Just got back from the show. AF Concorde on display. Air display was mediocre+ and an almost identical repeat of Farnborough last year. A340-600 gave it's usual impressive display but one of the best was the Breitling Sukhoi demonstrating what an airborne/in-flight aircraft looks like from the outside when it's ASI reads zero! Usual noisy routines by Rafale, Typhoon and Saab whotsit.
No US military hardware was flying and I only saw two unmanned US mil types on static display, the Global Hawk and a helicopter. Still convinced the Global Hawk has two operators inside the bulbous bit! Boeing were there with a static 777 and a BBJ.
Traffic to and from the show was horrendous and unless you were some diplomatic/military bigwig with a police outrider forcing all the peons off the road so you and your delegation could at least make the short journey at anything more than a snails pace you were left swealtering in the queues. Allow at least 90 mins to get from central Paris to the show and the same to get back.
Thankfully, as far as I was concerned, Flight International were exceptionally hospitable as usual. The Flight International Aerospace Industry Awards later yesterday evening made the whole trip worthwhile and some very lucky people/companies picked up their gongs at a very well attended bash in Central Paris.
Read all about it in far more detail in Flight International!