Private Aviation

Close-up views of private airplanes, including steps leading to jets and various aircraft silhouettes against soft backgrounds.

Dog running up staircase of private jet

Altus I aircraft in flight, retracting landing gear after takeoff

Pilot young woman checking the wing of her microlight.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, one of the aircraft carrying STS-123 crewmembers begins the taxi to the runway for takeoff on the return trip to Houston. The STS-123 crew members took part in a terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, in preparation for the launch of space shuttle Endeavour scheduled on March 11. The TCDT enables astronauts and ground crews to participate in various countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency egress training. On the STS-123 mission, Endeavour and its crew will deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre

Vintage Photograph. Crop duster in action over lush green farmland, enhancing agricultural productivity.

Pilot Sitting in a Cockpit of a Private Plane

USA, Alaska, Fairbanks. Chena River, beaver floatplane taking off.

Beaver float plane moored at King Camp, Nushagak River, Alaska

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Woman in drawn airplane. Funny image of woman flying in drawn airplane

The Silver Queen, a 1918 replica Vickers Vimy

Airplan exhibited at abandoned motor technica museum at Bad Oeynhausen Airplan exhibited in the outdoor area of abandoned motor technica museum at Bad Oeynhausen. The Museum is closed in 2007 and never open again. Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, 25. April 2014 Copyright: xZoonar.com/MuamerxOsmanbegovicx 17676982

Mike Goulian, piloting his SR-22, Flies over the Hot Streak a jet engine power Semi Truck before a race during the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. Goulian has been competing in aerobatic contests for over 30 years and is a recognized expert in aviation. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win,” reflects the Marine Corps’ ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Pilot sitting on the open seat of a historic glider waiting for take-off, glider to train beginners from 1938, wooden construction SG 38, Glider Airport, Aero Club Duesseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe

Airplane over field, Kenya, Africa

A worker at the Shuttle Landing Facility checks over STS-103 Pilot Scott J. Kelly (front) and Mission Specialist John M. Grunsfeld (Ph.D.) (behind) before they take off for practice flights in the T-38 training jet. They and other crew members Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. and Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale (Ph.D.), Claude Nicollier of Switzerland and Jean-François Clervoy of France are preparing for their mission on Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-103 is scheduled for launch Dec. 16 at 9:18 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39B. The mission is expected to last about 9 days and 21 hours. Discovery is expected to land at KSC Sunday, Dec. 26, at 6:56 p.m. EST

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

Pedestrian glass bridge in Kyiv, Ukraine

The submarine control helicopter de Westand Lynx mk.81 (SH-14C) No. 279.

Glen Ora, Middleburg, Virginia (views). A US Army helicopter sits on a helipad at Glen Ora, President John F. Kennedy's estate in Middleburg, Virginia.

A pilot flying an ultralight.

Italy, Tuscany, Firefighting Helycopter.

A barrier aircraft arresting landing system sits on the flightline after a simulated emergency landing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Oct. 4, 2022. This emergency landing system may be used on land or on an aircraft carrier in the sea.

Russia, Poltavskaya village - May 1, 2016: Flying white quadrocopters DJI Phantom 4 over a field of wheat. Flying gadget for video.. Flying white quadrocopters over a field of wheat

Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert

Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Army Configurations; Rescue at sea

Robin Aircraft DR 400-180R, low wing aircraft, wooden construction, propeller plane, glider tug, in the background tower of an airport, Wasserkuppe Gersfeld airfield, district of Fulda, Hesse, Rhoen, Germany, Europe

Aerial view, Girocopter flight, Pilot, Ul-Pilot, Girocopter, Dortmund, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Man operating drone with remote controler by the sea on autumn day

Ultralight aircraft ultra -light aircraft over the Okavango in Namibia

Testing the External Vision System (XVS) software on the B200 King Air. Pilots, Peter Coen and Wayne Ringelberg attempt to spot an incoming aircraft on the XVS monitor.

The e-Genius aircraft prepares to takeoff for the miles per gallon (MPG) flight during the 2011 Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are having the challenge with the goal to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft.

Unmanned aircraft system (UAV) quadcopter drone in the air over roadway

Close-up of a wind turbine at farmland, Nine Canyon Wind Project, Richland, Washington State, USA

SH-3G (NASA-735) Helicopter in flight.

A Russian Search and Rescue all terrain vehicle carrying Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Shannon Walker from the medical tent pulls up to a helicopter shortly after Walker, Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin landed in the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Russian Cosmonaut Yurchikhin and NASA Astronauts Wheelock and Walker, are returning from nearly six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 24 and 25 crews.

