• Catch up - Visit our Paris page for highlights of the previous day's flying, plus full coverage of the stunning aerial displays. You can also revisit highlights from last year at Farnborough too.
  

To get you excited about this exclusive service, here's some highlights from last year's Farnborough air show:

See Paris your way with MyParis

Flightglobal is proud to offer you the exclusive opportunity to customise your very own Paris air show page , filling it with your favourite content from this year's extravaganza. Sign up now  and see Paris your way

Are you a social media player? Flightglobal are holding a tweet up to recognise the most influential and active social media players during this year's Paris Air Show (19-23 June 2011).

In an extension of the Flightglobal Aviation Web Awards (aka The Webbies) - which recognises digital innovation and excellence - Flightglobal will be presenting an award to the premier Paris Air Show Power Tweeter.

The Paris Power Tweeter Award will be presented to the Paris Air Show exhibitor who has been the most active, most influential and the most successful in engaging their audience on Twitter throughout the duration of the show.

The Flightglobal judges will be monitoring the number of tweets utilizing the #PAS11, the number of retweets and the growth in followers. We will be monitoring potential Paris Power Tweeters via suite of Twitter usage analysis tools, including:

• The Archivist ( http://archivist.visitmix.com)
• Summarizr ( http://summarizr.labs.eduserv.org.uk)
• Twitter Counter ( http://twittercounter.com)
  

Active social media visitors to the show are welcome to attend the Tweet Up to be part of the award ceremony, participate in Flightglobal Chalet hospitality during the daily flying display, and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Flightglobal/FLIR infrared live streaming while the team are on air.

Paris Power Tweeter details:

• Any exhibitors using the #PAS11 tag on twitter during the Paris Air Show are eligible for inclusion
• Attendance of The Paris Power Tweeter Tweet Up is open to all active social media show visitors
• Members of the media are not eligible to win the Paris Power Tweeter Award
• The Paris Power Tweeter Tweet Up will be at 3pm 23 June 2011 in the Flightglobal  Media Hub (Chalet D64)

The Paris Air Show is nearly here and to coincide with the fun that is to be had at the show, Flightglobal has devised a "create-your-own-unique-Paris-air-show" web page.

Using the MyParis service, you can elect to see Paris your way by deciding on the content that you want to see, filling it with your favourite content. Configure the industry sector that most appeals to you or receive it all. Sign up now.

Read RunwayGirl's blog post where she gives US Airways a ticking off for a number of crimes to passengers including poor IFE and inadequate seat pitch, for which "all the mood lighting in the world isn't going to make any better".

At 5ft 11", she admitted in an earlier post that she's tall for a woman, and you can see how uncomfortable she was from the picture she posted. 

She goes on to say that the airline is "asking for trouble, especially now that travellers are Facebooking and Tweeting every little thing they do/see/feel".

See a great image from BAE Systems of the 100th Eurofighter Typhoon which is the 35th to be delivered to the RAF and compare our coverage of the Grimsvotn ash cloud  to last year's eruption of Eyjafjallajökull to see what the industry has learned.

Have a browse in the Flightglobal Shop and let us know if there's anything that we currently don't stock that you'd like to see.

In the meantime, you can purchase the first Flightglobal forecast report, the Fleet Forecast, which provides an independent view of fleet development within the world's main regions to seat category and model level.

There's also the Flightglobal Image Store where you can buy a huge range of images as prints, including the newest gallery of iconic front cover images as well as cutaway posters.