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  • Rolls of turf are rolled up by exhibition workers at the end of a long day at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Removing the real grass from at the CFM stand (a company formed from SNECMA and General Electric jet engines) that manufactures a family of 7,200 commercial and military jet engines for Airbus and Boeing airliners. The men bend over to make a tight roll of organic lawn to keep it fresh and watered overnight before another hot day in this hall. Alongside them, a giant turbofan engine is seen, its huge turbine blades lit by artificial lights. The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
    paris_air_show224-20-06-2007.jpg
  • Faceless Russian delegates are in deep discussion in a hall at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. With the flag of the Russian Federation strategically placed to the right of the stand, the three anonymous are secretively talking business in a group meeting, their crumpled suits show they have been working on this project for many hours or days. Two of the men have exchanged business cards to make new contacts. The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
    paris_air_show53-20-06-2007.jpg
  • Four business partners are in the middle of a meeting at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Seated within a private area that looks like a cage, they engage in conversation on this stylish stand that also features a lush oasis of green vegetation. The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
    paris_air_show123-20-06-2007.jpg
  • Jamie Anderson, USA, SILVER, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Jamie Anderson-D19-WBAF-4504_1.jpg
  • Jamie Anderson, USA, SILVER, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Jamie Anderson-D19-WBAF-4462_1.jpg
  • Zoi Sadowski Synnott, New Zealand, BRONZE with Anna Gasser, Austria, GOLD and Jamie Anderson, USA SILVER during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    D19-WBAF-4444_1.jpg
  • Anna Gasser, Austria, GOLD, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Anna Gasser-D19-WBAF-4474_1.jpg
  • Zoi Sadowski Synnott, New Zealand, BRONZE, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Zoi Sadowski Synnott-D19-WBAF-4501_1.jpg
  • Jamie Anderson, USA, SILVER, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Jamie Anderson-D19-WBAF-4497_1.jpg
  • Jamie Anderson, USA, SILVER, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Jamie Anderson-D19-WBAF-4488_1.jpg
  • Zoi Sadowski Synnott, New Zealand, BRONZE with Anna Gasser, Austria, GOLD and Jamie Anderson, USA SILVER during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    D19-WBAF-4492_1.jpg
  • The womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    D19-WBAF-4464_1.jpg
  • Anna Gasser, Austria, GOLD, during the womens snowboard big air flower ceremony at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics on 22nd February 2018, at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
    Anna Gasser-D19-WBAF-4517_1.jpg
  • Two army officers from Ecuador admire an air-to-ground PARS 3 LR missile at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. The two men (the man on the right's name badge says M Pazmino), admire the sleek design of the missile called PARS 3 LR in German but known as TRIGAT-LR (Third Generation AntiTank, Long Range) and AC 3G in the French military, the missile is a high-precision 'fire-and-forget' weapon system for engaging mobile and stationary targets equipped with the latest generation of armour protection, such as tanks, field fortresses, bunkers and other high-value targets. The system can launch up to four salvos in eight seconds. <br />
The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
    paris_air_show085-20-06-2007.jpg
  • A visitor to the General Electric (GE) exhibition stand at Britain's Farnborough Air Show, points to a feature on a massive, GE90-115B turbofan jet engine. Powering Boeing 777 airliners with up to 115,000 Pounds of thrust, this is a state-of-the-art engine that entered service in April 2004 with Air France. Its giant blades are lit with blue stage lighting to make it look iconic and imposing, dominating this picture of technology and innovation. Such mechanical excellence attached to the world's aircraft are helping to make them quieter and more energy and fuel efficient at a time when oil prices are making air travel an expensive mode of transport.
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  • Two employees of the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi sit in a full-scale model of their MRJ at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. Seated in different rows of this stylish small regional jet, they awkwardly stare expressionless, straight ahead and although the seats are real, the mock-up fuselage is in the middle of an exhibition hall. The MRJ is a next generation jetliner with 70 or 90 seat economy class configurations, the first regional jet to adopt composite materials for its wings and vertical fins on significant scale. The Paris Air Show expo is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry who demonstrate military and civilian aircraft equipment to interested customers.
    paris_air_show028-20-06-2007.jpg
  • Triple Slash, winners of the Air Guitar Championship. Contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar06.jpg
  • A Childrens Air Ambulance takes-off from Ruskin Park in Lambeth, south London, on 21st June 2019, in London, England. The AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter G-TCAA is operated by used by UK Air Ambulances Specialist Aviation Services whose UK headquarters are at Gloucestershire Airport in England. It was built in 2016.
    air_ambulance-03-21-06-2019.jpg
  • A Welsh Air Ambulance Helicopter arrives over the roof tops into Caerphilly to attend to a patient. Caerphilly, South Wales.  Wales Air Ambulance Charity WAAC is a Charity Air Ambulance service providing free, life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service HEMS for the critically ill and injured of the UK and Wales.
