14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists, two bang the fronds against the bins to strip the dates from the branches © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley. Two pickers work in bucket hoists © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

14-11-2019 California, USA, Crew of farmworkers picking deglet dates, Coachella Valley © David Bacon

10-05-2019 Mexico Beach, Florida, USA: Palm trees and flags where a beach house was destroyed. Destruction from Hurricane Michael 7 months after the storm hit the Florida Panhandle © Jim West

09-05-2019 Mexico Beach, Florida - Destruction from Hurricane Michael is widespread seven months after the Category 5 storm hit the Florida Panhandle. © Jim West

17-08-2017 Imperial Valley, California, USA Egrets nesting in two palm trees by an irrigation canal © David Bacon

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

15-08-2017 Coachella Valley, California, USA Irrigation ditch carrying runoff from nearby fields and date orchard into the Salton Sea © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California. memorial to two palmeros killed when the platform they were working on came into contact with an electric power line. The crane was leaking oil and one worker was electro... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California. memorial to two palmeros killed when the platform they were working on came into contact with an electric power line. The crane was leaking oil and one worker was electro... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, The hands of a palmeros show the lines and creases of a lifetime of hard work in the date palm groves © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, Two palmeros sitting in the shade of the trailer where they live on a trailer park near Thermal after work. Both have worked over 15 years in the in the date palm groves © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero sitting after work with his daughter in the shade of the trailer where they live on a trailer park near Thermal. She is trying to win a scholarship so she can g... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero sitting after work with his daughter in the shade of the trailer where they live on a trailer park near Thermal. She is trying to win a scholarship so she can g... © David Bacon

03-04-2017 Coachella Valley, California, a palmero working in a grove of date palms. Climbing up a ladder he pollinates the buds that will become the dates, and ties the bunch together with string. Once up in th... © David Bacon

30-06-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, worker removing palm fronds pruned from palm trees © Jim West

30-06-2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, worker removing palm fronds pruned from palm trees © Jim West

26-02-2016 Refugees in the official container camp are biometrically fingerprint tested on entry to the camp, Calais, France. © Jess Hurd

26-02-2016 Refugees in the official container camp are biometrically fingerprint tested on entry to the camp, Calais, France. © Jess Hurd

26-02-2016 Refugees in the official container camp are biometrically fingerprint tested on entry to the camp, Calais, France. © Jess Hurd

26-02-2016 Refugees in the official container camp are biometrically fingerprint tested on entry to the camp, Calais, France. © Jess Hurd

23-04-2015 A tourist walking along a street lined with palm trees. sliema, Malta. © Connor Matheson

18-02-2015 California- Workers at the recycling sorting facility of Alameda County Industries clock on at the start of their shift with a hand scanner Biometric Handscanner clocking in machine © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers take a break from thinning dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, California © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A farmworker puts on a safety harness to protect her from falling. A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, in California.... © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, in California. They work on a metal platform, lifted into the tree by a cherry pi... © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, in California. They work on a metal platform, lifted into the tree by a cherry pi... © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, in California. They work on a metal platform, lifted into the tree by a cherry pi... © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, in California. They work on a metal platform, lifted into the tree by a cherry pi... © David Bacon

30-05-2012 A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in a grove in Thermal, Coachella Valley, in California. They work on a metal platform, lifted into the tree by a cherry pi... © David Bacon

30-05-2012 The foreman of the crew, drives the cherry picker that lifts and lowers the platform on which the workers are working. A crew of immigrant Mexican farm workers thinning medjool dates on palm trees in... © David Bacon

07-12-2010 A gang of farmworkers, or palmeros, cut the spines off date palms (Phoenix diactylifera) with a machete. Coachella Valley, California. This is one of eight separate operations workers must perform on... © David Bacon

16-02-2010 Plants growing in a solidified lava field, as smoke rises from another eruption and flow on the side of a volcano. Big Island, Hawaii, USA. © David Bacon

16-02-2010 Cocos nucifera coconut palm. Plants growing in a solidified lava field. Kau Desert in the southwestern area of the park, it is a large expanse of semi-arid lava plain. Big Island, Hawaii, USA. © David Bacon

