In flight

A Russian MIG-29 performs during the MAKS 2009 international aerospace show outside Moscow












A B-17 Flying Fortress, from the Yankee Air Museum performs a flyover prior to the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan













People standing near a Russian Tu-144 watch fighter jets perfoming tricks overhead during the MAKS 2009 international aerospace show outside Moscow













The aerobatics team "Russkie vityazi" (Russian Knights) in Su-27 fighter jets fly away from just-launched defensive flares during the MAKS 2009













A Canadian Navy CH-124 Sea King helicopter from the frigate HMCS Toronto flies by the terrain of Baffin Island along the shores of Frobisher Bay in the Canadian Arctic












A U.S. Chinook helicopter carries an M777A2 howitzer to a base in the outskirts of Spin Boldak, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Kabul












The Virgin Galactic WhiteKnight2 mothership "Eve" makes its first public debut at the world's largest air show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin July 27, 2009. WhiteKnight2 is the largest composite aircraft ever built and will be the aircraft that ferries the first commercial SpaceShip2 aloft for passenger flight to space.









French military Patrouille de France Alphajet airplanes perform during the MAKS-2009 International air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow














A Macedonian army Mi-24 helicopter fires rockets during a military exercise at Krivolak's training centre, 100 km (60 miles) from Skopje, Macedonia









The Virgin Galactic WhiteKnight2 mothership "Eve" makes its first public debut at the world's largest air show at Oshkosh, Wisconsin . WhiteKnight is the largest composite aircraft ever built and will be the aircraft that ferries the first commercial SpaceShip2 aloft for passenger flight to space.



source:boston