Aircraft in Flight

Diverse aircraft including jets and helicopters soaring through vibrant skies, capturing the essence of aviation in various settings.

Airplane in Flight

Blimp Flying over the Mountain in Sunset in Locarno, Switzerland.

Airplane with contrails at dawn

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Xenon lights illuminate space shuttle Endeavour's unfurled drag chute as the vehicle rolls to a stop on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time. Heat from the shuttle's auxiliary power units (APUs), which provide hydraulic control, can be seen at the back of Endeavour, near the vertical tail. Main gear touchdown was at 2:34:51 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 2:35:04 a.m., and wheelstop at 2:35:36 a.m. On board are STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Greg H. Johnson, and Mission Specialists Mike Fincke, Drew Feustel, Greg Chamitoff and the European Space Agency's Roberto Vittori.STS-134 delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and the Express Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) to the International Space Station. AMS will help researchers understand the origin of the universe and search for evidence of dark matter, strange matter and antimatter from the station. ELC-3 carried spare par

View from the back seat of a Czech Republic Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross.

Left side view of a North American F-86D Sabre streaking across the sky. Entire photo is out of focus.. Left side view of a North American F-86D Sabre streaking across the sky. Entire photo is out of focus..

Mexico, Baja California Sur, Puerto Lopez Mateos, morning fog and boats in gray whale visiting area

Helicopter flying in the mountains for the Northern Escape Heliskiing operation in Terrace, BC, Canada

Airplane is landing on the airport

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the drag chute trailing space shuttle Atlantis is ejected as the shuttle rolls to a stop on Runway 15 one final time. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. On board are STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim.On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and t

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour is towed to the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after being backed out of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The MDD is located at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy. The shuttle will be lifted and connected to the top of NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft SCA, a modified 747 jetliner. The shuttle has been fitted with an aerodynamic tailcone for its flight aboard the SCA to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After a 4.4-million-mile mission, Endeavour nears Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the successful 10-day, 19-hour and 58-minute-long STS-97 mission. At the controls is Commander Brent Jett. Other crew members on board are Pilot Michael Bloomfield and Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, Carlos Noriega and Marc Garneau of Canada. On the mission, Endeavour carried the P6 Integrated Truss Structure with solar arrays to power the International Space Station. The arrays and other equipment were installed during three EVAs that totaled 19 hours, 20 minutes. Endeavour was docked with the Space Station for 6 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes. This is the 16th nighttime landing for a Space Shuttle and the 53rd at Kennedy Space Center

Three C47 airplanes flying overhead spraying chemicals for mosquito control.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Tokyo, Japan, on October 6, 2020.

Spain, Canary Islands, Tenerife Island, aerial view from propeller-driver airliner

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the drag chute trailing space shuttle Atlantis slows the almost indistinguishable shuttle as it lands on Runway 15 one final time. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. On board are STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim.On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,84

Pod on Giant Ferris Wheel Lit Up in Las Vegas, High Roller Lights

Helicopter in flight, with dramatic sky. (Aviation. Skies.)

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vodafone headquarters portrait view of canopy

A C-5A Galaxy aircraft makes a low-altitude run near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). Researchers at INEL are investigating the wind vortices created by the passage of an aircraft and the effects that those disturbances would have on low-altitude parachute drops. Base: Idaho Falls State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Truth or Consequences, Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. Virgin Galactic Spaceport America Runway Dedication. White Knight II in flight.

Chile, Port of Valparisio. At sunrise frieghters ride thier anchors at entrance to Valpariso Port the main gateway for trade on the Chilean coastline

Rear view of a C-130 Hercules aircraft taking off during exercise Cool Snow Hog '82-1. Subject Operation/Series: COOL SNOW HOG '82-1 Base: Kotzebue Air Force Station State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sunset light falls on Ted Stevens International Airport, view from the Tarmac, early Spring, Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, USA.

A Northrop NF-5B of 313 Squadron returns to its base.

Silhouette of a jet fighters, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

AMES CH-47 (NASA-737) ON RAMP

Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, photographed while boarding an aircraft of the Bundeswehr Air Force, on the occasion of the trip of Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the meeting of the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, at BER Airport in Berlin, 27 February 2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF)

An aerial view of a modern town in Sudan taken during the 1930s - Wadi Halfa ca. 1936.

Alouette III helicopters from the "Grasshoppers" demonstration team.

Directly above shot of airplane on runway

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Xenon lights positioned at the end of Runway 15 spotlight space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown for the last time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. On board are STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spent 307 days in space, orbited Earth 4,848 times and traveled 125,935,769 miles. STS-

Aircraft taking off, lighthouse on the dune, Helgoland Island, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Plane flying above a clouds sea Germany

DEICING WINGS OF AIRPLANE

Memphis Belle Boeing B 17 Bomber Flying over Shoreham Airfield

Aeroplanes in flight, England, 1930s, England, by Eric Lee-Johnson.