16-02-2010 Vaccinium reticulatum, Ohelo Ai, Hawaiian Blueberry and Cocos nucifera coconut palm. Plants growing in a solidified lava field. Kau Desert in the southwestern area of the park, it is a large expanse o... © David Bacon

28-10-2009 Mansions at Cap-dAil on the French coast next to Monaco. © Paul Box

05-04-2009 Warm spring sunny weather allowed the Palm Sunday Church Service to be held outside in the village of Mudeford, The choir of the All Saints Church in procession after celebrating their outdoor church... © David Mansell

11-07-2008 A woman wearing a hijab reads an illustrated Arabic language book for children at Palm tree book shop at the Islam Expo at Olympia, London. © Janina Struk

11-06-2008 Boulevard Hotel and Starlite hotel, Ocean Drive Miami South Beach, Florida. USA © Jess Hurd

11-06-2008 Boulevard Hotel and Starlite hotel, Ocean Drive Miami South Beach, Florida. USA © Jess Hurd

11-03-2008 Crowds of delegates walking between the exhibition and hotels on the Boulevard De La Croisette, at the MIPIM 2008 Cannes - The worlds real estate showcase for property professionals. © John Sturrock

27-10-2007 People in swimming pool at a Hotel in Jericho, West Bank, Israel, October 2007 © Morris Bernard

27-10-2007 People around a swimming pool at a Palestinian Hotel in Jericho, West Bank, Israel, October 2007. © Morris Bernard

27-10-2007 A child plays on a water game in a Palestinian Hotel in Jericho, West Bank, Israel, October 2007. © Morris Bernard

20-10-2007 The Dead Sea public beach of the coastal resort of Ein Bokek, Israel, October 2007. © Boris Heger

20-10-2007 The Dead Sea public beach of the coastal resort of Ein Bokek, Israel, October 2007. © Boris Heger

20-10-2007 The Dead Sea public beach of the coastal resort of Ein Bokek, Israel, October 2007. © Boris Heger

04-10-2007 The beach at The Palm Jumeirah, Dubai. © Simon Edwards

13-04-2007 A view of the famous coast of the Tayrona National Park, on the Caribbean sea, near Santa Marta, Colombia, February 2007. © Boris Heger

28-10-2006 In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give up the rest. Colombia © David Bacon

28-10-2006 Oil palm workers wait for a bus home at the end of the day. In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give up the rest. Colombia © David Bacon

28-10-2006 Water buffalo are used to carry the oil palm nuts from the groves to the roadway. In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give u... © David Bacon

28-10-2006 Water buffalo are used to carry the oil palm nuts from the groves to the roadway. In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give u... © David Bacon

28-10-2006 Residents of a tiny village in the jungle and palm plantations, on land recovered by the Afro Colombian community. In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and see... © David Bacon

28-10-2006 The nuts of the oil palm. In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give up the rest. The nuts of the oil palm. Colombia © David Bacon

28-10-2006 Afro-Colombian families displaced by development projects, especially the expansion of oil palm plantations, make a living as fishermen on the beach at Tumaco. Colombia © David Bacon

28-10-2006 Afro-Colombian families displaced by development projects, especially the expansion of oil palm plantations, make a living as fishermen on the beach at Tumaco. Colombia © David Bacon

06-04-2006 Palm House at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew © Duncan Phillips

06-04-2006 Palm House at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew © Duncan Phillips

06-04-2006 Palm House at Kew Gardens © Duncan Phillips

06-04-2006 Palm House at Kew Gardens © Duncan Phillips

06-04-2006 Palm House at Kew Gardens © Duncan Phillips

14-10-2005 View of the Avenue of Sphinxes, on the causeway to the Luxor Temple. © Howard Davies

14-10-2005 View across the River Nile to the west side of Luxor. © Howard Davies

14-10-2005 Farmers working in their fields, on the west side of the River Nile. © Howard Davies

29-04-2004 A boy and his brother carrying palm oil given to them by the World Food Program, a gift from the people of Japan. Near Faraksika, South Sudan, April 2004. © Boris Heger

