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The UK Utterly Butterly display team flying Boeing Stearman PT-17 biplanes at an English air show

An air show is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics. Air shows without aerobatic displays, having only aircraft displayed parked on the ground, are called "static air shows".

Images for kids

  • Aviatiker-Woche Reims 1909

    A month after Blériot's crossing of the English Channel the aviation week in Reims, France, August 1909, caught special worldwide attention.

  • Airshow Nellis AFB

    Aviation Nation 2006 at Nellis Air Force Base, United States

  • Patrouille Suisse at ILA 2010 07

    The Patrouille Suisse performing at the ILA Berlin Air Show

  • Red.bull.air.race.arp.750pix

    Air racing at an air show in England: the Red Bull Air Race heat held at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire. The aircraft fly singly, and pass between pairs of pylons

  • F-111-Fuel-Dump,-Avalon,-VIC-23.03.2007

    RAAF F-111 performing a dump-and-burn fuel dump at the Australian International Airshow

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    Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, September 14, 2003: U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Captain Christopher Stricklin ejecting from his F-16 after realizing he could not pull up in time from a Split-S and ensuring the aircraft would not crash into spectators. The aircraft was destroyed less than a second later with no loss of life.

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