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Open Skies

Aircraft suspended above sea and cloud explore the interplay of engineered form and open space.

60 photographs

Read as a story
A dark flying-wing stealth bomber seen from below against a clear blue sky, sunlight tracing its angular edges.
An Edge of Light
A B-2 stealth bomber and a B-52 bomber seen from below against a clear blue sky.
Two Geometries Of Flight
The Statue of Liberty rises from a stone pedestal beneath a blue sky with streaked white clouds.
A Flame Held Still
Two white jets with red and blue markings pass in opposite directions against a blue sky, trailing smoke.
An Instant Between
Four white jets with red and blue markings fly in close formation against a blue sky and pale clouds.
The Shape Of Unison
Two red, white and blue U.S. Air Force jets fly in parallel against blue sky, the upper aircraft inverted.
A Balance Of Wings
A gray fighter jet banks against a blue sky, its wings partly veiled in white vapor and its canopy gleaming amber.
The Air Made Visible
Two red, white, and blue U.S. Air Force jets pass in opposite directions against a blue sky, trailing white smoke.
An Instant Between
Rear view of a twin-engine fighter jet with glowing orange exhausts against a blue sky and white clouds.
Twin Fires Aloft
Two red, white and blue jets fly close together, one inverted, above a blue sea dotted with motorboats.
A Balance Of Air
A fighter jet seen from behind banks across a pale blue sky, its orange afterburner glowing between swept wings trailing white vapor.
The Burning Arc
A white, red, and blue United States Air Force Thunderbirds jet banks against a clear blue sky with white vapor streaming behind its wings.
The Ascending Line
A white, red, and blue U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 jet banks against a clear blue sky, its nose pointing toward the upper left.
A Measure of Sky
A red, white, and dark blue fighter jet seen from below points upward against a clear blue sky, with an orange exhaust glow and faint trails behind its wings.
An Arrow of Fire
Six red, white, and blue fighter jets bank across a clear blue sky, leaving pale smoke trails behind them.
Geometry of Flight
Two red, white, and blue United States Air Force Thunderbird jets fly leftward in parallel, with the upper aircraft inverted above the lower against a pale blue sky.
Inverted Harmony
A U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 jet with red, white, and dark blue markings flies nose-left against a blue sky and soft white clouds.
Precision in Blue
Four jets with dark blue, turquoise, and white patterned markings fly in close formation across a pale blue sky, trailing white smoke.
Geometry of Flight
Two U.S. Air Force fighter jets bank against a pale blue sky, with a white, red, and blue aircraft dominating the foreground and vapor curling around the jet behind it.
The Sky Bends
A dark blue Corsair aircraft marked 530 flies against a pale blue sky with its landing gear lowered, propeller blurred, and checkerboard markings on its nose and tail.
Weight of Flight
A red U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies above a blue-and-white vessel with an American flag suspended from its crane, against a pale sky over choppy water.
Above the Colors
A red, white, and blue fighter jet banks over a blue sea crowded with motorboats and yachts, with faint vapor trails extending behind its wings.
Above the Gathering
A red, white, and blue U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16 flies over a blue ocean dotted with recreational boats.
Above the Blue
Five red, white, and blue fighter jets fly in formation toward the right, viewed from below against a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.
Geometry of Flight
A red, white, and blue jet banks above a blue sea dotted with boats, with a large vessel flying an American flag at left and a white yacht at right.
Blue in Motion
Two red, white, and blue U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds jets fly in close formation, one inverted beneath the other, above a blue sea dotted with boats.
A Suspended Symmetry
A red, white, and blue U.S. Air Force Thunderbird jet flies above a deep blue sea dotted with small motorboats.
Across the Blue
Two U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds jets fly leftward against a clear blue sky, the nearer aircraft banking steeply to reveal its patterned underside.
Geometry of Flight
Two red, white, and blue U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds jets fly in close formation against a clear blue sky, with the lower aircraft inverted.
Inverted Symmetry
A red, white, and blue U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds jet flies above an ocean dotted with boats, trailing white smoke beneath a clear sky.
