Second International Aeronautic Exhibition Explained

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.

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  1. Web site: INTERNATIONAL EXPOs . 2014-01-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326194118/http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/expos/introduction-to-expos/international-expos . 26 March 2014 .
  2. Web site: HELSINKI 1938. French. 24 August 2012.
  3. Web site: SILI II -ilmailunäyttely 1938. 28 August 2012. Finnish.