The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is the world's oldest and largest air show. Established in 1909, it is held biennially, alternating with both the Farnborough International Exhibition and Flying Display and the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin (ILA).This year was presented to the solar plane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. In addition to the European Commission, the Solar Impulse project is supported among others by: Solvay Omega Deutsche Bank, Bayer Material Science, Altran, the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Dassault-Aviation