A yellow helicopter flies above trees with contrails in a clear blue sky. Marseille, France

Bell NAH-1G (USA 70-15979 NASA-736) FLITE Cobra helicopter hovering on Ames ramp is successor to the original FLITE Cobra. It has been used extensively in joint NASA/Army human factors research in the areas of night vision displays and voice communications since its arrival in 1987. Note Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig 140

The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, EcoEagle prepares to takeoff as an demonstration aircraft for the miles per gallon (MPG) flight during the 2011 Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by Google, at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation are having the challenge with the goal to advance technologies in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions with cleaner renewable fuels and electric aircraft.

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Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Aburi. The remains of a Sikorsky H-19 military helicopter, which was formerly used as a transport aircraft by Kwame Nkrumah, the first leader of independent Ghana.

Closeups of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne aboard helicopter during Louisiana visit

Motorised hang glider being refueled, UL-Trike, Ultra Light airplane with a life boat, Varadero, Cuba, Caribbean, Central America, America, Central America

Altus II aircraft flying over southern California desert

Side view of mid adult pilot flying private aeroplane

Men preparing transport, loading of a canoe, bush plane, float plane de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter near Mayo, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

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A Croatian Air Force CL-415 Super Scooper firefighting aircraft dropping water during a training flight.

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The 2009 Durban Air Show at Virginia Airport. Durban. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa.

Alouette III helicopter from the SAR above a snowy landscape.

Man by private aeroplane

Overflight - Lipinski - 26-HK-215-13. Hurricane Katrina

Rome, Italy - 15 November 2005: Aerial view of a Nimbus 4 DM glider from the Italian Air Force's Gliding Centre in Guidonia, Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Trike with paramotor, Tenerife, Spain, Europe

Men fueling single engine airplanes.

Bremgarten, Germany, October 22, 2016: A classic red Cessna 170 aircraft parked at the airport, Europe

Belize, Caye Caulker. 12-Seater Airplane On Tarmac

Vehicle dating back to sovjet times. Russian coal mining town Barentsburg at fjord Groenfjorden, Svalbard. The coal mine is still in operation. Arctic Region, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Svalbard

Filling up a hot air balloon with a gas burner

North American P-51D Mustang known as 44 Sparky during the 2008 Reno Air Races.

Airport of Ibo Island, Quirimbas islands, Mozambique, Africa

Kent Pietsch, piloting his Interstate Cadet, performs aerobatics during the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. Since 1973, Pietsch has been performing for millions of people at more than 400 shows that have taken him to quality venues throughout the United States. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Plane in the sky above the city with blank flag

Young female skydiver in an airfield with a plane behind her

Sensitive instruments mounted on booms extending forward of the wing measure air turbulence and its effect on the stability of the Pathfinder-Plus solar-electric flying wing.

Portrait of pilot in aircraft

Helicopter, landing approach from pilot's perspective, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Central America

Young female skydiver in an airfield with a plane behind her

USA, Washington, Palouse Country, Crop Duster working spring Wheat Fields

Plane in the sky pulling a banner with the message Rabatt auf alles, German for Discount on everything, illustration

Helicopter transfer to Kapinga Camp, Busanga Plains, Kafue National Park, Zambia.

Kent Pietsch, piloting his Interstate Cadet, performs aerobatics above a trucktop during the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. Since 1973, Pietsch has been performing for millions of people at more than 400 shows that have taken him to quality venues throughout the United States. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

View of cattle herd from above, Cockpit, Sterling Buntine, Lansdowne Station, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Silhouette of unmanned aircraft system (UAV) quadcopter drone in the air over shipping port

Adventure zip slide crossing biome park. Eden Project, Bodelva, United Kingdom. Architect: Grimshaw, 2016.

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San Roque (Cádiz), 06/26/2019. Report helicopter of the National Police flying over the Strait of Gibraltar and the bay of Algeciras. Photo: Sergio Rodríguez. ARCHSEV.

Girl posing in hangar

Plane in the sky above the city with blank flag

drone flying over city street - privacy invasion or safety issues concept

German Army UH-1D Huey in farewell colours.

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Pilot in water taxi, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Meemu Atoll, Asia

Kiel, Germany 24 May 2024 View at a Stationary Red Helicopter the German Mans Air Rescue Service DRF 1127130925

Man next to a light aircraft

STS-83 Mission Commander James D. Halsell, Jr. arrives at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 prior to Columbia's launch

Man navigating, sailing

Sean Tucker in Oracle Challenger with Moffett Federal Air Field (formerly Moffett Naval Air Station) with the blimp hangers visible.

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