Air Shows & Trade Shows have been around since before the First World War, when individual pilots and small groups of enthusiasts used to gather to demonstrate aircraft, promote aviation and entertain the crowds. Nowadays major events are held throughout the world. An Air show includes aircraft demonstration flights or aerobatics and a trade show involves a number of companies that gather in one space (such as an aircraft hangar), to promote their products and services from their trade show booths. The larger air shows include the Le Bourget Show, Farnborough Air Show, the Dubai Air Show and the Singapore Air Show. The largest military air show in the world is the Royal International Air Tattoo, which is held annually at RAF Fairford, in the UK. The largest fly-in air and trade show is the EAA Air Venture, which is commonly referred to as “Oshkosh”. The larger aviation trade shows include EBACE (European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition) which takes place each year in Geneva, NBAA (National Business Aviation Association) which takes place each year and rotates between Orlando Florida and Las Vegas Nevada and Aero Friedrichshafen, which takes place each year in Friedrichshafen, southern Germany. Other popular aviation trade shows include AeroExpo UK, Private Flyer London and the HeliTech Expo, in London. Buy your Air Show & Trade Show Tickets by browsing the AvPay Air Show & Trade Show Directory. At air shows you can expect to see a variety of gyrocopters, paragliders, ultralight aircraft, piston helicopters, turbine helicopters, turboprop aircraft, jet aircraft, single engine piston aircraft, light sport aircraft, microlights, experimental aircraft, multi engine piston aircraft, military jet aircraft and military piston aircraft.