Class: | Specialized |
Year: | 1938 |
Second International Aeronautical Exhibition | |
Building: | Malmi Airterminal |
Area: | 15.2ha |
Visitors: | 15,000,000 |
Cnt: | 25 |
Country: | Finland |
City: | Helsinki |
Venue: | Helsinki-Malmi Airport |
Coord: | 60.2539°N 25.0442°W |
Prevexpo: | ILIS 1936 |
Prevcity: | Stockholm |
Nextexpo: | Exposition internationale de l'eau (1939) |
Nextcity: | Liège |
Suppl: | Universal Expositions |
Prevsuppl: | Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne |
Prevsupcity: | Paris |
Nextsuppl: | 1939 New York World's Fair |
Nextsupcity: | New York City |
The Second International Aeronautic Exhibition, (full name Second International Aeronautical Exhibition in the league Air Defence of Finland SILI) was held in Helsinki in 1938.[1] It ran from 14 May to 22 May 1938.
It was a special exhibition recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) which attracted 25 participating countries including Czechoslovakia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, and Sweden; and 15 million visitors and took place in Helsinki's exhibition hall.[2] The commissioners were Alexander Frey, Erik von Frenckell and Mauri Honkajuuri director of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki. Visitors included the racing driver S. P. J. Keinänen and the prime minister Aimo Cajander[3]
Aircraft on display included Morane-Saulnier Type L, Fokker C.X, VL Tuisku and VL Viima.