All photos copyright Alistair Pemberton 2008. All rights reserved.
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1. A Russian Il-76 transport plane owned by Aeroflot. |
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2. Here is the huge undercarriage of the transporter. |
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3. The five Su-27's of the Russian Knights seen lined up under the wing of the transporter. |
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4. An Su-27 seen from a closer viewpoint. |
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5. Another view of a Russian Knights' Su-27 seen through the onlookers. |
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6. An Su-27 taxiing towards the runway. |
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7. Guards, like policemen, seem to get younger all the time (or is it me getting older?). |
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8. Two F-18's of the Finnish Air Force. |
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9. Formation flying 1 |
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10. Formation flying 2 |
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11. Formation flying 3 |
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12. Formation flying 4 |
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13. An Su-27 taxies towards the runway. |
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14. A good view of the business end of the Russian jet fighter. |
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15. An Mi-8 of the Finnish Air Force. |
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16. An NH-90 of the Finnish Air Force. |
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17. An Su-22 from Poland, pretending to be a tiger. |
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18. A Vinka basic training aircraft. |
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19. A long shot of the Il-76 and the Su-22. |
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20. Fire trucks and an F-18. |
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21. Hawks in a line with a stunt plane taxiing in front of them. |
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22. An Su-27 flying low. |
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23. Su-27's taxiing for take-off. |
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24. A Finnish Frontier Guard plane. |
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25. The first thirteen kilometres home at midnight was slow but beautiful, as thousands of cars left at pretty much the same time. |
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