FRANCE: THE PRESTIGIOUS PARIS AIR SHOW OPENS AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF ECONOMIC RECESSION.

Record ID: 649085

  • Title: FRANCE: THE PRESTIGIOUS PARIS AIR SHOW OPENS AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF ECONOMIC RECESSION.
  • Date: 30th May 1975
  • Summary: 1. GROUND TO AIR YF16 in flight with spectators watching (3 shots) 0.21 2. SV PAN Military aircraft on display 0.32 3. CU AND MV Mirage F1E on display (2 shots) 0.45 4. CU AND MV Falcon 50 aircraft (2 shots) 0.56 5. MV CU Concorde (2 shots) 1.12 6. CU PAN Russian TU144 1.20 7. CU Tail plane of TU144 PAN ALONG aircraft 1.26 8. CU Arava Israeli aircraft 1.33 9. CU TRACK TO MV Fuji Japanese plane 1.44 10. CU AND MV American YF 16 1.54 11. CU Japanese MU2L 1.57 12. SV Mitsubishi aircraft 2.00 13. MV Light aircraft. PULL BACK TO SV 2.06 Initials CL/1825 CL/1845 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th June 1975 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA7R2KEJ0NC9W66O1S4IYOHGPOP
  • Story Text: The biggest air show in the world, the Paris Air Show, opened on Thursday (29 May) against a background of economic recession. For the first time in 20 years there was a drop in entries - more than fifty less than the previous show.

    The star attractions were the two arch rivals for the arms deal of the century - the French Mirage F-1 and the United States General Dynamics YF-16. Both are battling to land a 360-plane contract to replace the obsolete starfighters of four NATO countries - Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Norway.

    Another top attraction is the Soviet Tupolev Supersonic Airliner making its first appearance in the West since a prototype model crashed during the Paris Air Show two years ago. The TU-144 stood on the tarmac near its Franco-British rival, the Concorde, which goes into commercial service at the beginning of next year.

    Despite higher fuel prices and serious inflationary trends, the show still remains the world's largest with Defence Ministers and Service Chiefs probing for contracts worth millions to their aerospace industries.

    The number of countries taking part has declined by two to 19 but one new country - New Zealand - is showing. New Zealand is displaying its CT-4 trainer aircraft used by the Australian, New Zealand and Thailand Air Forces, as well as its FU 24 Fletcher agricultural sprayer aircraft.

    The show was opened by French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing. Visitors to the 31st air show included Israeli Defence Minister Shimon Peres and Egyptian Vice President, Air Marshall Hosni Mubarak."
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