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See the North Korean leader take the controls_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 27, 2015 10:20 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 27, 2015 10:20 PM UTC A seagull photobombed an image of Red Arrows, Royal Air Force planes that do acrobatics displays, at the Llandudno Air Show in North Wales. The bird is so perfectly aligned with the planes that it looks like it is powered by its own engine in this picture taken Saturday by Jade Coxon, an 18-year-old photography student at the University of Chester. “It was mainly luck,” she told [_The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11631700/Best-photobomb-ever-Seagull-steals-the-show-from-Red-Arrows-display-team.html)_._ Seagulls have a history of photobombing [horse races](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/07/10/seagull-photobombs-horse-races-photo-finish/), [family photos](http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/feathers-ruffled-as-seagull-photobombs-20959/) and [traffic cameras](http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/photobombing-seagull-caught-traffic-camera-3419501). One even refused to fly away until [its photo](http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/3999722/) was taken, as one _National Geographic_ photographer discovered. ### See Air Force One's Transformation Over 70 Years  After the original Air Force One, a C-87A Liberator Express nicknamed Guess Where II, was deemed unsafe for presidential use, this Douglas C-54 Skymaster, nicknamed Sacred Cow was introduced for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945\. It was equipped with a radio telephone, sleeping area, and elevator for President Roosevelt's wheelchair. Thomas D. McAvoy—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  In 1947, Sacred Cow was replaced with Independence by President Truman, who named it after his hometown. The Douglas DC-6 Liftmaster's nose was painted as a bald eagle. Truman Presidential Library  President Eisenhower added Columbine II, a Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, to the Presidential fleet in 1953. William J. Smith—AP  Columbine III, and two smaller Aero Commanders, joined Eisenhower's Presidential planes. Popperfoto/Getty Images  Special Air Mission 26000, a Boeing 707, went into presidential service under the Kennedy administration. SAM 26000 stayed in service through Bill Clinton's administration until 1998. Wally Nelson—AP  Although SAM 26000 remained in service throughout the 1990s, it was replaced as the primary executive aircraft by SAM 27000, the same model aircraft, in 1972\. Pictured here is President Ronal Reagan on SAM 27000. TSGT Michael J. Haggerty—AP  In 1990, SAM 28000, a Boeing 747 was introduced to the Presidential fleet. Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  SAM 29000, also a Boeing 747, remains President Obama's primary transport aircraft. Raymond Boyd—Getty Images  In January, 2015, it was announced that a Boeing 747-8 will take over as the newest member of the Presidential Fleet known as Air Force One. 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