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One of the largest gulf carrier, Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER FC Barcelona livery. The photo taken by Suparat Chairatprasert during takeoff at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand. Look at the nice paint job, Barcelona's uniform printed at the rear-end of the aircraft.

Anyway, Qatar Airways also known as official sponsor for the Spanish football club, Barcelona. Barcelona also known as one of the most successful football club in the world, tens of trophies in the last decade have been won. The supporters also covered in five continents.

Back to the airline, Qatar Airways awarded as the best airline by Skytrax, they won three times in the last five years. Headquartered in Doha, per October 2015 they operating 162 aircraft in more than 140 destinations worldwide. Currently they have 28 of Boeing 777-300ERs and another five on list order. Qatar Airways also known as launch customer for Airbus A350 XWB and large operator of Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. They also have giant Airbus A380-800 within its fleet. So it is fancy and worth-to-board into airline isn't?

One of the most sophisticated jet fighter on earth, the mighty F-22 Raptor of United States Air Force. The beautiful picture taken by Airman 1st Class Amanda Morris of USAF. The F-22 Raptor climbs the sky after takeoff at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

Alongside with the F-22 Raptor, USAF also flying Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (not in frame). This mission aims to exercise flexibility of aircraft movement but with several conditions, such as additional pilots, accompanying fuel and munitions as well as maintenance support. Until September 2015, United States Air Force operates about 222 Boeing C-17s and massive 186 units of F-22 Raptors.

Jumbo jet aircraft, Boeing 747-400 of United Airlines while on taxiing before takeoff at Hong Kong International Airport. This photograph captured by Wong Chi Lam, however Hong Kong Airport also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport as well. The aircraft registered as N197UA, United Airlines Boeing 747-400 is one of the double-decker passenger aircraft, in total there are 24 747s in service.

United Airlines or usually called United is top three airlines in USA, in terms of passengers handled. Based on 2014, the carrier carried 138 million passengers, lied on third position after American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. But in terms of destinations, United Airlines is number one in the world with 375 destinations worldwide.

United Airlines is operating more than 700 aircraft, and keep increasing. The carrier has placed order for newest variant of Airbus A350-900 XWB, Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner as well as Boeing 737 MAX. The market capitalization of United was more than USD 18 billion, based on 2014 fiscal year.

Sensational photo shoot of NASA, captured Space Shuttle Atlantis from International Space Station (ISS). The space shuttle precisely over the Bahama just before docking to ISS, this mission is a part of Russian Progress spacecraft which was docked to the station is in the foreground. The photo took on July 2011, the last mission of the Atlantis.

Atlantis named from the ship that made first image of the ocean floor using sounding devices back in 1930. Every space shuttle designed for at least 25 years of duty, as well as Atlantis. In the 25 years period, Atlantis flying 33 times including US military secret missions, flying astronauts (actually ferrying) to and from International Space Station (ISS).

United States has been flying many spacecraft since 1969, official program run by NASA also known as Space Transportation System. Counted since then, until now NASA flew more than 134 missions (1981-2011). Entire space shuttle launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There are Space Shuttle Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour, and surely Atlantis.

The mighty McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle of United States Air Force while takeoff at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. This jet fighter coming from 19th fighter squadron, according to source the F-15 of this picture were headed home to Robins Air Force Base. Anyway, this picture taken by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson of USAF.

The F-15 is a all-weather tactical jet fighter powered by two engines, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing). The jet fighter built to be air superiority in aerial combat, dog fighting for example. The F-15 first flew in 1972 and officially entered military service in 1978 until now. Another countries that using F-15 as jet fighter squadron are Saudi Arabian Air Force, Japan Self Defense Air Force and Israel. Unfortunately, due to life service F-15 production will be ended in 2019.

Finnair A350 successfully conducted first flight at Airbus facility in Toulouse. This is the newest variant of Airbus A350-900 XWB, extra widebody series for the Finnish carrier. The picture shown the A350 XWB while on rotating takeoff on runway, and captured by F.Lancelot of Airbus.

The first flight or also known maiden flight is the final production phase of an aircraft. After being painted and assembled, the Airbus A350-900 XWB will enter ground checks as well as another flight tests till its delivery time to the customer. There are about 19 of Finnair A350 on waiting list order of Airbus.

While, Finnair is the national flag carrier of Finland, they also the largest airlines in the country. Headquartered in Vantaa and has a main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. More than half of its shares owned by the government, up to 55 percent, the rest owned by private sectors. The carrier owns about 71 aircraft on its fleet as well as 88 destinations worldwide and keep increasing. According to 2014 statistics, Finnair carried over 10 million passengers, most of them were European destinations and several Asian flights. Finnair also known as one of the safest airlines in the world.