All eyes on the Black Eagles

Visitors to the Singapore Airshow yesterday cheering and snapping photos as South Korea's Black Eagles aerobatic team soared to the skies with some heart-stopping aerial displays. The airshow, which ran from last Tuesday to yesterday, saw more than 130,000 visitors in all, with a 7 per cent rise in trade attendance. The event was open to the public on the weekend, and more than 80,000 people turned up. Prominent visitors included President Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife, Mrs Mary Tan, Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.