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Airbus A380 during the first-ever visit of an A380 to San Francisco International Airport. Photo (CC) Todd Lappin

Boeing 727 D-ABLI (Lufthansa). Photo (CC) peamasher.

Champion Air Boeing 727 N674MG. Photo (CC) Drewski2112.

British pilot Paul Bonhomme performs during the Final for the Red Bull Air Race World Series on May 4th, 2008 in San Diego, California, USA. (C) Photo by Daniel Grund for Airrace Newsroom.

Austrian pilot Hannes Arch performs during the finals of the Red Bull Air Race World Series on April 11, 2008 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The competition ahead of 400.000 spectator was won by British Paul Bonhomme ahead of Austria Hannes Arch and American Mike Mangold. Photo by Joerg Mitter

RNZAF Boeing 727. Photo (CC) anthonyjhicks.

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM (AFPN) -- Airmen with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron load a forklift onto a C-17 Globemaster III. The C17 is assigned to the 535th Airlift Squadron from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Heavy equipment, food and water supplies were transported Feb. 22 to the Philippines in the aftermath of the mudslides on Leyte Island. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

On the flight deck of the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65), sailors employ techniques on an F-14 Tomcat, used in aircraft fire fighting.

Boeing 787 rollout. Photo (CC) Fabio

International Lease Finance Corporation Boeing 767-300ER (C-GZNC). Photo (CC) N701DN.

1970's -- Front view of a C-5 Galaxy, visor raised, ready to receive cargo at Cam Rahn Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, September 1970. Air Force Photo.

Pan Am (Boston-Maine Airways) Boeing 727 N348PA. Photo (CC) Drewski2112.

COL John R. Layman, commanding officer, 131st Tactical Fighter Wing, adjusts his headphone set as he sits in the OV-10 Bronco aircraft, and his co-pilot climbs aboard.

A US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter provides close air-support during a firefight between elements of D/Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR) and Iraqi Forces during an ambush by Iraqi soldiers in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

Boeing 717 Flight Deck. Photo (GNU) J. Griffin.

Air to air view of a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter from the 21st Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Operations Group, over the English countryside.

An air-to-air right side view of a 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron OV-10A Bronco aircraft.

Boeing 777. Photo (CC) cambecc.

Atlantic Ocean (Oct. 13, 2005) – A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier prepares to land vertically on the flight deck of the amphibious assault Ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is currently conducting deck landing qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Timothy Bensken

AirTran Boeing 717. Photo (CC) bro_chaos.

A US Air Force (USAF) C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft is unloaded at Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

US Marine Corps (USMC) refueling personnel from Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 (MWSS-273), refuel this USMC AH-64D Longbow Apache Attack Helicopter at Fort Stewart Air Field during Battlehog 1-04, in Savannah, Georgia.

A Beechcraft C-12 Huron (the military designation for the Beechcraft Super King Air 200) sits in front of Hanger 5 at the Presidio of San Francisco.

A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, like this one, carried out numerous close-air-support missions Sept. 12 for coalition forces engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

American Airlines Boeing 777-223ER. Photo (CC) Diorama Sky.