Peter Lewis Brutten, Switzerland A Swiss Air Force F-5E Tiger II releases flares after sunset over the Bernese Alps.
Commercial First Place
Ryohei Tsugami Osaka, Japan An All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300 lines up for takeoff at Osaka International Airport.
Commercial Second Place
Tom A. Kolstad Lommedalen, Norway An Airbus A330 is captured against a stunning background, generating heavy aerodynamic contrails during its arrival on a humid, late afternoon at Oslo International Airport. (Editor's Note: This caption was changed to correct the identification of the aircraft.)
Commercial Third Place
Mark Garfinkel Winthrop, Massachusetts A huge Airbus A380 is framed by the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 amid sunspots and a layer of clouds.
Space First Place
Bill Jelen Merritt Island, Florida The SpaceX Transporter-Erector at Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A moves out of the way of a Falcon 9 rocket in the first few seconds after liftoff.
Space Second Place
Bill Ingalls Arlington, Virginia
This long-exposure shot captures a Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Expedition 50 crewmembers to the
International Space Station.
Space Third Place
Walter Scriptunas II Charleston, West Virginia A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on its maiden voyage from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Defense First Place
Martin de Ruyter Nelson, New Zealand
The Royal New Zealand Air Force Black Falcons team performs a spaghetti break in their new T-6C Texan ll aircraft at the 2017 Classic Fighters Airshow at Omaka Aerodrome, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Defense Second Place
Bob Driver Canyon Country, California
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird No. 8 is parked prior to the annual Los Angeles County Airshow at Fox Field in Lancaster, California, after the passage of a serious squall.
Defense Third Place
Christopher Mezzavilla San Francisco, California
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels Nos. 5 and 6 soar above San Francisco, with legendary aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker in the Oracle Challenger III during Fleet Week 2017.
General First Place
LaDon Roeder Washington, D.C.
A dramatic helicopter rescue is captured over Moraine Lake in Alberta.
General Second Place
Jessica Voruda Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The world’s last flying Hamilton H-47, made in 1929, photographed under the Milky Way in Iowa during the Antique Aircraft Association/Airpower Museum Invitational Fly-In.
General Third Place
Mark Wagner London, England
A wingwalker on a Boeing Stearman, in mid-barrel-roll over the World War I military airfield Rendcombe in the Cotswold region of England.
A Swiss fighter firing flares, an A380 framed against the solar eclipse and dramatic long-exposures of space launches are among this year's winners.
A mix of veteran and first-time entrants gathered the honors in this year's Aviation Week Photo Contest.
