Passenger jet taking off from Male International Airport, and Maldivian air taxi ready to take off, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) on the wing in and around South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Adult trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) taking off and landing on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

Black-Headed Gull (larus ridibundus) flying over a city pond in winter looking down. Glasgow, Hyndland Park, Argyll, Scotland, UK

Adult trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) taking off and landing on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

Adult Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) from breeding colony on offshore islets in the Beagle Channel, coastal southern Chile and Argentina

Elegant terns (Sterna elegans) nesting on tiny and remote Isla Rasa in the middle Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Norte, Mexico

Lufthansa Boeing 737-500 during take-off at Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Landing aeroplane, afterglow, dusk, Airport Riem Munich Bavaria Germany, Landing aeroplane, afterglow, dusk, Airport Riem Munich Bavaria Germany

Star Alliance aircraft of Aegean Airlines shortly after take-off with landing gear closing, Airbus A32

Iberia Airbus A319 during take-off at Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Airbus A321 of airline Airberlin after take-off with landing gear doors closing

Landing British Airways aircraft

Lufthansa Airbus A319 during take-off at Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Commercial Airplanes

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, A Float Plane On The Water

The aircraft;DC-3 Basler) takes off from Concordia's snow-covered runway. Take-off of a Basler at Concordia. The runway is groomed very evenly to minimise the micro-relief on its surface and make it easier for the aircraft to take off. The aircraft are equipped with landing gear allowing them to land alternatively on a ?hard? runway or on snow: retractable skis controlled from the cockpit are fitted to the two front landing gears. Concordia Antarctic Research Station, Dome C plateau, East Antarctica.