You're right. It is a lot of money. On the other hand it is becoming harder and harder to find an airport were you can find 21 IL-76's at a time. Even in Russia this isn't common anymore.
Yes, the Raptor was performing there as well, but I saw it only flying on sunday. Very impressive performance. You can find some pictures in one of the other topics.
Haven't seen too many Raptor pics yet, so I added some of this magnificent aircraft as well. http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/6641_03-051_FF.jpg http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/6656_03-051_FF.jpg http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/6578_3060.jpg http://i715...
Not only during daytime, but also after sunset the Dubai Airshow was a very nice venue for the photographer... http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/6778_A6-MAX.jpg http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/6780_UR-BXQ.jpg http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/7462_A6-RJA.j...
Some from me out of the old shoebox... I hope the subjects will compensate the sometimes aweful weather conditions. http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/011_UN-42428.jpg http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/F1000002.jpg http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww160/G-ARJN/A06826_064...