1. Paris Air Show 2005

2. Su-27

4. Mirage F1

6. Dassault Rafale

7. Mirage 4000

8. F-18F

9. C-17

10. DC-10 Air Tanker Conversion

11. DC-10 Tanker Water Drop

12. Antonov An-74

13. A318

14. 777-200LR

15. Lockheed Constellation

16. Hawker Hurricane

17. Big Birdstrike Yak-3 after encounter with a Falcon

18. The Falcon

19. Curtiss H-75

20. Dassault MD-312 Flammant

21. Zeppelin

22. Replica of the 14 bis (1 st French airplane)

23. Paris Air Show – A380 Star of this year’s Paris Air Show has got to be the Airbus 380. Up close it is an impressive plane. At times in flight it looks like it is moving too slowly. Also impressive is how quiet it is. As it flew by in approach configuration, most of the noise appeared to be aerodynamic noise from the airframe, not the engines. Our hangar is right alongside the taxiway and we were able to get up close and personal with the A380. Watch out for that Winglet!