A Porsche's 911 GT3 Carrera Cup car races against a Jett8 Airlines' Boeing 747 on a runway at the Changi International Airport on Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 in Singapore as part of promotional event for the Singapore Grand Prix season. The Porsche won the race. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

A Porsche's 911 GT3 Carrera Cup car races against a Jett8 Airlines' Boeing 747 on a runway at the Changi International Airport on Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 in Singapore as part of promotional event for the Singapore Grand Prix season. The Porsche won the race.

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  3. Porsche CEO Michael Macht sits in a Porsche 911 turbo on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The car fair runs through Sept. 27.
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  6. Porsche CEO Michael Macht stands beside a Porsche 911 turbo on the first press day of the Frankfurt Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. The car fair runs through Sept. 27.
  7. A Porsche's 911 GT3 Carrera Cup car speeds away from a Jett8 Airlines Boeing 747 prior to a race between them held on a runway at the Changi International Airport on Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 in Singapore as part of promotional event for the Singapore Grand Prix season. The Porsche won the race.
  8. A Porsche's 911 GT3 Carrera Cup car races against a Jett8 Airlines' Boeing 747 on a runway at the Changi International Airport on Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 in Singapore as part of promotional event for the Singapore Grand Prix season. The Porsche won the race.
  9. JAT Tehnika mechanics work on maintening of Russian Transaero Boeing 737, in front of JAT Boeing 737-300, in technical maintenance hangar at Belgrade International airport, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. JAT Airways said Wednesday that all its flights have been grounded indefinitely because its maintenance company has stopped servicing its planes over unpaid bills. JAT said that none of its aircraft has taken off since Tuesday evening, when aviation maintenance company JAT Tehnika halted its work on JAT's fleet.
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  12. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
  13. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
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  15. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747 shuttle carrier, taxis back to the mate-demate area after landing at the shuttle landing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on September 21, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery completed its mission to the International Space Station earlier in the month and was forced to land at Edwards Air Force Base in California after bad weather prevented a landing at Cape Canaveral.
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