A southern star trails behind a retired MIM-23 Hawk launcher. The composition reminded photographer Avichai Socher of "a sheaf of wheat in a harvest." He said, "What is better to bind those oats together than a rocket launch?"
Credit: Jason Cober/Johns Island, South Carolina
Louis Horschel's Vought F4U Corsair during the Geneseo Airshow in New York on the night of July 13. The photo was captured as a single-shot time lapse showing the wings transitioning from the down position to the folded position.
Credit: James Knauf/Rolling Hills Estates, California
This U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor shows off its weapon bay operation in this composite illustration taken at MCAS Miramar, California.
Credit: Chris Goulet/Tempe, Arizona
These American Airlines passenger aircraft sit at their gates at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on the evening of July 4 as fireworks shoot off in the background. This photo was made up of 257 10-sec. exposures, making a 43-min. exposure in total.
Credit: Chuck Edwards/Spring Hill, Florida
A North American P-51 Mustang takes center stage in the fireworks show at Sun 'n Fun's 50th anniversary celebration in Lakeland, Florida.
Credit: John Ford/San Diego, California
A Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star rests in front of a Boeing B-47 Stratojet at the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita.
Credit: John Ford/San Diego
A silver wing, propeller engine and vertical stabilizer were photographed in front of a corrugated building at the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas.
Credit: Brett Schauf/Wichita
A view of the business end of the twin General Electric F414-FE-400 engines on the Canadian McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024.
Credit: John Ford/San Diego
A black-and-white shot of the cockpit, radial engine and nose of a Howard 500 executive transport aircraft in Oshkosh.
The photographers chosen by the editors for Aviation Week's 2024 Photo Illustration Contest reimagined their subjects with advanced compositional techniques and illustrative Photoshop effects.
