Paris Air Show 2013

Parrot has announced a new peripheral for its AR.Drone 2.0, a black box-style Flight Recorder with 4 GB of Flash storage to record GPS and flight data, as well as locally save about 2 hours of HD footage recorded on the drone's onboard camera.

There was a surprise appearance at the Paris Air Show on Friday as the first prototype Airbus A350 XWB airliner did a flypast of the crowds at Le Bourget Airport

Gizmag's takes a look at the highlights from the 2013 Paris Air Show, both on the ground and in the air.

A European effort is getting underway to develop a new twin prop, 6-passenger electric plane called the Elektro E6.

EADS has once again taken to the Paris Air Show to present a vision of commercial aviation in 2050, in the form of the eConcept airplane powered with its E-Thrust hybrid electric system.

Certainly one of the more intriguing things on display at this year's Paris Air Show, the Sherpa by Belgian startup Sagita aims to make the helicopter simpler, more efficient, more reliable and more affordable.

The Paris Air Show this week hosted the first foreign demonstration of the Russian supermaneuverable multirole fighter the Sukhoi Su-35.