The Berlin Air Show - in pictures

The WeFly Team flies in formation in Fly Synthesis Texan Top Class planes during the opening of the Air Show. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

A visitor takes a look at a Hawk trainer aircraft. Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

Too close for comfort? Two Northrop F-5E Tiger II airplanes of the Swiss Patrol fly close together during an aerobatic display. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

An Airbus A400M takes to the skies. Photograph: Madeleine Lenz/Demotix/Corbis

And comes in to land. Photograph: Thomas Peter/reuters

Spectators watch Eichhorn Air Adventure pilots fly their Extra 300s. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

This is one of the engines on a Boeing 737-800. Photograph: Xinhua/Landov/Barcroft Media

Something different: An Airbus Group E-Fan electric aircraft in the air. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

A Polish Air Force MiG-29 lands after its demonstration flight. Photograph: Madeleine Lenz/Demotix/Corbis

Little and large: An Antonov A124 transport plane with opened fuselage is pictured behind an Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

Visitors try to get a glimpse (and a snap) of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the opening of the Show. Photograph: Wolfgang Kumm/AP

While a man takes a picture from the wing of a turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft, the Dornier Seastar. Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images