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From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III)
Newsgroups: sci.space,rec.aviation
Subject: CNN Report On Paris Airshow
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Date: 15 Jun 91 01:52:02 GMT
Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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CNN Headline News had a blurb on the Paris Airshow tonight.
I thought I would pass on what I caught of the report.

US military aircraft are on display complete with US troops.
Planes shown on the video include the F-117A 'Stealth Bomber',
F-14 Tomcat, A-10 Warthog (complete with kill stats painted on
the nose), F-15 Eagle, and the AH-64 attack chopper.  (It seems
that every black plane is a 'stealth bomber' to the media these
days.)

The Soviets unvail the Mig-31.  The Mig is on static display
and will fly at some point during the show.  It looks like
an Eagle (twin tails) and is painted white with blue stripes.
What more can one say after having a 4 second glimpse?

Airbus has an extensive commercial jetliner display.

Hermes mock-up on display.  Mir mock-up.  CNN also filmed some
type of multi-nation (non-US) space hardware that I did not catch--it
looked like a space station and I think they called it the Columbus.
Anyone know what I might have seen?

An Ariane (sp?) rocket is on display.  It is set up in a vertical
position.  Looks real cool.

An unnamed new French delta-wing fighter was shown flying across
the show line upside-down.  It looked similar to a Mirage 2000 to me.

-john-

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