john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) (06/15/91)
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- -- ============================================================================= John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications, Ltd. ...uunet!tcnet!newave!john