In pictures: Aerial manoeuvres, high-tech machinery dazzle at 52nd Paris Air show
President Macron landed at the Bourget airfield in a military transport plane to launch the 52nd Paris Air Show.
Plane giants are preparing to squeeze the last drop out of a once raging torrent of airplane orders without the razzmatazz of recent years, as the aerospace industry heads to a belt-tightening Paris Airshow looking for new sources of revenue.
Organised by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body ─ the Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (GIFAS) ─ the airshow 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.
France's President Emmanuel Macron landed Monday at the Bourget airfield in an Airbus A400-M military transport plane to launch the 52nd Paris Air Show.
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Jun 19, 2017 10:28pm
Hope to see Pakistani aircraft's in the air show!
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Jun 19, 2017 11:00pm
India is having most of these planes.
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Jun 20, 2017 01:23am
@SATT its not the machine its man behind the machine do they have men :)
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Jun 20, 2017 02:02am
@SATT ,because they are unable to make it them selves!
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Jun 20, 2017 02:44am
@SATT, well, how does it feel being over-optimist and jingoist?
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Jun 20, 2017 03:35am
@SATT good for india but bad for starving indians. they need food and health services
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Jun 20, 2017 03:57am
@SATT Have at it, you guys end up crashing half your planes anyway! ;)
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Jun 20, 2017 04:14am
@SATT Indian pilots are not technical savvy to operate these planes but crashing them one by one!
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Jun 20, 2017 04:38am
@SATT
Mubarak to India for having most of these planes!
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Jun 20, 2017 05:23am
where is J18
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Jun 20, 2017 05:36am
Great flying machines
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Jun 20, 2017 06:14am
@SATT I am sure all of them are just paper weights
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Jun 20, 2017 07:24am
Rafale is the Most Expensive Fighter Plane in the World.
India is 200 of these with 50 Already Delivered.
Further Future Rafales will be Manufactured in India.
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Jun 20, 2017 08:19am
@PAK-OZ you never know what all programs are there for the underprivileged in India!. India is not a country to leave its people hungry and buy hitech military hardware. Starting from free school meals to free heart surgeries are there for the poor of the country. So stop worrying about India's poor and concentrate inward!
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Jun 20, 2017 08:29am
India can buy most of these machines but to use them you need real men, " Air men " we have plenty of those here in Pakistan.
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Jun 20, 2017 09:31am
Lets focus on building most of the likes to stand besides these Tech giants.
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Jun 20, 2017 12:26pm
Its time that we showed maturity and worked towards a better tomorrow for both India/Pak. Enough interested parties are there trying best to get us fighting. Pakistan has its own strengths, so do Indians. Its a wonderful coverage of Paris air show. Hope to see some smart aircraft carrying the green or the tricolour in short future. Good show Dawn.
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Jun 20, 2017 01:45pm
@a khan And hope you remember how they perform in the past
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Jun 20, 2017 01:49pm
@PAK-OZ look inwards my friends whatever india buys is just 2% of iuts GDP while you spend around 4%
You can enjoy your fantasy world of being a developed country but world knows what your are in reality. And also doctors of those starving country help treat your patient at a cheap cost.
Hope you get it if dawn post this
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Jun 20, 2017 02:53pm
@a khan Man or person behind the machine.
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Jun 20, 2017 04:40pm
@Monk And Indian farmars are commmiting suicide..
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Jun 21, 2017 01:54pm
@PAK-OZ interesting comment coming from the citizen of a country which is at the bottom in proverty index and spends more as a % than all neighbouring countries on weapons. Also does not have even capable medical facility that anything beyond an infection, have to travel to neighbouring countries for treatment.
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Jun 22, 2017 11:11am
Nice pics
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Jun 22, 2017 02:45pm
@Nishant Sharma you obviously have never been to pakistan.
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