    Wales-Air-Ambulance-Helicopter-5222.jpg
  • A Welsh Air Ambulance Helicopter arrives over the roof tops into Caerphilly to attend to a patient. Caerphilly, South Wales.  Wales Air Ambulance Charity WAAC is a Charity Air Ambulance service providing free, life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service HEMS for the critically ill and injured of the UK and Wales.
    Wales-Air-Ambulance-Helicopter-5220.jpg
  • One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar14.jpg
  • One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar13.jpg
  • One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar11.jpg
  • One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar10.jpg
  • One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar09.jpg
  • Conrad Monster performs. One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar05.jpg
  • Conrad Monster performs. One of the contestants at the UK Air Guitar Championships, held at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London. This competition is the longest running air guitar championships in the world. The competition was established between 1994 and 1995 by Jeffrey Louis-Reed and is still to this day the only Air Guitar Championships dedicated to those who love the music and those who would love to have been the musician. The competition is judged by the audience always, rather than a panel of old people that have no comprehension of the philosophy.
    Air Guitar04.jpg
  • Two businessmen pass-by a slogan about the future of the aviation industry written on a red hoarding at Britain's Farnborough Air Show, Hampshire, England. "What aviation needs is a giant leap forward" it says on a deep red background, next to a door that has also been covered in the primary colour. A pole vaulter is about to leap across the picture to prove the giant momentum needed to spring aviation into the future. The Air Show is one of Europe's premier aviation show events, attracting global companies selling aerospace equipment and enthusiasts who watch daily flying displays. It is seen as a thermometer for current innovation and future trends.
    farnborough_air_show16-14-07-2008_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust takes-off beneath  commercial airliner overhead after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. Sharing airspace with both general and commercial aviation, the HEMS helicopters that service the capital need to be under control of local air traffic rules and regulations, making for a safe environment for different aircraft to operate in - separated by set altitude distances.  They may appear to be close but scale and perspective makes it look closer than they actually are. (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance21-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust takes-off beneath  commercial airliner overhead after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. Sharing airspace with both general and commercial aviation, the HEMS helicopters that service the capital need to be under control of local air traffic rules and regulations, making for a safe environment for different aircraft to operate in - separated by set altitude distances.  They may appear to be close but scale and perspective makes it look closer than they actually are. (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance13-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust takes-off beneath  commercial airliner overhead after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. Sharing airspace with both general and commercial aviation, the HEMS helicopters that service the capital need to be under control of local air traffic rules and regulations, making for a safe environment for different aircraft to operate in - separated by set altitude distances.  They may appear to be close but scale and perspective makes it look closer than they actually are. (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance11-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. Lifting off again for another emergency case, the aircraft hovers for a moment before rotating 180 degrees before heading out again. The arm of a medical flight doctor can be seen in an open window. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance20-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Met police and MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. Standing by, a Met police officer looks for something inside his squad car before the crew return from accompanying the patient to A&E and the aircraft lifts off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance02-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Met police and MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. We see a detail of a Met police officer's handcuffs and utility belt as the policeman stands guard while the aircraft remains on the ground before lifting off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance18-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter doctor crew from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. A flight doctor walks around the nose of the aircraft before lifting off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance16-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter crew from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. The medical flight crew are amused at something funny elsewhere in this public space, waiting to lift off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance06-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter crew from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. The flight medical crew load the stretcher used previously for the patient, back ito the aircraft. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance04-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. A mother takes her small children up close to the aircraft while on the other side, one of the pilots shows two Met police officers the features inside the cockpit before the aircraft lifts off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance01-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Asian woman wearing an environmental anti-pollution mask as protection for herself from breathing in air pollution in London, United Kingdom.
