As I write this, spring is springing - if not yet actually sprung - and eight weeks from now will see the opening of the 54th Salon de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace at Le Bourget. There's no better place to see and appreciate the latest aircraft types from the world's manufacturers. I've been visiting the Salon since 1967; not regularly every two years, but nevertheless fairly frequently, especially while I was living in France in the '80s. During that time, I've seen aircraft that clearly had a great future ahead of them, some that might or might not achieve sales success, and others that never seemed even to have a chance of making it past the prototype stage.
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