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

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

This is the important view of the minimum unstick speed (V_mu) 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. V_mu is a certification reference to determine operational takeoff speeds with a margin of safety for normal operations.

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

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.

Passengers walk along the boarding bridge at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

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

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.

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

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

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