    20190729_air pollution mask_001.jpg
  • Seen from Ruskin Park in Lambeth south London, the Agusta-Westland AW-169 helicopter G-KSSC of the Kent Air Ambulance lifts off from the helipad of Kings College Hospital in Camberwell, on 11th February 2019, in London, England.
    air_ambulance-02-11-02-2019.jpg
  • An Agusta-Westland AW-169 helicopter G-KSSC of the Kent Air Ambulance approaches the helipad of Kings College Hospital in Camberwell, on 23rd August 2019, in Camberwell, south London, England.
    air_ambulance-01-23-08-2019.jpg
  • Woman having a cigarette break outside underneath three giant air ducts in London, UK. The large circular vents seem to illlustrate smoking.
    20150117_cigarette break air ducts_A.jpg
  • The Virgin-sponsored HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) Explorer helicopter lands among trees in Ruskin Park, London. Used as a landing point for these helicopters has become increasingly important for head trauma patients needing to reach specialist medical teams at the nearby Kings College Hospital o Denmark Hill. As the aircraft slows and swoops its pilots put it down on empty ground to where an NHS ambulance can access the stretchered victim. London’s Air Ambulance is a registered charity that runs London’s only helicopter emergency medical service, serving the 10 million people who live, work and commute within the capital's M25 orbital motorway.
    air_ambulance1-30-09-2011_1.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_B_004.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_014.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_013.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_011.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level emissions add up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_003.jpg
  • The statue of Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding,  outside St Clement Danes RAF church, on 17th April 2018, in London, England. Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG 24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970 was an officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. 16 Squadron during the First World War. During the inter-war years he became Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area, Air Defence of Great Britain and then joined the Air Council as Air Member for Supply and Research. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britains defence, and hence, the defeat of Adolf Hitlers plan to invade Britain.
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  • The statue of Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding,  outside St Clement Danes RAF church, on 17th April 2018, in London, England. Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG 24 April 1882 – 15 February 1970 was an officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as a fighter pilot and then as commanding officer of No. 16 Squadron during the First World War. During the inter-war years he became Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area, Air Defence of Great Britain and then joined the Air Council as Air Member for Supply and Research. He was Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and is generally credited with playing a crucial role in Britains defence, and hence, the defeat of Adolf Hitlers plan to invade Britain.
    dowding_statue-05-17-04-2018.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_B_006.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_B_005.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_017.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_B_001.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_016.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_015.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_012.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_009.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_008.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_007.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_006.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level emissions add up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
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  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level emissions add up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
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  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level emissions add up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_005.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level emissions add up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_001.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_B_003.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level emissions add up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
    20180418_city pollution_B_002.jpg
  • Pollution from the chimney of an old building pours out into the atmosphere amongst modern glass buildings in the City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. At street level, busses and traffic passes adding to the emissions, and all adding up to the poor air quality which people are breathing on a daily basis. London is trying to achieve air quality targets. The European Air Quality Index, run by the European Environment Agency EEA and the European Commission, allows users to check the current air quality across Europe’s cities and regions. Environmental groups called for the Government to take urgent steps, including creating and funding clean air zones in pollution hotspots.
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  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
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  • One a hot November night, a Sri Lankan Airlines A340-300 series Airbus - registration number 4R-ADE - is bathed in high-intensity floodlights on the apron at Malé international airport in the Republic of the Maldives. Surrounded by passenger steps, servicing vehicles for catering and the loading of baggage and air freight in the below-floor holds, the aircraft is readied for its next flight to Colombo, another journey for this aircraft as it travels across the world's air routes.
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  • Parked on the apron at Paris Orly Airport, a lone pilot of the French national airline Air France, leans out of his right-hand seat's cockpit window of his Boeing 777-328/ER aircraft (F-GSQT). It is a bright morning at this international hub for Air France and without help from ground staff, the silver-haired gentleman who may be the captain and commander of the aircraft (because of age and seat position) has decided to get on with the job of cleaning his window himself much like a driver wiping away flies from his car windscreen. Here however, this chore being performed approximately six meters off the ground so safety is vital - just as a clear front view for the flight-deck crew before their flight. Attached to the plane is the mobile walkway, the air bridge, that awaits boarding passengers but no 'ramp agent' is below.
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  • A visitor to Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA, stands by an A-10 Thunderbolt Tank Buster or Warthog. Wearing a t-shirt depicting a Cherokee Indian and a Bald Eagle, the tourist awaits family as aviation enthusiasts climb steps to the aircraft's cockpit. The Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft designed to provide close air support of ground forces by attacking tanks, armoured vehicles, and other ground targets. It has also been involved with British friendly fire incidents in Iraq. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Young people with the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps (ATC) parade wearing poppies during the annual Lord Mayor's Show. The Air Training Corps (ATC), commonly known as the Air Cadets, is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is a voluntary youth group which is part of the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO) and the Royal Air Force (RAF). The ATC has around 35,000 cadets, aged between 13 to 21 years, within 1009 Squadrons. Its cadets are supported by a network of around 10,000 volunteer staff and around 5,000 civilian committee members.
