Editor's Picks From Aviation Week 2015 Photo Contest
December 18, 2015
Blue Flight
Mark Garfinkel, Winthrop, Massachusetts A LOT Polish Airlines 787 flying from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Warsaw flies above Boston at 35,175 ft., seeming to soar above the Moon.
Engine Shop
Morteza Noormohammadi, Tehran, Iran A technician looks through the compressor
while working on an engine.
Jump
Johnson Barros, Brasilia, Brazil Two rescue jumpers plunge from an SC-105 Amazonas (CASA-295) over Santa Catarina, Brazil’s Atlantic shore.
Flare, Flare Flare!!!
James Haseltine, Omaha, Nebraska
An F-16 from the 169th Fighter Wing climbs high and flares over South Carolina during a training mission.
Deserted C46
Rui Merlin, Rondonopolis, Brazil An abandoned twin-engine transport sits in the Brazilian rain forest near Itacoatiara.
Back To Black
Avichai Socher, Givat Shmuel, Israel An Israeli air force F-16I “SUFA” (Storm) seems to burn the sky crimson in an evening dance above the Negev Desert.
Bulgarian Navy Panther
Ognyan Stefanov, Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgarian navy AS-565MB Panther hovers during a search-and-rescue training flight over the Black Sea coastline of Bulgaria.
Dawn Patrol
Jim Koepnick, Oshkosh, Wisconsin A flight of P51 Mustangs in formation next to a B25 over Lake Michigan near Sheboyagan, Wisconsin, on July 24, 2015.
New Runway Markers for the West Fork
Michael Marco, Atlantic Beach, Florida Beaver N8190Y in the West Fork of the Ruth Glacier on Mount Denali, Alaska.
Flower Power
Ronald Franco, Lockport, New York A flower of ice covers this 737 engine prior to deicing in Dallas.
Aviation Week editors selected some of their favorite images from among the Photo Contest finalists.
