Last Call: Aviation Week's Photo Contest--See Photos Of Early Entries
Storming Stars
Avichai Socher, Givat Shmuel, IsraelAn F-16i “Sufa” or Storm is encircled by a storm of a million stars.
Trip 7 Rainbow
Stuart Sanders, Nanaimo, British Columbia, CanadaAn Air Canada 777 soars high over Vancouver Island, British Columbia with the atmospheric conditions creating spectacular effects in its contrails.
Star Of The Boneyard
Yissachar Ruas, Bet Shemesh, IsraelIsraeli Air Force A-4 Skyhawk "Ahit" at its final resting place in the Negev Desert in Israel after concluding its illustrious 48-year career in combat service.
Up Close And Personal With Hitman
Stuart Sanders, Nanaimo, British Columbia, CanadaSnowbird 5, Capt Matthew “Hitman” Hart, runs through his startup procedures in preparation for another practice at 19 Wing at Royal Canadian Air Force Base Comox, British Columbia, during the Canadian Forces aerobatic demonstration team’s spring training deployment.
Toward the Kremlin
Fyodor Borisov, St. Petersburg, RussiaA Russian air force helicopter heads toward Moscow’s Red Square.
Asymmetric Thrust
Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North CarolinaThe launch of the Osiris-REx spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, used an Atlas V rocket with just one solid rocket booster. Liquid and solid fuel rocket engines worked together to deliver Osiris-REx on its way to the asteroid Bennu.
Swiss Tigers
Peter Lewis, Bretten, SwitzerlandA pair of Swiss air force Northrop F-5E/F Tigers fly over the Alps.
Beautiful Sunrise Over Atlanta
Shannon Sills, Tyrone, GeorgiaA Southwest Airlines 737-700 makes its final approach to Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport’s Runway 8L during a beautiful sunrise.
On The Edge
Stuart Sanders, Nanaimo, British Columbia, CanadaFlying the back up jet, Capt. Ryan “Roid” Kean pushes his CF-18 to the edge of the speed of sound during a very damp morning practice at 19 Wing at Royal Canadian Air Force Base Comox, British Columbia.
Smile For The Camera
Jay Selman, Charlotte, North CarolinaA helicopter serves as the platform for photographing a Boeing 737 MAX.
Turkish Airlines A330 Climbs Out
Marina Lystseva, Moscow, RussiaA Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 takes off from Istanbul Ataturk International Airport on Sept. 17.
Back To The Future
Jessica Ambats, Malibu, CaliforniaTwo of the remaining five flying Beech Starships fly in formation.
Maiden Launch
Marina Lystseva, Moscow, RussiaA Soyuz 2.1a launch vehicle lifts off in the first launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on April 28 carrying three spacecraft that it successfully deployed.
Firefly Space Systems Rocket Test
Andrew Bennett, Austin, TexasFirefly Space Systems tests its aerospike rocket in Briggs, Texas.
Solar Impulse II
Joseph Miller, Hudson, IllinoisSolar Impulse II is parked in an Abu Dhabi hangar after its final flight.
Astro Dummies
David Bowman, Newport News, VirginiaTest dummies are strapped inside the Orion Ground Test Article for upcoming splash down testing at Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin.
Beaver Lodge
David Maytag, Tempe, ArizonaDHC2-Mk. 3 at rest in a top secret British Columbia get-away.
Flying Into Paradise
Ryohei Tsugami, Toyonaka, Osaka, JapanA KLM Asia 747 passes over Paradise Beach on final approach to Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten.
Ed Force One
Brian Emch, Lancaster, CaliforniaHeavy metal band Iron Maiden's 747, “Ed Force One,” departs Los Angeles International Airport for Tokyo.
Unveiling The MS-21 Airliner
Marina Lystseva, Moscow, RussiaUnited Aircraft Corp. MS-21 jetliner is rolled out at Irkutsk, Russia on June 8.
Proton With ESA ExoMars Mission
Stephane Corvaja, Paris, FranceA Proton booster rolls out from the fueling station to Pad 200 on March 11 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
A New Dawn on Aviation
Peter Thomas, Cwmavon, WalesA Boeing 787-8 is pushed out of a hangar early one morning.
Sunrise Before Heading West
Jimmy Rollison, Vacaville, CaliforniaBeechcraft Staggerwing Model B17.
Maiden Voyage
Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North CarolinaThe December 2015 launch of Orbcomm OG2-M2 was the first for SpaceX's upgraded Falcon 9 "full-thrust" variant, making use of densified propellants to improve rocket performance. Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.
Lebanese Seal Team
Joseph Bejjany, Furn El Chebbak, LebanonLebanese navy seals during a maneuver in Okaibe, Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea.
Bush Plane and Aurora
Edward Polsky, Chicago, IllinoisA 5-sec. exposure during auroral activity in Bettles, Alaska.
Grounded
Andrew Jowett, Port Huron, MichiganAn abandoned U.S. Navy Douglas Super DC-3 plane on Solheimasandur Beach in Iceland.
A Beginning
George Katsoulis, Menifee, CaliforniaThe base formation from which the Parachutists Over Phorty (POP's) 2016 World Record was formed.
Excessive Speed
Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North CarolinaSpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket launch on the eighth mission to resupply the International Space Station, conducted under NASA's Commercial Cargo contract. Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.
Super Goose
Kat Sutphin, Ontario, OregonAlaskan camper
QM-2 Solid Rocket Motor Test Firing
Mark Usciak, Lancaster, PennsylvaniaMountainside view of the Orbital/ATK QM-2 Solid Rocket Motor test firing in Promontory, Utah, on June 18, 2016.
Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Open Day
Martin de Ruyter, Nelson, New ZealandRachel Friesen holds Evie Friesen as the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter lifts off during an open day at the rescue helicopter base at Nelson Airport.
JFK Arrival
Ruben Alconero, Rochester, New YorkDescending between cloud layers into New York's JFK Airport
Exploring America In 1920s Style
Tyson Rininger, Monterey, CaliforniaCurtiss-Wright Robin flown by Scott Glover, Curtis Wright Travel Air 4000 flown by Kelly Mahon, O-1 Bird Dog photo ship flown by Matt Bongers, Mount Pleasant, Texas, for the Mid America Flight Museum.
In this latest installment of entries to the 2016 Aviation Week Photo Contest, we're including an Israeli A-4 that logged 48 years of service before retiring, some great shots from Canada and a close-up of an Atlas V launch with a single solid-rocket booster. Winners will be announced on Dec. 2.