In 90 years of Paris Air Shows, virtually the entire history of aviation and space has been on display. From its austere beginnings in 1908 where show attendees gaped and gasped upon their first close - up look at an airplane, to today's multi-billion dollar display of hardware and commerce, there hasn't been a better place to see the newest, best, and somethimes the oddest air planes in the world. More than 2 700 different types and versions of airpliners, military aircraft, genenral aviation planes, and helicopters have been on display there-from the extraordinary Antonov 225 to the diminutive Zlin N.3 Bonzo.