100 Years of the Paris Air Show
Paris Air Show through the ages
- 1908 - First Paris Aero Salon - part of Automobile show
- 1909 - First stand alone Paris Aero Salon at Le Grand Palais
- 1910 - Paris Aero Salon
- 1919 - Show restarts after First World War
- 1927 - Charles Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget
- 1930 - 12th anniversary Paris Aero Show aircraft "lack original design"
- 1936 - 15th anniversary - Bristol Blenheim represents Britain
- 1949 - Flying demonstrations held at Orly
- 1953 - 20th anniversary - Show relocates from Grand Palais to Le Bourget
- 1953 - First flying displays
- 1957 - 22nd anniversary
- 1961 - Le Bourget Marathon flying display from morning to night
- 1961 - Salon Extraordinaire
- 1967 - Concorde mock-up
- 1969 - Diamond Jubilee anniversary
- 1969 - the Big Exhibit
- 1969 - Boeing 747 makes an appearance
- 1969 - Concorde flies in
- 1971 - Full scale mock up of A300
- 1971 - Paris - 29th anniversary
- 1973 - Paris - show review
- 1973 - European Airbus
- 1983 - Space shuttle Enterprise carried by Boeing 747 Transporter
- 1989 - Antonov 225 carries Space Shuttle Buran
- 1989 - Sukhoi Su-27 performs aerial display
- 1991 - F-117 makes appearance
- 1993 - Evidence of Russian- and Eastern European-built airframes sporting Western avionics and engines
- 1995 - Dash 8 stretch launched
- 1995 - Boeing launches 777
- 1995 - Northrop Grumman B-2 stealth bomber
Paris Air Show crashes
- 1961 - Convair B-58 Hustler crash
- 1961 - Letter to the editor about air show accidents
- 1965 - B-58 Hustler crash
- 1973 - Tupolev Tu-144 crash
- 1985 - Display dangers
- 1989 - MiG-29 crash
See our dedicated Paris Air Show channel soon to feature all the latest news, images, blogs and video from the show in June.
Take a look at our Paris Air Show gallery on AirSpace which has images from the show from as far back as 1909.
More anniversaries to come: Bleriot's cross channel flight and Apollo 11 Moon Landings
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