Pilot Cory Kittle uses the water of a beautiful glacial river to slow his Cub down to land on a short gravel bar.
Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Open Day
Credit: Martin de Ruyter Nelson, New Zealand
Rachel Friesen holds Evie Friesen as a Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter lifts off during an open day at the rescue helicopter base at Nelson Airport in New Zealand.
Grounded
Credit: Andrew Jowett, Port Huron, Michigan
An abandoned U.S. Navy Douglas Super DC-3 rests at Solheimasandur Beach in Iceland.
Bush Plane and Aurora
Credit: Edward Polsky, Chicago
A 5-sec. exposure captures auroral activity in Bettles, Alaska.
Freedom
Credit: Emmanuel Canaan, Eagan, Minnesota
Sean D. Tucker soars over New York's skyline with the iconic Freedom Tower-1 World Trade Center in the background in advance of the 2016 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Long Island, New York.
Oshkosh 'Light'
Credit: Andreas Zeitler, Manching, Germany
The Hahnweide Oldtimer meeting is Germany's biggest fly-in. The early morning fog here evokes a slight touch of Oshkosh's Airventure in Wisconsin.
The Fly of the Freedom
Credit: Angelo La Spina Zafferana Etnea, Italy
A delta-wing ultralight flies toward the clouds above Sicily.
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