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  • In mid-flight between Hamburg in Germany and London Heathrow, we see a passenger’s view of a climbing airliner's port wing and the hazy German landscape below at a high altitude. The sky above reflects its soft blue hue on the upper surface of the left wing but the air below is a soft pink, a rural patchwork of fields and villages. As an example of aerodynamic design, the flying machine is a perfect gesture towards the conquest of flight, copied from the characteristics of a bird’s anatomy. As art, the mere beauty of taking to the air and maintaining level, organised speed is so routine, we rarely look our from our window to marvel at how and why. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their aircraft before a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
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  • Chief of the Air Staff Sir Jock Stirrup pays visit to Red Arrows, Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Walking away from the red Hawk jet aircraft in which he has been flown in the rear seat, the VIP smiles after the exhilarating training flight. Carrying his flight helmet and wearing the full survival suit, he is here to see for himself what value for money the Red Arrows give to the UK. Their purpose is not simply to entertain summer seaside crowds but also as an RAF recruiting tool and for UK defence export advertising. Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup GCB, AFC, FRAeS, FCMI, RAF (born 4 December 1949), usually referred to as Sir Jock Stirrup, was a fast jet pilot, and is now a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was the Chief of the Air Staff  (CAS) from 2003 to 2006 and Chief of the Defence Staff.
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  • Military air traffic controller Flight Lieutenant Barrie Robinson is on duty in the control tower at RAF Scampton, home base of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. RAF controllers liaise with civilian air authorities to ensure safe travel for any aircraft using their airspace, manning communications and airfield safety, the officer wears a headset with which to speak to air crew and ground-based personnel. Scampton is not the busy airfield that other stations are where larger squadrons are based but the Red Arrows fly their training sorties from here up to six times a day in the winter months then use this as a base from which to fly their summer air shows.
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  • During the annual Southend Air show on the Thames river estuary, two jets of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, perform their Corkscrew manoeuvre, a fly-past 100 feet (30m) off the ground. Children playing on the low-tide mud pause from digging holes with a bucket and spade as the aircraft make their way over boating and mudflats. The Red Arrows Hawks perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • We look through the windscreen of a Royal Air Force C-130-J Hercules to see a pilots-eye view of his fixed head-up-display (HUD), while in flight over Hampshire during the Farnborough Air Show. We see the aircraft flying data in green set against the magenta colour (color) of the clouds and sky beyond. The pilot will see the statistics that are important aspects of his aeroplane's altitude, compass heading, localiser, air speed, pitch, roll and yaw. Head-up displays are increasingly important to military and commercial aircraft (airplanes) when information can be displayed without obstructing the user's front view front. The second type of HUD is mounted within a protective helmet visor. The C-130 Hercules primarily performs the tactical portion of airlift operations. The aircraft is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for air dropping troops and equipment into hostile areas. The C-130-J is the newer generation digital version with fully integrated digital avionics; color multifunctional liquid crystal displays including the HUD; state-of-the-art navigation systems with dual inertial navigation system and global positioning system; fully integrated defensive systems; low-power color radar; digital moving map display; new turboprop engines with six-bladed, all-composite propellers; digital auto pilot; improved fuel, environmental and ice-protection systems; and an enhanced cargo-handling system.
