Land-based Aircraft—2018 Photo Contest
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DDA Classic Airlines Douglas DC-3 PH-PBA named after Dutch Princess Amalia was piloted many times by her grandfather, Prince Bernhard, when it was serving post-World War II as a government aircraft. It is seen here over a section of the famous Amsterdam canals with the green dome of the Royal Palace on Dam Square in the top right corner.
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The unique French-registered Verhees Delta D2 Dutch homebuilt "flying wing" in flight over Belgium.
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A classic Beech Bonanza and Bellanca 14-19-3 graze the grass at the Mason City Regioinal Airport in Iowa.
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This image was taken on April 6, 2018, at March AFB in Riverside, California. As a celebration for its centennial, the base put on an air show for local families. This Douglas C47 captured both the crowd's attention and the light of the sunset, making for a perfect image.
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The Yak-110, perhaps the most inventive experimental aerobatic airplane ever built, sits on the ramp at Mountain Home AFB in Idaho prior to Jeff Boerboon taking it up for its first public performance.
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Pilot Jeff Boerboon proudly displays the Yak-110, an aircraft conceived and built in Idaho from two Russian Yak-55s, during its inaugural public air show at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, in June 2018.
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Rich Perkins takes off in his Yak-54 Russian Thunder for an aerobatic demonstration at San Carlos Airport, California.
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The pressurized Perlan 2 glider swoops low over the Patagonian highlands near El Calafate, Argentina, during a test flight in August 2018. On Sept. 2, Perlan 2 set a world record by soaring to 76,000 ft.
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Two Cirrus SR-22 aircraft fly above the clouds at dawn near Miami in November 2017.
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Dream Scheme Designs' Vans RV-4 out of KDPA (DuPage Airport in Illinois), going for a sunset flight.
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This photo was taken in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2017, and the photographer was shocked to be able to capture the scene. He was at 23,000 ft. at 8:30 p.m. in a Cessna CJ1.
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NASA S-3 Viking sits at the Boeing Plaza during fireworks at EAA AirVenture 2018, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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The Moon sets upon "ol' yeller" at Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi, on Feb. 27, 2018.
This eclectic gallery brings together a mix of warbirds, experimental aircraft, general aviation classics and more.