Air show draws S. Fla. firms. (Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France)

PARIS, FRANCE - Representatives from Dallas-Fort Worth gave away gold lapel pins shaped like Texas while their Florida counterparts handed out orange juice to thousands of aviation industry buyers who came from around the world to witness the latest aviation technology.

In rented booth spaces at the just-completed nine-day Paris Air Show held in Le Bourget, France, these exhibitors joined multinational corporations, technology suppliers and national governments in trying to clinch a piece of the multi-billion dollar worldwide aviation business.

As the black batwing B2 bomber flew overhead and attendees gawked at the new Boeing 777 on display, several South Florida …