Aircraft in the Sky

Shots of various airplanes flying against a backdrop of clouds and blue skies, capturing flight dynamics.

Jet Airplane in Flight

Fleet lined up to start during day 3 of the Star World Championships, Varberg, Sweden, 2009.

DC-8 lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at sunset.

Airship and Excursion boat, Unteruhldingen, Uhldingen-Muhlhofen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Airliners in flight in a cloudy pink and orange sky in late summer. France

A fleet of J44s sailing into a squall off Block Island, Rhode Island, USA.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, flies over the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth for the last time on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida just before sunrise. Atlantis touched down on Runway 15 at 5:57 a.m., bringing an end to the STS-135 mission and NASA's Space Shuttle Program. On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module 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.

The Undaunted Airshows team performs aerial acrobatics during Montana's Military Open House "Flight over the Falls" at Montana Air National Guard Base, Great Falls, Montana, July 23, 2022. The 2-ship aerobatic formation team is from the Pacific Northwest and flies with the call sign "Orca Flight."

Monument to the fighter aircraft. Poltavskaya village, Russia

Manhattan Skyline seen from Staten Island Ferry, Manhattan, New York, USA, America

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and Pilot Doug Hurley perform touch-and-go landings aboard a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An STA is a Gulfstream II jet that is modified to mimic the shuttle's handling during the final phase of landing. Ferguson and Hurley practice landings as part of standard procedure before space shuttle Atlantis' launch to the International Space Station.Atlantis and its crew are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the station. The STS-135 mission also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites and return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to

Airplane taking off at Ngurah Rai (Denpasar) International Airport, Bali, Indonesia.

A lone paraglider drifts above urban structures against the tranquil twilight sky.

Aeroplane Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Black lantern under blue sky with flying plane

CARIBBEAN Region, Aerial: Propeller Airliner View of Caribbean Sea & Cruiseship

STS135-S-234 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the 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) on July 21, 2011, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. Onboard are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module 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, orbite

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Xenon lights create a halo around space shuttle Atlantis as the spacecraft nears touchdown for the last time on Runway 15 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 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 traveled 125,935,769 miles. ST

Womens Bay Scenic, Coast Gaurd Plane Coming In For A Landing, Early Morning, Kodiak Island, Alaska, Usa.

Airliner taking off from LAX Airport

view of YO-3A from cockpit of BO-105 helicopter during in flight rotorcraft acoustics program Distance Versus Noise Calibration over Livermore - Central Valley, CA

Fighter Jet speeds past at Air Show in Malta

DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, CA. - (EC05-0166-02_Dryden) Before dawn, Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California after completing the successful Return to Flight mission STS-114 to the International Space Station. Landing time was 8 11 22 a.m. EDT. The landing was deferred from Kennedy Space Center due to weather concerns. Aboard Discovery was her crew of seven Mission Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialists Stephen Robinson, Andrew Thomas, Wendy Lawrence, Charles Camarda and Soichi Noguchi, who represents the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. This is the 50th Shuttle landing at Edwards and the sixth night landing.

Austria, Montafon, skiing area Silvretta Montafon, police helicopter in the skiing area at the Hochjoch

Glider about to land, Germany, Europe

XV-15 Tilt Rotor (NASA-703) in conversion flight at Ames Research Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Backlit by the xenon lights on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility, space shuttle Atlantis nears touchdown for the final 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 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 traveled 125,935,76

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A towback technician is seen through the cockpit windows of space shuttle Atlantis as he safes the vehicle on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis' final landing was 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 were 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 traveled 125,935,769 miles, and also the

Northrop NF-5A Freedom Fighters during the Open Day on the Peel.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia, with its drag chute deployed, touches down on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility after a successful mission of nearly five days and 1.8 million miles. Main gear touchdown was at 11:20:35 p.m. EDT on July 27. Aboard are the STS-93 crew members: Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby, and Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.), Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.) and Michel Tognini of France, with the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The mission's primary objective was to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allow scientists from around the world to study some of the most distant, powerful and dynamic objects in the universe. This was the 95th flight in the Space Shuttle program and the 26th for Columbia. The landing was the 19th consecutive Shuttle landing in Florida and the 12th night landing in Shuttle program history

The Eclipse projectís modified QF-106 under tow by a USAF C-141A.

Airplane flies against a background of white cloud. Airplane flies against a background of white clouds

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

Aerial View of two jet skis racing across the lake.