A Line Through Blue
Two red, white, and blue jets fly in close formation, one inverted beneath the other, above a blue ocean dotted with motorboats.
A Measured Distance
A blue-and-white patterned twin-engine fighter jet banks overhead against a blue sky with soft white clouds.
An Edge of Sky
Four jets with blue, black, and white patterned paint fly in close formation toward the right against a pale blue sky, with white smoke trailing behind.
A Shared Trajectory
An A-10, F-35, F-16, and P-51 Mustang fly toward the right in a staggered formation against a pale blue, cloud-filled sky.
Generations in Formation
Six blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets fly leftward in formation, trailing white smoke across a blue sky filled with pale clouds.
Six Lines of Flight
Four blue and yellow Blue Angels jets bank in formation against a clear blue sky, trailing white smoke toward the lower right.
Geometry of Flight
Six blue-and-yellow jets fly in formation toward the left, trailing white smoke across a pale blue sky above an ocean dotted with boats.
Lines Above the Sea
A blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet marked number 1 flies toward the right against a pale blue sky, trailing white smoke.
A Line of Thunder
Four blue and yellow jets bank in close formation against a clear blue sky, trailing white smoke toward the lower right.
Geometry of Flight
Two blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets fly against a pale blue sky and white clouds, one level on the left and the other banking steeply on the right.
Two Lines of Flight
Four blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets fly at different bank angles against a clear blue sky, with white smoke trailing behind them.
Geometry of Flight
A blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet banks steeply against a clear blue sky, with white vapor curling over its wings.
The Air Made Visible
A blue and yellow Blue Angels jet banks steeply against a clear blue sky, with white condensation sweeping across its wings and trailing from its wingtips.
The Air Revealed
A blue and yellow jet banks steeply with white vapor curling over its wings above a distant container ship on the blue sea.
Arc Above the Passage
A blue and yellow fighter jet banks against a blue sky, with white condensation streaming over its wings and trailing from its wingtips.
The Air Made Visible
Four blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets fly toward the right in a staggered formation, trailing white smoke across a blue sky.
Four Lines of Flight
A blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet banks against a clear blue sky with white condensation streaming across its wings.
The Air Takes Shape
A blue and yellow Blue Angels transport aircraft flies above a turquoise sea, with a white sailboat below and small motorboats leaving wakes to the right.
Two Ways Across
A gray F-22 Raptor fighter jet banks against a clear blue sky, revealing its underside, angular wings, and twin exhausts.
Geometry of Flight
A gray F-22 Raptor fighter jet flies toward the right against a clear blue sky, with white vapor trails streaming behind it.
Lines of Flight
A blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet marked number 5 flies above choppy ocean water, with boats along the horizon.
A Line Through Blue
Four blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets fly leftward in formation against a blue sky, with white smoke trailing behind them.
Geometry of Flight
Three blue and yellow U.S. Navy Blue Angels jets bank in formation against a bright blue sky, trailing thin streams of white smoke.
The Shape of Flight
A silver propeller fighter and a dark patterned jet bank together against a bright blue sky with white clouds.
Two Eras Aloft
Four propeller aircraft bank in different directions, leaving diverging white smoke trails across a blue sky scattered with clouds.
Where Paths Unfold
Two silhouetted sailboats and flying seabirds sit beneath towering dark clouds edged with golden sunlight over an orange sea horizon.
Beneath the Burning Edge
An A-10, F-35, F-16, and silver P-51 Mustang fly together toward the right against a blue sky filled with soft white clouds.
Generations in Flight
An upward view of tall palm trees with green and golden fronds framing a vivid blue sky streaked with white clouds.
An Opening Above
An upward view of tall palm trees framing a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds and sunlight shining through the fronds on the right.
A Clearing of Blue
An upward view of tall palm trees with green fronds framing a broad expanse of vivid blue sky.
An Opening of Blue