French President Macron Visits Paris Air Show With US Delegates

By Colin Fredericson
June 19, 2017 Last Updated: June 19, 2017
French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndL) talks with Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (C) as Serge Dassault (2ndR), Chairman and CEO of Dassault Group, during a visit at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France on June 19, 2017. (REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool)

Emmanuel Macron paid a visit to the Paris Air Show. There he encountered a U.S. delegation led by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

Macron walked between huge, widebody passenger jets by Boeing and Airbus and speedy, stealth military F-35 jets.

Later in the show he also met French astronaut Thomas Pesquet at a European Space Agency display. Pesquet recently returned from the International Space Station.

French President Emmanuel Macron sits in the cockpit of an Airbus A400M turboprop transport plane before taking off from Villacoublay military airbase near Paris, France, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool
French President Emmanuel Macron sits in the cockpit of an Airbus A400M turboprop transport plane before taking off from Villacoublay military airbase near Paris, France, June 19, 2017. (REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool)

French President Emmanuel Macron sits in the cockpit of an Airbus A400M turboprop transport plane before taking off from Villacoublay military airbase near Paris, France, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool
French President Emmanuel Macron sits in the cockpit of an Airbus A400M turboprop transport plane before taking off from Villacoublay military airbase near Paris, France, June 19, 2017. ()REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool)

French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndR), French defense minister Sylvie Goulard (2ndL), Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (R) and French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Luc Le Drian watch demonstration flights as part of the inauguration of the 52nd Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, June 19, 2017. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool
French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndR), French defense minister Sylvie Goulard (2ndL), Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier (R) and French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Luc Le Drian watch demonstration flights as part of the inauguration of the 52nd Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, June 19, 2017. (REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool)