An Airbus A350-900 banks across a clear blue sky, seen from below with its swept wings and upturned tips silhouetted in the sunlight.

A distant twin-engine passenger jet crosses a clear blue sky, framed by palm trees.

A twin-engine commercial jet passes overhead against a clear blue sky.

Head-on view of a Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk on indoor display, showing its faceted stealth shaping and landing gear.

A USAF-marked Cessna O-2A Skymaster on static display, with its distinctive twin-boom tail and centerline pusher engine visible.

A silver P-51D Mustang named Man O' War, wearing U.S. Army Air Forces markings and invasion stripes, displayed inside a museum hangar.

A blue-and-yellow Stearman biplane displayed in a museum hangar, its radial engine and fixed landing gear prominent in the foreground.

The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle on museum display, showing its distinctive nose art and four-engine configuration.

A wartime-marked Supermarine Spitfire displayed among other historic aircraft in a hangar.

A wartime-style Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter on display beneath a mural honoring the Tuskegee Airmen.

A blue-and-yellow Schweizer SGS 2-33 training glider suspended in a museum display.

The restored B-17F is displayed in a museum gallery.

A preserved North American P-51D Mustang, registered NX163BP, displayed with olive-drab USAAF markings and a vivid red tail.

Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar N234MM sits on the apron in a polished white-and-brown scheme, with another aircraft overlapping the foreground.

A Blériot XI takes center stage in a museum gallery, recalling the pioneering 1909 Channel crossing.

A Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat sits on display with its wings folded, showing its large radial engine, three-bladed propeller, and blue U.S. Navy finish.

A preserved Douglas A-26 Invader faces the camera inside a hangar museum, framed by the props and engines of other historic aircraft.

A dark-blue Vought F4U Corsair stands on display beneath a mural depicting carrier operations, its distinctive inverted gull wing and powerful radial-engine nose on full view.

A black Grumman F7F Tigercat named “King of the Cats” on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum.

A red-and-white Great Lakes biplane on display in a military aviation museum, its radial engine and braced wings showing off the classic aerobatic design.