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Photos of various passenger aircraft at airports, illustrating modern air travel and airport operations.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour enters the open bay of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where it temporarily will be stored. Endeavour is swapping places with Discovery, which will resume decommissioning activities in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1), in the background. The shuttles stopped briefly outside OPF-3 for a unique "nose-to-nose" photo opportunity.In OPF-1, Discovery will undergo further preparations for public display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. Endeavour will be stored in the VAB until October when it will be moved into OPF-2 for further work to get it ready for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-422-55. Hurricane Katrina

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Aircraft docked to gangway at gate. Manchester Airport, Manchester, United Kingdom. Architect: n/a, 2015.

Airport, travel and airplane loading cargo for takeoff, international flight and commercial transportation. Air transport, global destination and plane on runaway to pack baggage or luggage

Korean Airlines airplane on the runway at Frankfurt International Airport, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - Technicians roll the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket with its NuSTAR spacecraft to the waiting L-1011 carrier aircraft known as "Stargazer." The Pegasus will launch NuSTAR into space where the high-energy x-ray telescope will conduct a census for black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars.

Lufthansa Airbus A330-343 in flight in the evening light

Airport workers prepare the plane for departure

Aerial view of Cologne/Bonn airport "žKonrad Adenauer", with RyanAir aircraft on the apron at a parking position, parking marking, international airport in the southeastern urban area in Cologne-Grengel and to a small extent in the Troisdorf area in Cologne in the Rhineland in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany., Rhineland, Europe, aerial view, birds-eyes view, aerial photo, aerial photography, aerial photography, overview, overview, bird's eye view

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft lifts off the runway as it departs from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbitals Pegasus rocket and NASAs Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13.

Airplane is taxing in airport getting ready to fly

Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 200 freighter at LAX airport. View looking forward towards nose of the aircraft underneath the wing. Showing both right side jet engines.

Aircraft engine, Vienna airport, VIE, Austria, Europe

Boarding Ryanair plane on the tarmac, Stansted Airport, UK

Radisson, Quebec, Canada, 2022-04-28, Air Inuit Boeing 737-200 arriving at La Grande Rivière airport on a sunny day in winter

Beautiful white airplane on the runway in Dalaman airport. Landscape with big passenger airplane is taking off and mountains at bright sunny day in summer. Business trip. Commercial aircraft. Travel. Beautiful white airplane on the runway in Dalaman airport

Air France aircraft, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France, Europe

PISTA CON AVIONES DE LAS LINEAS AEREAS AIR-FRANCE Y AIR-INDIA. Location: AEROPUERTO. ORLY. France.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft taxies to the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbitals Pegasus rocket and NASAs Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13.

fedex jet on tarmack

FedEx MD-11 being loading with cargo at their Toronto Pearson Terminal late at night.

South African airlines aircraft at Cape Town airport

DF-ST-90-01262. Country: West Germany (FRG)

Scene of Loading luggage and cargo to airplane with handling operations in airport, Travel and Transportation concept

FRA - ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT. In the airport terminal Roissy Charles De Gaulle.FRA - AÉROPORT ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE. Dans le terminal de l'aéroport Roissy Charles De Gaulle.

Airplane and cars at the runway by Zhuliany international airport, Kiev, Ukraine

Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, steigt auf dem Flughafen BER in ein Flugzeug der Flugbereitschaft welches sie zu politischen Gespraechen in den Nahen Osten bringen wird. Berlin, 10.11.2023

Fraport Airport, waiting area in the gate with passengers in front of a Lufthansa aircraft, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Regierungsflugzeug A340 vor Weiterflug nach Sydney in Abu Dhabi, 15.08.2023. Durch einen unplanmaessigen Stopp in Abu Dhabi aufgrund eines technischen Problems an den Landeklappen des Flugzeugs verzoegerte sich die Weiterreise und eine Tag. Das Flugzeug

Zwei Flugzeuge der Billigairline easyjet, aufgenommen am Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg Willy BrandtöÄí BER in Schoenefeld, 08.08.2024. Schoenefeld Deutschland *** Two airplanes of the low-cost airline easyjet, taken at Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy BrandtöÄí BER in Schoenefeld, 08 08 2024 Schoenefeld Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertner/photothek.dex

JAPAN, TOKYO, NARITA AIRPORT WITH BOEING 747 AIRPLANES

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Convoy Command Vehicle is in position beside space shuttle Discovery to support preparations to tow the spacecraft from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery touched down on Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m., bringing an end to its 39th and final spaceflight mission, STS-133. Discovery and its six-member STS-133 crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station.Inside the processing facility, Discovery will be prepared for future public display.

