Aluminium Lady

The aluminum skin of the Boeing B-17 Yankee Lady, shimmers in the light as it returns from a flight at Air Expo 2015 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Classic Roar

The four engines of the Boeing B-17 Yankee Lady, roar even at low power as it taxis back from a flight at Air Expo 2015 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Aluminum Beauty

The aluminum skin of the Boeing B-17 Yankee Lady, shimmers in the light as it hurtles down the Flying Cloud runway at Air Expo 2015 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Badass Mother Ship

Seen here at Seattle's Museum of Flight, an M-21 Blackbird mother ship demonstrates why it, and it's more well-known variant the SR-71 Blackbird, represent the most badass aircraft design ever to take to the skies. This airframe is the sole remaining example of the M-21.

Vortices

Ideal air conditions result in visible propeller vortices as this C-130 rockets out of Minneapolis with a thunderous roar.

Props

Eight Allison T56-A-15 engines produce an earth-shaking roar as they prepare to hurtle these symbols of American military might out of Minneapolis to destinations unknown.

Supertanker

A Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker with the 134th Aerial Refueling Wing arrives in Minneapolis.

Black and White Hawk

A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk sits on the ramp at Saint Paul's Holman Field during the Hockey Day MN 2015 festivities which were held to honor the family members and soldiers of the Minnesota National Guard's 34th Combat Aviation Brigade and the Delta Company 2/147th Assault Helicopter Battalion.

Now That's a Gun

An AFRC A-10 Warthog shows off its mighty cannon and powerful engines.