General: Aviation — 2017 Photo Contest

A Zenith 801 festooned with light strips is ready to provide airborne holiday cheer for Christmas 2016 in Meridian, Mississippi.

Middle of the grid for sailplane competition at Formosa, Brazil.

An Aeroshell T-6 finishes the night airshow at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Wisconsin, by performing a burnout on the taxiway.

Technician drills holes in the wing of a Cessna 402 for rivets at a Cape Air hangar in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Touring pusher aircraft at Sun & Fun Fly-In Expo in Florida.

A sunrise balloon ride above the Ruhama Badlands in Israel is a surreal experience—filling the balloon with hot air in the dark, taking off in the dim morning light and embracing the Sun above the clouds with all its glory.

This German-registered Cessna 182 is based in the Netherlands and was captured flying over the beautiful Netherlands' Biesbosch National Park, one of the last remaining freshwater tidal wetlands in Europe.  

A 1957 Cessna 180 awaits its next flight on a fall day.

This Series 1 Jetpack of Martin Aircraft in New Zealand is undergoing flight testing above the countryside of Oxford, Canterbury, with New Zealand Southern Alps in the background.

Water curtain salute from two fire trucks greets an executive jet in this photo shot with four 500-watt strobes at Greenville, Texas. 

Airship hangar waits for an occupant at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California.

Powered Parasails fly in formation at dusk at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 2017.

AgustaWestand AW609 tiltrotor at Sawyer International Airport, Marquette County, Michigan.

Test pilot Bruno Vezzoli drove his Pegasus from Paris, flew it across the English Channel and then drove it to London. 

A light aircraft flies at sunset by the Sidna Ali Mosque, Herzliya, Israel, in this double exposure. 

Grandson watches his grandparents arrive at the Amana (Iowa) Airport for a visit.

Seen in closeup, test pilot Bruno Vezzoli drove his Pegasus out of Paris, flew it across the English Channel, then drove it to London. 

Looking south from Halibut Cove, Alaska, during the July 4 weekend.

Goodyear semi-rigid airship Zeppelin NT Wingfoot Two comes in for a landing with the mast truck waiting, at Goodyear's Base, Suffield Township, Ohio.

Sailplane dumps water ballast at the finish line for the 18-meter (59-ft.) nationals.

I flew my Cessna 170B to Havana Regional Airport in Illinois for a stargazing fly-in hosted by the Recreational Aviation Foundation. I set my camera up to take night-sky shots and was surprised to have captured a shooting star in one of the images. 

Cessna 152 is parked at Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey, England, between rain showers as a cold autumnal airflow covers the UK.

The Pegasus flying car project is both a sporting feat and an outstanding human adventure. 

First day of the 2017 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico. View is from Rainbow Ryders Balloon Rides.

Aerospool Dynamic-WT9 on final to Runway 14 at Konjice, Slovenia.

Left-seat view from a Cherokee 140 descending into Groton (Connecticut) Airport during a cloudy sunset.

A young boy's first flight.

Photo taken through the pilot's door window with a Motorola Droid Turbo 2 shows a sunset under the wing of a Cessna 140A in Sharon, Massachusetts.

Sunset near the San Juan Islands of Washington State in a 1964 Mooney M20E.