Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) takes flight in golden late afternoon winter light above the snow, Taiga Forest, Finland, Scandinavia, Europe

A wild rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) takes flight in London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Eider duck (Somateria mollissima), male and female. Raft takes flight as it nears a moored boat.

Flying fish takes off. (rr)

Smiling flight attendant takes a meal order from a passenger in business class on board a RwandAir Airbus A330-300 aircraft on the flight from Brussels International Airport (BRU) in Belgium to Kigali International Airport (KIG) in Rwanda, Africa

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), in flight, Urwald Sababurg Nature Reserve, North Hesse, Germany, Europe

Lufthansa Airbus A340, one of three large-capacity aircraft stationed in Duesseldorf since May 2008 for connections to Canada and the USA, Duesseldorf International Airport, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

TUR Turkey Cappadocia Hot Air Ballooning over Cappadocia. Balloons of "Kapadokya Balloons". Pre-launching procedere

Aircraft of Thomas Cook airline, Condor airline, during take-off, Boeing 757-300 WL, with Peanuts-comic characters Snoopy and Woodstock painted on aircraft

Red Kite (Milvus milvus) takes off from the hand of the trainer, Wildpark Mautern, Styria, Austria, Europe

Vintage aircraft, Yakovlev Yak 52, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Ryanair Boing 737

Vintage biplane, Focke Wulf FW-44, Breitscheid Airshow 2010, Hesse, Germany, Europe

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

Helicopter taking off from a platform, Sea World, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, New South Wales, Australia

Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, sightseeing flights, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, North America

Hot air balloon being prepared for a flight over the tufa landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Goreme, Cappadocia, central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

The Inconnu Lodge's DeHavilland Beaver floatplane takes off from McEvoy Lake in Canada's Yukon Territory.

A snowy owl takes flight on the coast of New Hampshire.

Woman with grain basket watches as a helicopter takes tourists out of the remote Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal.

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) takes flight from a snowy mound near Petersburg, Inside Passage, Alaska, USA, Alaska, United States of America

Close-up of a Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) with catchlight and tucked wing feathers flies from bushes, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa

A northern gannet takes flight over a colony of nesting gannets on cliff edge., Bonaventure Island, Quebec, Canada.

A giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima, takes off into flight from a bush, wings spread, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

Bird, lilac breasted roller, Coracias caudatus, takes off in flight