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Last Call: Aviation Week's Photo Contest--See Photos Of Early Entries

October 17, 2016

Storming Stars

Avichai Socher, Givat Shmuel, Israel

An F-16i “Sufa” or Storm is encircled by a storm of a million stars.

Trip 7 Rainbow

Stuart Sanders, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

An 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, Israel

Israeli 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, Canada

Snowbird 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, Russia

A Russian air force helicopter heads toward Moscow’s Red Square.

Asymmetric Thrust

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

The 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, Switzerland

A pair of Swiss air force Northrop F-5E/F Tigers fly over the Alps.

Beautiful Sunrise Over Atlanta

Shannon Sills, Tyrone, Georgia

A 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, Canada

Flying 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 Carolina

A helicopter serves as the platform for photographing a Boeing 737 MAX.

Turkish Airlines A330 Climbs Out

Marina Lystseva, Moscow, Russia

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A330 takes off from Istanbul Ataturk International Airport on Sept. 17.

Back To The Future

Jessica Ambats, Malibu, California

Two of the remaining five flying Beech Starships fly in formation.

Maiden Launch

Marina Lystseva, Moscow, Russia

A 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, Texas

Firefly Space Systems tests its aerospike rocket in Briggs, Texas.

Solar Impulse II

Joseph Miller, Hudson, Illinois

Solar Impulse II is parked in an Abu Dhabi hangar after its final flight.

Astro Dummies

David Bowman, Newport News, Virginia

Test 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, Arizona

DHC2-Mk. 3 at rest in a top secret British Columbia get-away.

Flying Into Paradise

Ryohei Tsugami, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan

A KLM Asia 747 passes over Paradise Beach on final approach to Princess Juliana International Airport, St. Maarten.

Ed Force One

Brian Emch, Lancaster, California

Heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 747, “Ed Force One,” departs Los Angeles International Airport for Tokyo.

Unveiling The MS-21 Airliner

Marina Lystseva, Moscow, Russia

United Aircraft Corp. MS-21 jetliner is rolled out at Irkutsk, Russia on June 8.

Proton With ESA ExoMars Mission

Stephane Corvaja, Paris, France

A 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, Wales

A Boeing 787-8 is pushed out of a hangar early one morning.

Sunrise Before Heading West

Jimmy Rollison, Vacaville, California

Beechcraft Staggerwing Model B17.

Maiden Voyage

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

The 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, Lebanon

Lebanese navy seals during a maneuver in Okaibe, Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea.

Bush Plane and Aurora

Edward Polsky, Chicago, Illinois

A 5-sec. exposure during auroral activity in Bettles, Alaska.

Grounded

Andrew Jowett, Port Huron, Michigan

An abandoned U.S. Navy Douglas Super DC-3 plane on Solheimasandur Beach in Iceland.

A Beginning

George Katsoulis, Menifee, California

The base formation from which the Parachutists Over Phorty (POP's) 2016 World Record was formed.

Excessive Speed

Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina

SpaceX'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, Oregon

Alaskan camper

QM-2 Solid Rocket Motor Test Firing

Mark Usciak, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Mountainside 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 Zealand

Rachel 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 York

Descending between cloud layers into New York's JFK Airport

Exploring America In 1920s Style

Tyson Rininger, Monterey, California

Curtiss-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.

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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.

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