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Members from Clean Air and Redline teamed up to perform at the 2010 China International Airsports Fiesta. Here are some photos of the Airshow and site seeing while in China:














Balloons getting ready to launch














Paramotors playing follow the leader


Brian Faifhurst displays the Chinese Flag



























Chris & Brian start their smoke downplane














Chris & Brian getting ready to do the US flag downplane with their 800 square foot flag

Pam and Chase pose with the accur- acy fairies




Gao Meao (our interpreter for CIAF looks at the map of TaiShan (Mount Tai) and decides to climb the mountain with us




Shops at the top of TaiShan






Incense and locks we common at all the temples that lined the mountain















A flower bed at the Summer Palace
Some of the site seeing photos:



At the Beijing Summer Palace - the shops line the lagoon







Also at the Beijing Summer Palace - temples surround the mountainside







At the Forbidden City - In the garden




Forbidden City - Inside one of the temples







Outside the South wall of the Forbidden City






The Great Wall - Badaling Section we get ready to hike a short section of the wall - up and down the hills




















The team poses on the Great Wall


A section of un-restored Great Wall









Climbing up the 7,200 steps of TaiShan (about 3/4 of the way up)










Gary, Pam, and Brian with only 200 steps remaining to crest  TaiShan



The summit team poses while the base team awaits word on our ascent of TaiShan








One of the temples of TaiShan

The team eats breakfast before climbing TaiShan






Chase getting ready to try a chicken eye and chicken tongue for lunch





Chris and Liz decide to take a motorized pedicab to go do some shopping


 Brian Fairhurst falls asleep while waiting for dinner - so naturally we pin a "Take Me To the Hotel" sign on him to make sure he makes it home....




Chris and Liz doing some shopping in Beijing













Some of the 8,000 life sized Terra Cotta Warriors in Xi'an. Most are 5'10" to 6'6" tall. No two are alike







One of the soldiers gets restored next to several of the horses












After 2,000+ years of solitude the Terracotta Warriors were found in 1974 when the land was attempted to be developed. Restoring the statues will take as long as it took to initially construct them.






At the entrance to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing















Beijing Ring Road 2






Beijing Ring Road 2 during rush hour
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