ESTELAS - LUCES DE SITUACION DE LOS AVIONES EN EL AEROPUERTO DE BARAJAS. Location: EXTERIOR. SPAIN.

control tower heathrow airport twlight panoramic view (6/18 proportion) towards control tower

A KC-46A Pegasus takes off from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Feb. 26, 2019. McConnell AFB has completed $267 million in facility improvements, began the familiarization period and has been taking continuous stops toward achieving full operational capability.

A snow groomer runs at night in the darkness on the slopes of a kirkwood, California ski resort.

Tucson, United States - 18 January 2025: Aerial view of a massive, sun-bleached airplane resting on the arid, textured earth, casting long, dramatic shadows across the dusty landscape.

Bahamas, New Providence Island, Nassau, window view of aircraft propeller above the Bahamas

Northrop B-35 Flying Wing. Northrop B-35 Flying Wing. Photographer: James Evans

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that still meets several mission objectives for NASAs Commercial Crew program. The Starliner spacecraft launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 6:36 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger (STS-8) makes the first nighttime landing of the Space Transportation System as it touches down on Runway 22 at 12:40 am PDT at the end of a six-day mission. Aboard are Richard H. Truly, commander; Daniel Brandenstein, pilot; and mission specialists Guion S. Bluford, Dale A. Gardner and Dr. William E. Thornton. Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Europe, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, de-icing of wings at Stuttgart airport

Skyline of charlotte view over charlotte douglas airport

DN-ST-89-07232. Country: Unknown

Events marking the centennial of the first powered flight, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

C-141 (NASA-714) in flight

Bell XV-15 (NASA 703) and YO-3A (NASA 718) fly IRAP (inflight rotorcraft acoustics program) tests over Bell Helicopter Textron Co., Arlingtron, Texas

May 29, 2022, Jones Beach, NY, USA: Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, NY, USA, North America

A B-52H Stratofortress sits parked on the Main Parking Apron at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 23, 2022. The first B-52H assigned to Minot AFB arrived on July 16, 1961.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft is loaded onto a tractor-trailer for transport to the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., where it will be processed for launch. An Air Force C-17 cargo plane flew the spacecraft from the Lockheed Martin plant in Denver, Colo., to the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will carry GRAIL into lunar orbit already is fully stacked at NASA's Space Launch Complex 17B and launch is scheduled for Sept. 8.The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.

A right side view of a parked Spanish SH-3 Sea King helicopter. Base: Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter of 322 Squadron approaches the runway of Leeuwarden airbase.

De Agusta-Bell 204B(I)UH-1 Air Sea Rescue (ASR)/transporthelikopter 225 (1963-1977).

Airbus 330 passing above the full moon on approach to Vancouver International Airport. A high pressure wing tip vortex is visible bisecting the moon.

A front underside view of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft taking off. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

abandoned vehicles in baja california, in the desert. Digital enhancement enhanced different.

970223-F-8748C-001. Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Base: Abidjan International Airport Country: Cote D' Ivoire (CIV)

3/4 Ground View of a British Bristol Belfast Prior to Unloading of a Skynet II Satellite at Cape Kennedy AFS, Florida. 3/4 Ground View of a British Bristol Belfast Prior to Unloading of a Skynet II Satellite at Cape Kennedy AFS, Florida.

T&R Enterprise Demated from SCA

Flying airplane. Bottom view of airplane flying above skyscrapers

An air-to-air right side view of an E-4B advanced airborne national c command post aircraft being refueled from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Country: Unknown

FORMATION FLIGHTS WITH TWIN OTTER AND OV-10 AIRCRAFT

ROK military biplane training aircraft flying over mountainous region on overcast winter in Chungju, South Korea, Asia

Aerial top downward view of symmetric parked light old aircrafts at a small countryside airfield. Travel and holiday concept Aerial top downward view of symmetric parked light old aircrafts at a small countryside airfield. Travel and holiday concept. Copyright: xZoonar.com/GiovannixGagliardix 14556715

plane, aircraft black and white silhouette against full moon

Air-to-air, front view of a 60th Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy airlifter, flying over San Francisco. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Close-up of an airplane wing coming off the runway, with space to copy Close-up of an airplane wing coming off the runway, with space to copy. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/DARYAxKOMAROVAx 22075343

A left side view of a BQM-34S Firebee I remotely-piloted target vehicle lifting-off from launch pad #55 at the Pacific Missile Test Center. Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

One-quarter left front view of a North American Mustang Mk. IV taxiing, somewhere in Korea. The aircraft bears the markings of the South African Air Force. In the foreground is a small sign with the number '3' marked on it. In the background, several buildings, a tower and a truck appear.

Aerial view of the skeletal remains of the DC-3 plane on the black sands of Sólheimasandur under a brooding sky, Mýrdalshreppur, Iceland.

Ambulances back up to a C-141B Starlifter aircraft to receive servicemen wounded on Grenada during the multiservice, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Solitary Streetlight in Heavy Fog on the Bridge

Loop Made By F-107 Landing Gear

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