Photo Gallery: 6 Awesome Aircraft from the 2013 Paris Air Show

Kelsey D. Atherton

Wednesday, July 03, 2013 at 06:13 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The 50th Paris Air Show in 2013 focused on the future of aviation amid a lingering financial malaise and high jet fuel prices.
Key innovations highlighted included electric and hybrid-electric planes, carbon-graphite construction, and unmanned or optionally-manned aircraft.
These advancements aimed to create lighter, stronger, and more sustainable planes to address high fuel costs, with the absence of American military jets also noted.

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Our friends over at _PopSci _recently took a visual look at their top 6 favorite aircraft from the 2013 Paris Air Show. And here’s what they had to say about some of the innovative aircraft that came out for the show.

The future of aviation was on display at the 50th Paris Air Show, a biennial exposition of aircraft that has happened every other year since 1909, with exceptions made during WWI and WWII. Representatives of governments and manufacturers from around the world gather to talk shop and show off their wares, technological accomplishments, and military prowess.