Commercial Aircraft - 2016 Aviation Week Photo Contest Finalists
December 02, 2016![](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/gallery_images/236408.993152.jpg?itok=2rvcOXLR)
Iberia
An Iberia Airbus A320 taxis at Asturias Airport in northern Spain near the Bay of Biscay.
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Harvest Moon Final Approach
I was testing out the focus of my telephoto lens and aimed for the Moon; I got lucky with timing.
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Southwest 599 Landing at Dallas Love Field
This shot was taken from inside Southwest Airlines Flight 599 on approach to Dallas Love Field, Texas, on Sept. 12, 2016.
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Centennial Surprise
Boeing airplanes from the 707 to the 787 line up along a taxiway at Boeing Field in Seattle as part of the company's 100th birthday celebration on July 15, 2016.
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First Air ATR 42-500 C-FTID
A First Air ATR 42-500 is performing engine runs in Ottawa before heading to its northern Arctic base in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
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A First Air Boeing 737-400 Pushback
A First Air Boeing 737-400 is being pushed out of the hanger in Ottawa, Ontario, for its flight to Iqaluit, Nunavut.
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Departure and Arrivals
An American Airlines Boeing 737 takes off at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport beside the Potomac River while five other airliners are in the pattern to land in the background. The image was taken from Gravelly Point, a small riverside park right off the end of Runway 1-19.
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Embraer E190-E2 Taxi Out
The first prototype Embraer E190-E2 taxing out for its first flight in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil
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Embraer E190-E2 First Flight
The first prototype Embraer E190-E2 during flyby on its first flight in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
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Half-Moon Departing
An airliner is seen 2 min. after departing Boston's Logan International Airport, using the Moon as a backdrop.
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A new dawn on aviation
A Boeing 787-8 being pushed out of the hangar early one morning.
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Tiger Jumbo
A Rossiya Airlines Boeing 747 at Vnukovo International Airport, the company’s new hub near Moscow.
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Trip 7 Rainbow
An Air Canada Boeing 777 soars high over Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with the atmospheric conditions creating spectacular effects in its contrails.
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Airbus 340 got lost in the field
A China Airlines Airbus A340 appears lost in the field at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol while taxiing to the terminal.
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