Governors plan Paris airshow trip

Political heavyweights from Mississippi and Alabama will be attending the Paris Air Show that begins Monday. Gov. Haley Barbour and Sen. Thad Cochran from Mississippi will be going, as will Gov. Bob Riley, Sen. Richard Shelby and Rep. Joe Bonner of Alabama. Barbour told the AP he and Riley will meet with officials from EADS, which with Northrop Grumman is competing against Boeing to build tankers for the Air Force. EADS wants to assemble the planes in Mobile, Ala. Representatives from the Gulf Coast aerospace region, which includes Mobile, also plan to attend the show and meet with prospects they hope to lure to the Gulf Coast region. (Source: Tcp, 06/12/09)