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  • Farnborough air show delegates pass beneath MBDA's CAMM  missile system billboard. The Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) is a Surface-to-air missile and Air-to-air missile made by MBDA for all three branches of the British Armed Forces, scheduled to enter service from 2016. The missile is based on the airframe and some components of the ASRAAM infra-red air to air missile, with updated electronics and an active radar seeker. The CAMM is intended to replace the Sea Wolf missile on Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy, the Rapier missile in British Army service and contribute to the eventual replacement of ASRAAM on RAF aircraft. The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England
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  • Known as 'Old Glory', a polished silver Boeing Mitchell B-25 is refuelled in readiness for a display flight at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. In afternoon light, a lady in a stars and stripes shirt stands arms behind her back admiring the lovingly restored polished twin-engine bomber, the most heavily armed airplane of the second world war used for high and low-level bombing, strafing, photoreconnaissance, submarine patrol and fighter. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903
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  • Baggage belonging to a British Airways Concorde crew is lined up beneath their aircraft after arriving at Oshkosh Air Venture, the world’s largest air show in Wisconsin USA. Twelve cases match 12 of Concorde's tiny windows and some of the crowd either take shelter from the sun or walk around the supersonic jet in awe of this engineering marvel. Their baggage is lined up beneath the aircraft during its visit to this huge show in Wisconsin, USA. Close to a million populate the mass fly-in over the week, a pilgrimage worshipping all aspects of flight. The event annually generates $85 million in revenue over a 25 mile radius from Oshkosh. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • 'Counting the Cost' is a memorial sculpture in glass designed by Renato Niemis which is outside at the American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum, RAF Duxford, England. The sculpture comprises of 52 toughened clear float glass panels, each etched with the outlines of 7,031 aircraft missing in action in operations flown by American air forces (Air Force and Navy Groups) from Britain during the Second World War. The images are scaled at 1:240, diagonally pointing towards the blue summer sky once filled with bombers and fighters during the air campaign over Germany and France. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • During the annual Southend Air show on the Thames river estuary, two jets called the Synchro Pair of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team, perform their most dynamic manoeuvres, a high-speed  crossover called the ‘Cubans to Opposition Barrel Roll’ 100 feet (30m) off the ground at a combined closing speed of 700 knots airspeed. Spectators gather on a coastal groyne for a better view on the low-tide mud. The Red Arrows Hawks perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • During the annual Southend Air show on the Thames river estuary, elderly ladies listen to the loud roar military jets overhead. Thousands have lined-up along the seaside town’s promenade, awaiting the appearance of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. The team’s merchandising trailer has been parked among the crowds, selling a range of squadron memorabilia to members of the public and careers advice to wannabe RAF personnel of the future. The Red Arrows Hawks perform throughout their calendar of appearances at air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds.
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  • Seen from the air at dawn, dozens of F-4 Phantom fighters from the Cold War-era are laid out in grids across the arid desert at Davis-Monthan Air Forbe Base near Tucson Arizona. These retired aircraft whose air frames are too old for flight are being stored then recycled, their aluminium worth more than their sum total at this repository for old military fighter and bomber aircraft. They sit in neat rows in low light, their shadowy wings are blue in colour but their fuselage are stripped of markings, being taped up against the dust. This is a scene of once-great flying machines relegated to sad scrap, long-after the Soviet Union's own demise when western armies fought a war of propaganda.
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  • Two US Air Force crew stand below the nose of their F-16C fighter jet at the Farnborough Air Show, UK. Ready to talk to visitors wanting a guided tour of their high-performance jet fighter. The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,500 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976. The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948.
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  • Two US Navy helicopters have been parked next to some cacti at the Pima Air and Space Museum near Davis Monthan Air Force base, Tucson, Arizona. In the arid desert heat we see only the rear sections of the aircraft, their rotors have been moved into a storage position and so echo the arm-like form and camouflaged tones of the cactus branches. The ground is sandy from the desert floor and soft, overhead light casts a shadow beneath the aircraft's fuselage. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Looking down from above, we see one lone queuing traveller at Charles de Gaulle, gazes up towards the large Departures board. Fellow-passengers wait by baggage trolleys in a civilised line beneath the information. Charles de Gaulle/Roissy is a hub airport for Air France north of the French capital. The departures information has schedule times, destinations, flight, satellite and gate numbers plus   remarks. Air travellers experience such misery every day and shows of how global air travel has become a routine, mundane and stressful for the everyday airline passenger - a far cry from when commercial flight was purely for the elite. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Posing in the open doorway of an Airbus A319CJ Business jet, four female cabin crew members wear the uniforms of Qatar Airways whose airline has made a public relations stop at the Farnborough Air Show to publicise this new model of executive service. Airline stewards and stewardesses are nowadays more commonly referred to as cabin crew or flight attendants. They stand close together with broad grins showing their varied ethnicity. Middle-Eastern airlines generally recruit men and women from western Europe, Asia, Australasia and the Indian sub-continent dependent on routes and aircraft type. