2017 Aviation Week Photo Contest Early Entries
Oct 2, 2017
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Texans For 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 Airfield, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Photo:Martin de Ruyter, Nelson, New Zealand - NextPrev2 of 14
Twisted Dash Eight
An Air Greenland DHC-8-200 at Ilulissat Airport.
Photo:Doron Talmi, Herzliya, Israel - NextPrev3 of 14
Calm Through The Storm
A major storm suddenly developed and eventually passed. This was the calm that followed.
Photo:James Wygle, Slocomb, Alabama - NextPrev4 of 14
Fire And Fury
United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Medium+ (5,4) rocket lifts the Wideband Global SATCOM-9 payload to orbit on March 18, 2017. This mission was featured by the U.S. Air Force as part of its year-long birthday celebration honoring 70 years of "Breaking Barriers."
Photo:Jared Haworth, Raleigh, North Carolina - NextPrev5 of 14
ISS Lunar Transit Across Full Moon
With a hurricane bearing down on Florida, the Space Coast was still able to see the International Space Station and astronauts Paolo Nespoli, Sergey Ryazanskiy and Commander Randy Bresnik meet the Full Corn Moon of Sept. 6, 2017, seen here from Titusville, Florida, just across the river from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The transit occurred at 3:39 a.m., and lasted 1.06 sec.
Photo:Michael Seeley, Melbourne, Florida - NextPrev6 of 14
Turkish Airlines
An Airbus A330 takes off from Runway 24 Left at Montreal-Trudeau Airport at just after 11:30 p.m.
Photo:Jean Cloutier, Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada - NextPrev7 of 14
Rare Bird
The only airworthy Aero 45 in North America, and one of maybe a dozen left in the world, takes flight over Washington State's Puget Sound after Vintage Aircraft Weekend on Sept. 3, 2017.
Photo:Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, Seattle, Washington - NextPrev8 of 14
Star Wars Eagle
Maj. Christopher Wee of the 416th Flight Test Sqdn. at Edwards AFB, California, pulls his F-15SA into a tight turn over the famous "Star Wars Canyon" in Panamint Springs, California.
Photo:Jimmy Jones, Bryant, Arkansas - NextPrev9 of 14
Fly To The Moon With Delta
A Delta Air Lines domestic flight passing by the Moon at sunset.
Photo:John LaHood, North Tonawanda, New York - NextPrev10 of 14
Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer And MH-65D
A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer returns to MH-65D 6509 at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on April 1, 2017.
Photo:Joseph Handelman, Annapolis, Maryland - NextPrev11 of 14
Frankfurt/Main Airport, 2017
A Lufthansa aircraft at Frankfurt/Main International Airport, Germany.
Photo:Leonid Faerberg, Moscow, Russia - NextPrev12 of 14
Total Solar Eclipse
The total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017, seen from Shaw AFB in Sumter, South Carolina. In the foreground are two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the F-16 Viper Demo team, parked at the end of the runway for us to use as subjects.
Photo:Michael Seeley, Melbourne, Florida - NextPrev13 of 14
Airbus A300-600ST Beluga
Airbus Beluga F-GSTA arriving at Airport Albert-Picardie in Meaulte, France.
Photo:Pol Bacquet, Amiens, France - NextPrev14 of 14
Ariane 5 VA233 Lift Off
Launch of Ariane 5 VA233, carrying four Galileo satellites, is captured with a remote camera on Nov. 17, 2016.
Photo:Stephane Eorvaja, Paris, France
Early entries to Aviation Week's 2017 Photo Contest include an aerial ballet of New Zealand's Black Falcons aerobatic team, a rare vintage Aero 45 in flight, a hard-to-capture of the International Space Station and one that you can only get with a total eclipse of the Sun. If your photos measure up, enter today.
The deadline for entries is Oct. 16.
The deadline for entries is Oct. 16.