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The Paris Air Show (''Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Paris-Le Bourget'') is the world's calendar-oldest air show. Established in 1909, it is currently held every odd year at Le Bourget Airport in north Paris, France. The 2015 Paris Air Show, from 15–21 June 2015, became the 51st. The format is similar to the Farnborough International Airshow in Britain and the ILA Berlin Air Show, which both next happen in 2016. The Paris event starts with four professional days closed to the general public, and then Friday, Saturday and Sunday the public, including children, are allowed in. The Paris Air Show is organised by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, the ''Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales'' GIFAS. According to Gifas, the 2011 Paris show attracted 151,500 professional visitors and 204,000 members of the general public, and 3,250 journalists from 80 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chiffres clés (salon 2011) )〕 It is a large commercial event, with a major purpose being to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers. It claims to be the most prestigious aircraft exposition in the world. Major aircraft sales contracts are announced by manufacturers during the show. All major international manufacturers, as well as representatives of the military forces of many countries, attend the Paris Air Show. It is a contrast to the Airventure event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. That event, the world's largest airshow, with attendance of over 500,000 and 12,000 airplanes, does not primarily focus on sales of military and commercial airliners. == History == The Paris Air Show traces its history back to the first decade of the 20th century. In 1908 a section of the Paris Motor Show was dedicated to aircraft.〔("The First Paris Aeronautical Salon" ) ''Flight'' January 2, 1909.〕 The following year, a dedicated air show was held at the Grand Palais〔("Paris Flight Show -First Impressions of an Artistic and Fascinating Display" ) ''Flight'' October 2, 1909〕 from 25 September to 17 October, during which 100,000 visitors turned out to see products and innovations from 380 exhibitors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Paris-air-show.com )〕 There were four further shows before the First World War. The show restarted in 1919, and from 1924 it was held every two years before being interrupted again by the Second World War. It restarted again in 1946 and since 1949, has been held in every odd year. The air show continued to be held at the Grand Palais, and from 1949 flying demonstrations were staged at Paris Orly Airport. In 1953, the show was relocated from the Grand Palais to Le Bourget. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the show emerged as a powerful international rival to the Farnborough Airshow. The 1971 show featured a full-scale mock-up of an Airbus A300 while the new DC-10 and Lockheed Tristar were present at the 1973 edition. Among major accidents, there were two crashes of Convair B-58 Hustler bombers, in 1961 (during aerobatics) and 1965 (during landing).〔E. F. Rybak, J. Gruszczyński: ''Convair B-58 Hustler. Cz.II'', in: Nowa Technika Wojskowa 3/1999, p. 38 (in Polish)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paris Air Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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