Air Shows ( Part 2 )

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Visitors watch the Russian airobatic group 'Rus' on L-39 training jets performing at the Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2013, in the city of Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 30. (Sergei Chirikov/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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Latvia's Baltic Bees aerobatic team performs on L-39C Albatross airplanes during Bucharest International Air Show at Baneasa airport on July 27. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters) #

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The Baltic Bees aerobatic team performs on L-39C Albatross airplanes perform during the show. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters) #

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A ground controller is seen next of a Rolls Royce engine of a British Airways Airbus A380 during the first day of the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, on June 17. (Francois Mori/Associated Press) #

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Jurgis Kairys, a Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer, performs a freestyle aerobatic maneuver with his modified Sukhoi SU 31, at the Bucharest International Air Show 2013, at Baneasa airport, in Bucharest, Romania, on July 27. (Robert Ghement/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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The Airbus A380 performs its demonstration flight during the 50th Paris Air Show on June 20. (Francois Mori/Associated Press) #

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French President Francois Hollande, right, and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian inspect an A400M aircraft at the International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, on June 21. France is celebrating its 50th International Paris Air Show. (Ian Langsdon/pool photo) #

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Russian Su-37 fighters of the Lipetsk pilot training center of the 'Russian Falcons' aerobatic group perform at Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2013 in the city of Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 30. (Sergei Chirikov/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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An aviation enthusiast attends the air show at the EAA AirVenture at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis., on Aug. 3. (Darren Hauck/Reuters) #

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A Dutch AH-64 Apache helicopter fires flares during a performance at the Radom Air Show at an airport in Radom, Poland, on Aug. 24. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters) #

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A pyrotechnics show is put on for the aviation enthusiast from around the world that have attended the air show at the EAA AirVenture at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wis., on Aug. 3. (Darren Hauck/Reuters) #

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Special forces of Romania's Interior Ministry demonstrate their skills during Bucharest International Air Show at the Baneasa airport on July 27. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters) #

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People watch as Russian SU-27 and MIG-29 combat aircraft perform on July 7 during the International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS Show) in St. Petersburg. (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images) #

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Israelis watch an air show during Independence Day in Tel Aviv on April 16. Israel is celebrating its annual Independence Day, marking 65 years since the founding of the state in 1948. (Dusan Vranic/Associated Press) #

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Members from a paramotor team perform during the Karamay aviation tourism festival 2013 in Karamay, northwest China's Xinjiang region on Aug. 16. The Breitling Jet Team and the Bayi Parachute Team of People's Liberation Army will take part in the show during the three-day festival that started on Aug. 16. (AFP/Getty Images) #

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Russian Su-27 fighters of the 'Russkiye Vityazi' (Russian Warriors) aerobatic group perform at the Moscow International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2013, on Zhukovsky airfield outside Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 1. (Maxim Shipenkov/European Pressphoto Agency) #

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A man waves Romania's national flag as the Aerobatic Yakkers team perform on YAK 52 airplanes during Bucharest International Air Show at Baneasa airport on July 27. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters) #

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Joshua Monroe, 4, of Detroit gets a view from the cockpit of a de Haviland DH-4, also known as a Caribou during the Thunder over Michigan air show at Willow Run Airport in Belleville, Mich., on Aug. 11. ( Elizabeth Conley/The Detroit News via Associated Press) #

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Two airplanes from the Orlik Team form a heart-shaped vapor trail during a performance at the Radom Air Show at on Aug. 24. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters) #

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Spectators wave to Belgian pilot Renaud "Grat" Thys after his performance at the Radom Air Show in Poland on Aug. 24. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)