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Airplanes


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Red bullet Photographs show prototype of a new F/A-37 "Talon" military plane.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show damage caused by a mid-air collision with a goose.

Red bullet Photograph shows airline hangar flooded with soap suds.

Red bullet Photograph shows an American Airlines airliner with an engine on fire.

Green bullet Photograph shows large military transport plane stuck atop a freeway overpass.

Green bullet Photograph shows a Mandarin Airlines flight taxiing past the charred remains of a crashed airliner.

Green bullet Photograph shows an in-flight airliner with panels missing from one of its engines.

Multi-status bullet Photograph shows two airliners in dangerously close proximity.

Red bullet Video clip shows Marc Ecko tagging Air Force One.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show an aircraft damaged and forced to land by "tennis ball-sized" hail.

Green bullet Photograph shows small plane crashed into a tree next to a sign advertising flight lessons.

Red bullet Photograph shows a new Boeing 797 blended-wing airliner.

Red bullet Photographs show an F-15 fighter jet breaking up in mid-air.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show an Airbus 340 that crashed into a wall during testing after technicians overrode a safety feature.

Red bullet Video clip shows an airplane making a safe landing after losing a wing.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show a damaged jet engine repaired with seatbelts during a refueling stop.

Red bullet Photographs show a "hotelicopter," a helicopter which houses a flying 18-cabin hotel.

Red bullet Video clip shows an F-35 executing a vertical flip on takeoff.

Green bullet Photograph shows an F/A-18 Hornet flying past a Detroit apartment building.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show an airliner that was struck by lightning.

Multi-status bullet Photographs show an airplane engine damaged by volcanic ash.

Green bullet Photographs show an airliner with a 'Flying 101' exterior design.

Red bullet Photograph shows military jets in formation spelling out an obscene phrase.

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