TRAVELAviation (aeronautics)Add Topic30 cool aviation pics: American, Delta, Alaska, Aeroflot, KLM and moreAn American Airlines Boeing 737-800 passes in front of Mt. Hood on final approach to land at Portland International Airport (PDX) in Portland, Oregon on November 29, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYThe sun sets on Los Angeles as an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 awaits a gate on Nov. 8, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYAn Aeroflot Airbus A330 departs LAX for decidely frostier climes on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYThe underside of an EVA Air Boeing 777-300 is illuminated by a sun-baked stretch of parking lots on final approach to LAX on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYAmerican Airlines' PSA-themed heritage jet sits in front of a US Airways-painted AA jet at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on October 31, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYThe Columbus Blue Jackets' private DC-9 rockets out of Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA family watches a Korean Air Airbus A380 float over a park next to Runway 25R at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYLate '50s and early '60s style abounds in a retired DC-3 located at the Flight Path Learning Center in Los Angeles. The aircraft first flew in 1941 for now-defunct TWA, eventually flying executives for an oil company from 1950 to 1982.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYOnly a few dozen feet above the ground, a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600's journey to LAX from London is nearly complete on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA flight attendant uniform, most likely from early 1950s Japan Air Lines, seen on display at the Flight Path Learning Center in Los Angeles on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYIts iconic shape clear from a distance, a KLM Boeing 747-400 leads a line-up of arrivals to LAX on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYAn Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 departs LAX on Nov. 7, 2015, as a trio of international tails await their next flights.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYCrossing over L.A.'s famous Sepulveda Boulevard, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 is about to complete its journey to LAX on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYTwo Boeing 737s bearing the mark of recently defunct Russian carrier Transaero await conversion to a new owner in Everett, Wash., on Nov. 21, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA Qantas Boeing 747-400 is towed to a remote parking location at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYMarkers on the tarmac denote wheel placements for a dizzying array of widebody jets at Los Angeles International Airport's Tom Bradley International Terminal on Nov. 8, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYWith beautiful orange foliage providing a scenic backdrop, an Alaska Airlines Q400 turboprop departs Portland International Airport (PDX) in Portland, Oregon on November 29, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA Delta Air Lines Boeing 717-200 taxis to a gate at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 8, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYKLM's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off on its delivery flight to Amsterdam from Boeing's enormous Everett, Wash., factory on Nov. 13, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYFlanked by Mt. Hood, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 lands at Portland International Airport (PDX) in Portland, Oregon on November 29, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYSpectators gather to watch an Emirates Boeing 777-300 take off on its delivery flight to Dubai on November 21, 2015 in Everett, Wash.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA 1979 Beech 76 takes off in the shadow of an Emirates Boeing 777-300 at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., in November of 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA small bush plane performs a go-around at the Pacific City State Airport in Pacific City, Oregon on November 27, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA visitor takes in the unusual shape of the Mini Guppy, located at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook Oregon on November 29, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA Nord 1101 Noralpha sport place casts a reflection on a puddle at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon on November 29, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYCharlotte Douglas International Airport, seen from above on October 31, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYA Delta MD-80 jet lands in wet, pre-dawn weather at Minneapolis St-Paul airport in Minnesota on October 31, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYThe unique six-wheel bogie on the Boeing 777 main landing gear rolls by at Los Angeles International Airport on November 8, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYPassengers walk through Terminal Two at Los Angeles International Airport on November 8, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYAircraft fill the gates before the pre-dawn rush at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Nov. 7, 2015.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren For USA TODAYFeatured Weekly Ad