Lufthansa Airbus A321-200 aircraft rolling on the run during snowfall, Airport Munich Franz Josef Strauss, MUC, EDDM, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Baggage handler loading luggage onto British Airways plane at gatwick airport, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Airport during the corona crisis parked Lufthansa boeing 747 Airport during the corona crisis parked Lufthansa boeing 747, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/RaimundxLinkex 21663102

Air-to-air view of a 22nd Air Refueling Wing, March AFB, California, KC-10A Extender, with a high left wing, flying toward the camera over the northern California terrain in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter is reflected in the rain puddles as it comes to a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The Beluga is carrying the Raffaello, the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for the International Space Station (ISS). One of Italy's major contributions to the ISS program, the MPLM is a reusable logistics carrier and the primary delivery system used to resupply and return station cargo requiring a pressurized environment. Weighing nearly 4.5 tons, the module measures 21 feet long and 15 feet in diameter. Raffaello will join Leonardo, the first Italian-built MPLM, in the Space Station Processing Facility for testing. NASA, Boeing, the Italian Space Agency and Alenia Aerospazio will provide engineering support

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry makes a phone call while his plane refuels in Amman, Jordan, on May 24, 2013.

Sunny day at the Indonesian airport. An aircraft with an attached jet bridge for boarding and disembarking passengers. Ocean and jungle in the background. Airplane in Indonesian Airport With Jet Bridge for Passengers

221019-N-AN659-1001 Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. (Oct. 19, 2022) - A P-8A Poseidon attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 46, the Grey Knights, taxis at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., Oct. 19, 2022. VP-46 regularly conducts routine training flights for mission readiness and pilot proficiency.

An Airbus A330-300 aircraft of Swiss with the registration HB-JHF at Zurich airport, Switzerland, Europe

Qatar, Doha on 2021-11-14. Hamad International Airport in Doha, the capital of Qatar, during the end of the Covid-19 crisis, where travel is slowly resuming. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Qatar, Doha le 2021-11-14. L aeroport international Hamad de Doha, capitale du Qatar, durant la fin de la crise de la Covid-19 ou les voyages reprennent petit a petit. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Lufthansa aircraft at Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Passport control on the airfield, airport Muenster Osnabrueck, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Luga, Malta - September 29, 2024: A plane of the discover Airline on the roller field of the Luga Airport in Malta 1127134865

FRA - ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT. In the airport terminal Roissy Charles De Gaulle.FRA - AÉROPORT ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE. Dans le terminal de l'aéroport Roissy Charles De Gaulle.

Lufthansa Italia, Malpensa airport, Milan, Italy

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China Airlines Boeing 747-409 in flight during a thunderstorm

Airplane with glass telescopic gangway by modern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

USA, California, Los Angeles, trio of dedicated aviation photographers in elevated positions to catch incoming aircraft just east of Los Angeles International Airport, LAX, in Westchester

Passengers walking on the tarmac to board an Alaska Airlines jet painted with Alaskan themes, Kotzebue airport, Arctic Alaska, summer

Flugzeug am Flughafen Stuttgart beim Start. Registrierung: N862GT, KUEHNENAGEL, BOEING 747-8F. Operatred bei Atlas Air. // 12.01.2025: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland. *** Aircraft at Stuttgart Airport on take-off Registration N862GT, KUEHNE NAGEL, BOEING 747 8F Operatred by Atlas Air 12 01 2025 Stuttgart, Baden Württemberg, Germany

Italy, Lombardy, Malpensa Airport

Finland, Rovaniemi. Rovaniemi airport. Air France airplane

Multi-National Mid-Air Refueling

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SCHIPHOL, AMSTERDAM, JULY 19, 2016: Front view of a KLM plane at Schiphol Airport on July 19, 2016 in Amsterdam,the Netherlands.

