May: Month of the 2012 Aviation Show in Ansan
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Ansan City’s aviation festival, whose Korean name has been altered, will be held from May 3 to 8 this year.
The programs have been expanded to include camping, outdoor exhibitions, and more.
The Korean name of Ansan City’s aviation festival, the largest of its kind in Korea, has been changed from ‘Gyeonggi International Air Show’ to ‘Gyeonggi Ansan Air Show.’ This year it will be held for six days from May 3 to 8.
Gyeonggi Province and Ansan City announced on February 6 that they were preparing new contents to foster leisure aviation and light aviation industry through the 2012 aviation show so as to reflect increasing public interest in leisure sports and the industry and their consequent status as growth industries in Korea.
This year, in addition to world-class aerobatic performances and diverse education and experience activities, the aviation festival will offer a greater variety of programs including outdoor exhibitions, camping, motor sports, and a paper plane contest.
Furthermore, there will be travel packages which link the aviation show and the ecological and cultural resources of the area. Naturally, there will be an aviation experience package as well as an air tour of the west coast of the country.
Last’s year aviation show, which opened on May 5, attracted 430,000 visitors and saw a total of 280,000 people participate in various experience programs. The show consolidated its position as the largest participatory-type general aviation exhibition in Asia.
In particular, the show offered 500 visitors a chance to fly in light airplanes, making the transition from a standard aviation show to ‘an aviation show with a flying experience.’
The show was also praised for its contribution to the development of the local aviation industry, particularly through the aviation exhibition, in which some 158 companies participated including Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Korean Air.
An official involved in the festival said, “We are sure that this year’s aviation festival will present visitors with the best aviation experience ever. We expect that family visitorsin particular will have lots of fun as there will be a great variety of things to see and do at the festival.”
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