The SpaceX Starship 8 launched, and the Super Heavy Booster was recovered on March 6, as captured in this composite image.
Credit: Chris Goulet/Omaha, Nebraska
This Southwest Airlines 737-8, named Herbert D. Kelleher and painted in retro “Desert Gold” livery, awaits its next flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport while aircraft and ground service equipment streak by in the background. The composite image combines 100 individual 25-sec. exposures captured in a span of 42 min.
Credit: Matt Poulson/Salt Lake City
The P-51 Mustang “Mad Max” appeared at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo 2025 in Lakeland, Florida. Sky replacement was used on the left side below the propeller to remove distractions.
Credit: Holly Elmore/Sarasota, Florida
Two members of the Blue Angels ground crew take a break on April 5 during the 2025 Sun 'n Fun Airshow in Lakeland, Florida.
Credit: Richard P. Gallagher/Merritt Island, Florida
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II, piloted by Maj. Melanie Kluesner of the F-35 Demo Team, executes a dynamic rapid turn during on April 2 during an afternoon performance at the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida. This composite image fuses the fifth-generation stealth fighter's high-performance maneuver with a dramatic pyrotechnic "wall of fire" from the event's special effects team, evoking the intense illusion of a tactical strafing run amid billowing smoke and flames.
Credit: Tom Pawlesh/Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
The owners of this beautiful Piper Tri-Pacer receive a free night portrait at the Sentimental Journey Fly-In event in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
Credit: Takashi Makiyama/Kagawa, Japan
This image showing lightning over Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa, Japan, was created from eight lightning frames selected out of several hundred 0.5-sec. bulb shots.
Credit: Chastin Teets/Fisher, West Virginia
An elderly North American F-86 Sabre stands guard outside the front entrance at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport in Virginia.
Photo Illustration entries ranges from a composite of SpaceX Starship 8's launch and recovery to an airport terminal against a lightning-lit night sky.
