We rejoin Putin on his tour of the air show. He's sitting in the cockpit of a Sukhoi SuperJet 100 regional jet. Aircraft makers, of course, generally have both military and commercial divisions. At the Paris Air Show, the biggest dogfight had nothing to do with Top Gun-style machinery--it was all about how many deals, and for how much money, Boeing and Airbus scored for their respective passenger jets. (Advantage: Paris Air Show.)

















