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Commercial Aviation 2015 Photo Contest Finalists

November 19, 2015

Southwest Departure from Las Vegas

Alan Sondak, Las Vegas, Nevada

A Southwest Airlines 737 makes a winter departure from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas.

First Delivery

Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

I was fortunate to be on site for the arrival of FedEx's first Boeing 767-300F.  For this shot, on site meant laying on the taxiway while the crew stopped for a photo op.

Ice Man Cometh

Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

A 30-second exposure of the de-icing process in the early morning hours on the ramp at Springfield-Branson National Airport, Springfield, Missouri.

LA NIGHTS

Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

The nightly lineup on the ramp at Los Angeles International Airport.

Night Moves

Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

My first officer poses for a night cockpit shot somewhere over the western United States.

Moni Shafir, Holon, Israel

The view over Tel Aviv.

Emirates A380, A6-EDZ.

Richard Maher, Auckland

A giant not needing an introduction. Here she is, photographed head on, highlighting her presence with wings that reach the edges of the taxiway at Auckland International Airport on April 17.

Lightstream Landing

Richard Maher, Auckland

A long exposure shot of a Qantas 737 landing on Runway 05R at Auckland International Airport. The end result is brilliant light-stream trails from the lights on the aircraft.

Engine Shop

Morteza Noormohammadi, Iran

A technician peers through the core of a jet engine in Iran.

Southwest 737 on Approach

Daniel Adams, New York

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passes over the famous In-N'-Out Burger just prior to landing at Los Angeles International Airport.

Right on Top

Daniel Adams, New York

Looking directly down at a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in the airline's new livery while it taxis to its gate at Los Angeles International Airport.

Soaring from Narita International Airport, Tokyo

Hikotaro Kaneda, Chiba, Japan

Korean Air A330-300 departs from Narita International Airport Runway 34L.

Passing Each Other

Hikotaro Kaneda, Chiba, Japan

Taken from Cessna 172 at 5,000 ft.

Flower Power

Ronald Franco, Lockport, New York

A flower of ice covers this 737 engine prior to deicing in Dallas.

Cargo Road

Emmanuel Canaan, Eagen, Minnesota

A UPS MD-11 paves a highway in the sky on takeoff from Minneapolis to its home base in Louisville, Kentucky.

Spring Dreams

Emmanuel Canaan, Eagen, Minnesota

A Delta Airbus A330-300 climbs out of Minneapolis on a warm spring night as it prepares to race away from the setting sun toward Amsterdam.

Love Final

Doron Talmi, Herzliya, Israel

Airliner on short final to Dallas Love Field.

Fly Me to the Moon

Julia Fuhr, Midland Park, New Jersey

An airliner transits the Supermoon on Aug. 15, taken from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Airbus A320 and the Moon

Bill Wozniak, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Airbus enroute to John F. Kennedy International Airprt. The photo was taken in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

Fantastic 777

Ryohei Tsugami, Chiba, Japan

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 777 on final to Osaka-Itami airport in the evening.

Wing Flex of the Air Canada Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

Brian Losito, Lachine, Quebec

Air-to-Air.

Learjet shadow on Boing 787-8 Dreamliner over the Washington coast

Brian Losito, Lachine, Quebec

Air-to-Air.

Size Comparison in the Extreme

Ben Wang, Cupertino, California

A Lufthansa A380 awaits departure clearance on Runway 28R while a United Express/Skywest CRJ-200 lands on Runway 28L.  The CRJ can easily be confused as an appendage on the Super Airbus!

Putting in New Runway Markers on the West Fork

Michael Marco, Atlantic Beach, Florida

Beaver N8190Y in the West Fork of the Ruth Glacier, Mount Denali, Alaska.

Mount Denali Behind the Beaver

Michael Marco, Atlantic Beach, Florida

DeHavilland Beaver N8190Y on the Ruth Glacier at the base of Mount Denali.

Window on a Busy Airport

Stephen Wolf, Antony, France

View from the end of Terminal 2E at Paris-Charles de Gaulle International Airport with planes moving in the air and on the ground.

Foggy Departure

Mark Garfinkel, Winthorp, Massachusetts

JetBlue Flight 951 leaves Boston's Logan International Airport in heavy fog, casting a shadow as it passes the sun.

Shadow Play

Mark Garfinkel, Winthorp, Massachusetts

Over Boston, the massive Emirates Airbus A380, Flight EK204 from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Dubai shadows itself.

Blue Flight

Mark Garfinkel, Winthorp, Massachusetts

LOT Polish Airlines flight from , New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Warsaw, at 35,175 ft. high, is seen with the Moon above Boston.

Into the cold

David Lau, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Learjet ready for flight after the first snowstorm of 2015 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Photographers submitted about 80 entries in the Commercial category, some with multiple photos. Work from six different nations is represented in this gallery. Overall, we received 293 entries and 637 individual photos for the 23rd Annual Aviation Week Photo Contest. Entries came from all 50 U.S. states and 14 other countries, representing every continent except Antarctica.

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