Aircraft
Show Has Plenty of Star Quality, but Some Absentees
Debut appearances include the Bombardier CSeries, Dassault Falcon 8X and Textron AirLand Scorpion.
The high-performance hometown hero, Dassault’s Falcon 8X business jet, is making its debut in the aerial displays here at the Paris Air Show. (Photo: David McIntosh)
The high-performance hometown hero, Dassault’s Falcon 8X business jet, is making its debut in the aerial displays here at the Paris Air Show. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Visitors streaming into the 51st Paris Air Show this morning will find plentiful novelty and variety from the more-than 2,200 exhibitors who have flocked to the French capital from around 45 different countries. In addition to the eagerly-anticipated world premier of Bombardier’s CSeries airliners, other Le Bourget debutantes this week include the Dassault Falcon 8X business jet, Textron AirLand Scorpion jet trainer, Cessna Grand Caravan EX special missions demonstrator and new version of Airbus’s E-Fan electric aircraft.