Commercial Aviation: Regionals, Turboprops And More—2018 Photo Contest

E195-E2 Vmu Test—Front View

David Branco Filho, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

In this side-angle view, an Embraer 195-E2 prototype performs a minimum unstick speed (Vmu) test, where the aircraft lifts off the ground at the minimum possible airspeed and sometimes drags its tail skid on the runway. Vmu is a certification reference to determine operational takeoff speeds with a margin of safety for normal operations.

E195-E2 Vmu Test—Rear View

David Branco Filho, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

This is the important view of the minimum unstick speed (Vmu) test of an Embraer 195-E2 prototype. The aircraft lifts off the ground at the minimum possible airspeed and sometimes drags its tail skid on the runway. Vmu is a certification reference to determine operational takeoff speeds with a margin of safety for normal operations.

Refusing To Board

Doron Talmi, Herzliya, Israel

A Kenyan family boarding a Fly-SAX C-208 Caravan, at Kichwa Tembo, Maaai Mara, Kenya.

Honor Flight Returns

Jim Koepnick, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

First Officer Sandra Hintze waves to the crowd at EAA AirVenture 2018 as a Vietnam veteran deplanes from an Honor Flight to Washington in July, 2018.

Domodedovo Airport

Leonid Faerberg, Moscow

Passengers walk along the boarding bridge at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

Early Departure

Luis Sales, Pembroke Pines, Florida

An airliner departs from Miami International Airport on a stormy Florida morning, Sept. 1, 2018.

K-MAX N357KA Guayama, Puerto Rico

Mark Bennett, Apache Junction, Arizona

Framed by the dense foliage onto which power lines headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, had fallen in the fury of Hurricane Maria, this K-MAX operated by ROTAK Helicopter Services precisely lowers a high-tension power line tower support. The K-MAX proved itself again and again, placing supports and towers, and hauling the fallen conductors out of the jungle.

Nighttime Takeoff

Mark Wagner, London

Loganair Saab 2000 taking off from London City Airport at night.

Winter Operations in Boston

Tamas Kolos-Lakatos, Malden, Massachusetts

Deicing operations are in full swing as the first snowstorm of the season hits Boston Logan International Airport. 

PHX Thunderstorm

Thusitha (Bob) Galhenage, Kirkland, Washington

Bruser 1 arrival into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, dodging a thunderstorm.

This year's entries include commercial jets, a reluctant child passenger in Kenya and a helicopter giving help to hurricane-torn Puerto Rico.

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