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Special Aviation Events: The 43rd. Anniversary Paris Airshow '99 - Le Bourget, Paris France (LBG)

These photos were taken  on Friday June 18, 1999.  This is last day of the Profesionals and Media only Days.  The show started on Sunday June 13, 1999 and ends on Sunday June 20, 1999.  The last two days are Public Days.   The Airshow occurs every other year.

Enjoy the pictures that follow.  Here are photos of the Airbus A319 Corporate Jet,  B717, the Dornier D328, and the ERJ135.

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This is what you see as you approach the Main entrance

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The Main Entrance.  There is not much crowd as this is the last of the Professional Days

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This is entrance to one of main halls.   I waited about five minutes to get this photo.  There was always people around :-)

Side view
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Here is a view of The Airbus A300-600ST, The Super Transporter

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A side view of the Super Transporter

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A closer look at SST

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All the specs you need to know is right here

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Inside the belly of this gigantic airplane

Inside the belly of the whale
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Here is another view of the belly of the beast

The Mighty Left Engine
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Take a look at the mighty GE engine.   So much power

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Take a look at the tail closer

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An overhead shot of the static display area.  This photo was taken from the A300-600ST

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An Air France B747 flies overhead on its way to Charles De Gaulle

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Another view of the static area.   Notice the Ariane rocket

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The Mighty Cargo carrier Antonov was a crowd pleaser at the show.  Inside the airplane were pictures of various missions that the airplane hd flown

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Here is the tail and two of the four powerful engines

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The Embraer 135 and the 145 in the background do a fly by at the show.  The ERJ145 is shown below, while ERJ135 photos are here

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The ERJ145 landing after its demo flight with the 135

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A closer look while landing

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