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PHOTOS: 50,000 people turn out to watch Bray Air Display

The sky over Wicklow looked very colourful today.
7.37pm, 23 Jul 2016
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SOME 50,000 PEOPLE turned out to watch the first day of the Bray Air Display, according to the event’s organisers.

Italy’s Frecce Tricolori were one of today’s highlights.
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Other international acts included the Patrouille Tranchant, a Celtic jet team from Brittany, and the Ravens from the UK.

The Irish Air Corps and the Irish Historic Flight Foundation also took to the sky.

PHOTOS: 50,000 people turn out to watch Bray Air Display
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Huge crowds are expected attend tomorrow too, with the Red Arrows headlining the event for the first time in its 11-year history.

Watch: We did loop-the-loops and barrel rolls in this 1940s plane

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