Blue Angels propeller plane flying over San Francisco Bay

Biplane Window

Aerial view of a fishing boat in Tindari bay, Sicily, Italy.

trail of airplane disheveled by a wind The trail of an airplane contrail in the sky, disheveled by a strong wind, like a cloud Copyright: xZoonar.com/max5128x 21196473

Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt, Landing airplane in fog

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis seems almost a mirage as in lands on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility 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 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 traveled 125,935,769 miles. STS-135 also was th

Helicopter in mid air against sky

Helicopter flying overhead with trees and power lines in the foreground against a blue sky. Marseille, France

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- As night falls on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility to end the STS-123 mission, a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. This was the 16th night landing at Kennedy. The main landing gear touched down at 8:39:08 p.m. EDT. The nose landing gear touched down at 8:39:17 p.m. and wheel stop was at 8:40:41 p.m. The mission completed nearly 6.6 million miles. The landing was on the second opportunity after the first was waved off due to unstable weather in the Kennedy Space Center area. The STS-123 mission delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Just before dawn, Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS-115. Aboard are Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Christopher Ferguson, and Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner, David Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steven MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. During the mission, Tanner, McLean, Burbank and Piper completed three spacewalks to attach the P3/P4 integrated truss structure to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 6:21:30 a.m. EDT. Nose gear touchdown was at 6:21:36 a.m. and wheel stop was at 6:22:16 a.m. At touchdown -- nominally about 2,500 ft. beyond the runway threshold -- the orbiter is traveling at a speed ranging from 213 to 226 mph. Atlantis traveled 4.9 million miles, landing on orbit 187. Mission elapsed time was 11 days, 19 hours, six minutes. This is the 15th night landing at KSC and the 23rd night landing overall.

Seaplane flying over forested North Shore Mountains shrouded in fog, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Helicopters with bambi buckets are used to drop water on forest fire.

Wingtip view of Waco UPF-7 biplane; Puget Sound, Washington, United States of America

Dryden Fllight Reseach Facility, Edwards, California STA (Shuttle Training Aircraft, Gulf Stream II) flys chase as STS-41returns from it's mission to Deploy Ulysses Spacecraft... Discovery's main gear is about to touch down at Edwards Air Foce Base to end a four-day mission in space for it's five-man crew. The vehicle landed at 6 57 a.m. Onboard the spacecraft were Astronauts Richard N. Richards, Robert D Cabana, William M Sheperd, Bruce E. Melnick and Thomas D. Akers.

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An air-to-air left underside view of a U.S. Coast Guard HU-25A Guardian surveillance aircraft undergoing icing tests behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Country: Unknown

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

Classic aircraft Lockheed Super Constellation C-121C Connie in flight seen from the front

Flights departing NYC on a colorful hazy evening

Commercial Aviat Airplanes Airlines departures LAX timelapse lights

Airplane Wing

Airplane trails, star trails, the rising moon

DC-8 lifts off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., at sunset.

Military Aviat Kodiak Launch Facility AIT-2 atmospheric interceptor technology rocket liftoff sky

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery to its new home flies over the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building after taking off from the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7 a.m. EDT, accompanied by a NASA T-38 jet. The duo will fly south over Brevard Countys beach communities for residents to get a look at the shuttle before it leaves the Space Coast for the last time.The aircraft, known as an SCA, is a Boeing 747 jet, originally manufactured for commercial use, which was modified by NASA to transport the shuttles between destinations on Earth. This SCA, designated NASA 905, is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. NASA 905 is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia today, after which the shuttle will be placed on display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. U

Aircraft of Japan airlines in flight over Tower Bridge, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Airshow, glider flight demonstration, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, North America

Lovely abstract landscape image of boat floating in sky reflection in lake and forest image

Europe, Sweden, Skåne, Scania

One of the engines of NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory above sea ice in the Bellingshausen Sea on Oct. 19, 2012.

Eastern Shore, VA

Planes in flight, 1920s to 1930s, Wellington, by Roland Searle.

This view, taken by a motion picture tracking camera for the STS-3 mission, shows both left and right solid rocket boosters (SRB's) at the moment of separation from the external tank (ET). After impact to the ocean, they were retrieved and refurbished for reuse. The Shuttle's SRB's and solid rocket motors (SRM's) are the largest ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standing nearly 150-feet high, the twin boosters provide the majority of thrust for the first two minutes of flight, about 5.8 million pounds. That is equivalent to 44 million horsepower, or the combined power of 400,000 subcompact cars.

Stunt pilot flying over farmland, Wisconsin

car on dark road under starry sky

The Road Less Traveled

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery's drag chute unfurls upon landing on Runway 15 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility as the sun sets on the shortest day of the year, concluding mission STS-116. In the background, right of the space shuttle, is the landing strip's Mate-Demate Device. Aboard Discovery are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot William Oefelein, and Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick and Christer Fuglesang, who represents the European Space Agency, as well as Thomas Reiter, who is returning from a 6-month stay on the International Space Station. During the mission, three spacewalks attached the P5 integrated truss structure to the station, and completed the rewiring of the orbiting laboratorys power system. A fourth spacewalk retracted a stubborn solar array. Main gear touchdown was at 5:32 p.m. EST. Nose gear touchdown was at 5:32:12 p.m. and wheel stop was at 5:32:52 p.m. At touchdown -- nominally ab

Wayfinding lines on the tarmac at HK International Airport

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

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