Thanks to the Spiegel article “The fighter, forgive any error,” I got to know about a very interesting event. It is an air show, which appears every year in Berlin. The name of the show is “ILA” or “International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences. This year the show begins on May 27 to June 1.
There are 1127 exhibitors from 37 different countries came to Germany at the air show this year. There are more than 300 aircrafts to visit. Some of them can be seen in flight. The largest exhibitor this year are India (Partner Country 2008), Russia and the United States.
As highlights of the exhibition is the new aircraft from Airbus – A380, as well as Antonov An-124 and Lookheed C-5 Galaxy. All three aircrafts are the largest flying machines in the world.
An exciting entertainment will give you the simulator of Eurofighter. Visitors of the exhibition will have an opportunity to participate in a virtual fight without to have worry for their own safety or have to complete a training as a pilot. But this does not mean, that you can control the simulator with a computer joystick or keyboard. The simulator has several buttons and switches, which are also can be found in a real Eurofighter.
The price for entrance for individuals is 17 and with a discount – 11 euros. I think the price is not very high. For example, if you compare it with the entrance to Landesgartenschau of Bingen (14 euros or 12 off) , which I visited last month. The Landesgartenschau of Bingen was also a very great disappointment for me. I would not recommend this to visit, especially for that price.
I can’t visit the exhibition this year because I will go to Portugal at this time. It would be a perfect opportunity for my to test my new ultra-zoom lens from Canon.