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What was meant to be a highlight of an Australian air show —16 skydivers in formation, jumping from 15,000 feet — went terribly wrong just as the cameraman and first skydiver stepped out of the door over Tully Airport in Far North Queensland.—CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025 Failure to do so, for whatever the reason, can be and has been fatal, and yet these pilots do so, for performance after performance, in different locations throughout the air show season.—Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025 The latest progress was confirmed during an air show in Zhuhai on November 27, where the aircraft was presented as ready for its next major evaluation at extreme elevations, as reported by South China Morning Post (SCMP).—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025 Like the Navy’s Blue Angels, the Air Force Thunderbirds are known for flying in extremely close formations during air shows, training to maneuver within inches of one another.—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air show
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