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • On a hot night at Bahrain International Airport, a Boeing airliner is about to be pushed backwards and start its engines. Two airport agents wearing traditional Arab dress stand patiently high up on the air bridge (that joins the aircraft fuselage during its turnaround time), several metres above ground level, ensuring no last-minute problems occur before departure. This Gulf State is, a key hub airport in the region, providing a gateway to the Northern Gulf. The airport is the major hub for Gulf Air which provides 52% of overall movements. It is also the half-way point between Western Europe and Asian destinations such as Hong Kong and Beijing. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • We see the head and shoulders of a man in military uniform who stands motionless beside the American flag.  he is at a graduation ceremony for United States Air Force pilots who have just passed a week-long survival courseheld at the Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. Its highy-trained personel conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots and air crew need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. Conducted, in hangars and the surrounding forests, it forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment of young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • In pouring rain, United States Air Force pilots stand like canmouflaged statues in the undergrowth near Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington. They are listening to a USAF survival instructor giving them advice about another challenge they are about to face, a few hundred yards ahead in the woods, so they listen intently in the saturatedconditions. They stand motionless, green figures in a green maze of foliage, wearing waterproof cagoules covering their backpacks which are shiny as the rain trickles down. They look like hunchbacks of the forest. The week-long survival course is held at the military facilities around Fairchild where the Air Force conducts a survival, escape and evasion course which combat pilots need to pass before rejoining their units for real-time warfare. This part of the lecture is held in the forest and forms part of an extensive physical and psychological assessment for young aviators on active service. In the future any one of them may be shot down behind enemy lines and need to use the lessons passed-on here to help facilitate their rescue by US forces. One pilot who passed this course in 1991, himself a Spokane-born boy, was F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady. He put his skills learned here to the test while evading Serb forces before being airlifted to safety and a hero's Presidential welcome.
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  • Using ladders and ropes during a rescue operation, Fire Brigade crews enter the floodlit broken air frame of a British Midland Airways Boeing 737-400 series jet airliner which lies on an embankment of the M1 motorway at Kegworth, near East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire, England. On the night of 8th January 1989, flight 92 crashed due to the shutting down of the wrong, malfunctioning engine. Attempting an emergency landing, 47 people died and 74 people, including seven members of the flight crew, sustained serious injuries. We see the aircraft's tail snapped upright at ninety degrees. Here perished most of the passenger fatalities. The devastation was hampered by woodland and the fire fighters are attempting to rescue survivors or extract those killed in this air disaster that proved one of Btitain's worst.
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  • A C-17 Globemaster belonging to the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wing of the US Air Force. Seen at the Farnborough Airshow in England, this airlifting jet transporter is manufactured by the Boeing Company. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases  throughout the world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The C-17 is operated by the US Air Force, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada,NATO and Qatar.
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  • A C-17 Globemaster belonging to the 60th and 349th Air Mobility Wing of the US Air Force. Seen at the Farnborough Airshow in England, this airlifting jet transporter is manufactured by the Boeing Company. The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases  throughout the world. It has the ability to rapidly deploy a combat unit to a potential battle area and sustain it with on-going supplies. The C-17 is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. The C-17 is operated by the US Air Force, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada,NATO and Qatar.
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  • A man tucks in to his in-flight meal on-board an Air France Boeing 777 flight from Paris Orly to Cayenne, French Guiana. Putting more food into his mouth while watching an in-flight movie, the male passenger has an aisle seat on this airliner. We also see on another seat back, the progress of this journey across the Atlantic Ocean towards the mainland of South America, seen on the moving map system screen which reveals statistics such as altitude, airspeed, distance to destination, distance from origination and local time. Using GPS avionics, the capital Cayenne is seen as the destination as well as Caracas, Georgetown, Kingstown and San Juan in the Caribbean. On the viewer's lowered tray is a light lunch of fruit, natural yoghurt, bread roll, orange juice and empty up. This is the best of Economy class.
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  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
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  • In memory of fallen WW2 Polish Air Force crews, are the front gates of Polish War Memorial, on 6th November 2019, in South Ruislip, Northolt, London, England. The Polish War Memorial is in memory of airmen from Poland who served in the Royal Air Force as part of the Polish contribution to World War II. The memorial was designed by Mieczyslaw Lubelski, who had been interned in a forced labour camp during the war. It is constructed from Portland stone with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle, the symbol of the Polish Air Force. The original intention was to record the names of all those Polish airmen who lost their lives while serving during WW2 a total of 2,408 but there was not enough space for this and, as a compromise, the names of the 1,241 who died in operational sorties are there instead.
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  • A Migoyan technician covers a Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jet as it makes its first ever display appearance to a western air show audience. The Mikoyan MiG-29 or "Fulcrum" is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union for an air superiority role. Developed in the 1970s by the Mikoyan design bureau, it entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983, and remains in use by the Russian Air Force as well as in many other nations.
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