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| Aero India 2007 The Sixth Edition of Aero India, the Biennial International Air-Show cum defence exhibition will be held at Air Force Station Yelahanka, Bangalore from Feb 07 - 11, 2007. The event is being organised by the Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Farnborough International Limited (FIL) for the first time. The significant feature of Aero India 2007 will be about 100 per cent increase in the participation by Indian firms. 148 Indian companies participated in the Aero India 2005 while this time 286 companies have confirmed their participation in Aero India 2007. Besides India, exhibitors from 40 countries including USA, Russia, Sweden, France, Israel, Italy, Germany, etc would be participating in Aero India 2007. More than 480 leading companies will showcase their aircraft and Aero Space products / equipment through air display, static display and exhibition attracting a large turnout of professionals and businessmen across the world. In addition to the exhibition, there will be daily flying demonstration featuring some of the most advanced and sophisticated aircraft, which include F-16, F-18 Hornet, C-130J, P-3 Orion, CH-47, C-17 from USA, Grippen from Sweden, MiG-29M (02) from Russia and Falcon from France. Various Indian Aviation products and aircraft such as Intermediate Jet Trainer (HAL), HAL Dornier, Advanced Light Helicopter and advanced version of Cheetah helicopters such as Chetan and Cheetal would also be on display. The other salient features of Aero India 2007 would include an exclusive Business Jet chalet area, expansion of scope to include civil aviation sector, International Aviation Seminar and Aero India Golf tournament. The Indian Air Force as part of its Platinum Jubilee Celebrations is organising an International Aerospace Power Seminar from Feb 04 -05, 2007 at Delhi, where more than 30 Air Chiefs from various countries including USA, UK, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Chile have confirmed their participation. After attending the seminar they will fly to Bangalore to attend Aero India 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Exhibition News :: home page |