KHABAROVSK, RUSSIA - SEP 29, 2018: Aircraft Boeing 747-400 EI-XLM Russian Airlines prepares for takeoff at the airport of Khabarovsk. The plane prepares for takeoff at the airport of Khabarovsk. Airport Khabarovsk-Novy UHHH , Russia. Airbus Boeing 747-400. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitriixRudx 13955609

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Frankfurt, Germany - September 29, 2024: A large Lufthansa passenger plane is loaded at Frankfurt Airport 1127134862

Internationaler Flughafen Phuket mit Flugzeug der russischen Fluggesellschaft Nordwind Airlines. // 01.12.2024: Patong, Kathu, Insel Phuket, Thailand, Asien *** Phuket International Airport with aircraft of the Russian airline Nordwind Airlines 01 12 2024 Patong, Kathu, Phuket Island, Thailand, Asia

Airbus A 350 900 XWB fuselage with lettering, Munich Airport "Franz Josef Strauss", Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Plane, Interjet, Airport, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Transport, Air, Plane Detail, Boeing 747-400 At Gatwick Airport Operated By British Airways. Detail Of Tail Design By Artist Danuta Wojda From Poland Entitled Cockerel Of Lowicz

AMSTERDAM - SEPTEMBER 6: China Southern plane at Schiphol Airport Sept 6, 2013 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The airport handles over 45 million passengers per year with almost 100 airlines flying from here.

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A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of the airline Qatar Airways takes off at Frankfurt Airport, 16/03/2024

Lufthansa Airbus A380-841 during deicing at Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

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Airport transporter moves airplane on the runway at night

Outside of the world s only airborne ophthalmic surgical and training facility, The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital s plane recently landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

United airlines, tarmack, jetport, airport, PWM, Portland, Maine, travel, air tr

Aerial view, RyanAir aircraft on the apron at a parking position with parking marking, Cologne-Bonn Airport, Cologne-Porz, Cologne, Rhineland, North R...

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - AUG 07, 2015: Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767 tail livery at Manchester Airport Aug 07 2015.

Sacramento, CA, July 13, 2008 The aerial assets of the Canadian Forest Service Air tanker Operations from British Columbia did not perform aerial firefighting missions today due limited visibility over the fires. USNORTHCOM continues to closely monitor the California wildfires to anticipate additional requests for Department of Defense assistance to local, federal, and state civil authorities and will launch as many missions as officials require to battle the wildfires. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Airbus aircraft of American Airlines at Phoenix Airport, USA, North America

AVIONES EN LAS PISTAS DEL AEROPUERTO DE PALMA DE MALLORCA. Location: AEROPUERTO. MALLORCA. SPAIN.

Aeropuerto de Gerona-Costa Brava.

Aircraft de-icing in winter in front of take-off, Easyjet, Airbus, A320, Munich Airport, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

AVIONES EN LAS PISTAS DEL AEROPUERTO DE PALMA DE MALLORCA. Location: AEROPUERTO. MALLORCA. SPAIN.

Valletta, Malta, Nov 10, 2024 A Malta Airways plane and fuselage on the tarmac at Malta Airport

A Boeing 747 jet aircraft arrives on base with troops returning from deployment in the Persian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMDESERT SHIELD Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida(FL) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Novespace, A300 ZERO-G, ILA, Berlin-Schoenefeld, Germany, Europe

Boarding Ryanair plane on the tarmac, Stansted Airport, UK

Passengers boarding the Boeing 737-800 of low-cost airline Ryanair at Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Hahn Airport near Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

de Icing at Fraport Airport in Frankfurt am Main the First Aircraft Are Cleared of Ice Before Sunrise After A Cold Night Aircraft Registration TC JSP, Turkish Airlines, Airbus A321 200 13 01 2025 Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

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KHABAROVSK, RUSSIA - SEP 29, 2018: Tupolev Tu-204 RA-64051 Aviastar Airlines stands in Khabarovsk airport. The Plane Is Russian Post. The plane is at the airport of Khabarovsk.. Airport Khabarovsk-Novy UHHH , Russia. Tupolev Tu-204. The Plane Is Russian Post. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitriixRudx 13955668

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft begins to taxi for takeoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Under its wing is NASAs Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft and Pegasus XL rocket. Departing from Kwajalein, the Pegasus rocket will be dropped from under the wing of the L-1011 over the Pacific Ocean to carry the spacecraft approximately 130 miles above Earth and place it in orbit. Then, the spacecrafts own engine will boost it to its final high-altitude orbit (about 200,000 miles high) — most of the way to the Moon. The IBEX satellite will make the first map of the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. IBEX science will be led by the Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, Texas. IBEX is targeted for launch over the Pacific Oct. 19.

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