17-04-2004 Local fishermen repairing their nets on the beach, while an Australian warship, sails past in the distance. Dili in East Timor, 2004. © Boris Heger

14-04-2004 A family living in a temporary shelter, as their house was destroyed during the conflicts between the Pro-Indonesian militia and the rebel forces, in the East Timor Crisis. © Boris Heger

04-04-2020 Coronavirus pandemic, Airplane approaching Heathrow Airport. Heathrow to close half its terminals as it switches to single runway operation © Duncan Phillips

04-04-2020 Coronavirus pandemic, Airplane approaching Heathrow Airport. Heathrow to close half its terminals as it switches to single runway operation © Duncan Phillips

07-02-2020 Dallas, Texas, USA. international traveler wearing a face mask to prevent virus transmisson on an American Airlines flight approaching Dallas from Mexico. © Jim West

20-07-2019 Guests arriving by helicopter, Lords Of The Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter © John Harris

20-07-2019 Guests arriving by helicopter, Lords Of The Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter © John Harris

20-07-2019 Guests arriving by helicopter, Lords Of The Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter © John Harris

06-04-2019 Here Fell W.A. McVie memorial cross to British airman William Alexander McVie who died after bailing out of his aircraft in 1941 during World War II, Ilpendam, De Leek, Broek in Waterland, North Holla... © Jess Hurd

06-11-2018 View of a wing from the window of an EasyJet plane over Portugal © Paul Box

20-07-2018 Lufthansa logo and passenger jet taxiing Munich International Airport, Bavaria, Germany. Airbus A320-211 © Paul Box

03-06-2018 The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Avro Lancaster bomber, C47 Dakota, Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

03-06-2018 Planes,Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

03-06-2018 Team Raven Formation Flying, Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

03-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

03-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

03-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

03-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 Team Raven Formation Flying, Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

02-06-2018 Team Raven Formation Flying, Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

02-06-2018 Team Raven Formation Flying, Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

02-06-2018 Pitts S-2S Muscle Biplane, Torbay airshow, Torbay. Piloted by Rich Goodwin © Paul Box

02-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 RAF Red Arrows display team performing, Torbay airshow, 2018 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 AeroSuperBatics Wingwalkers Flying Circus, Torbay airshow, Torbay. 1940s Boeing Stearman biplanes © Paul Box

02-06-2018 RAF Typhoon Display Team, Torbay airshow, Torbay. Flt Lt Jim Peterson flying a Typhoon FGR4 © Paul Box

02-06-2018 The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, Avro Lancaster bomber, C47 Dakota, Torbay airshow, Torbay © Paul Box

03-05-2017 RAF Red Arrows Display Team performing, Torbay Airshow 2017 © Paul Box

03-05-2017 RAF Red Arrows Display Team performing, Torbay Airshow 2017 © Paul Box

03-05-2017 RAF Red Arrows Display Team performing, Torbay Airshow 2017 © Paul Box

03-05-2017 RAF Red Arrows Display Team performing, Torbay Airshow 2017 © Paul Box

03-05-2017 RAF Red Arrows Display Team performing, Torbay Airshow 2017 © Paul Box

03-05-2017 RAF Red Arrows Display Team performing, Torbay Airshow 2017 © Paul Box

26-03-2017 Contrails from passenger Jets in a blue sky, Warwickshire © John Harris

04-01-2017 1952 Sea Prince aircraft wreck at the enternce to Long Marston Airfield, to be a Garden Village housing development, Warwickshire. Flying lessons in gliders sign © John Harris

04-01-2017 1952 Sea Prince aircraft wreck at the enternce to Long Marston Airfield, to be a Garden Village housing development, Warwickshire. Flying lessons in gliders sign © John Harris

04-01-2017 1952 Sea Prince aircraft wreck at the enternce to Long Marston Airfield, to be a Garden Village housing development, Warwickshire. © John Harris

23-11-2016 Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Visitor center complex, Flight 93 National Memorial. The memorial remembers those killed on United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed on September 11, 2001 after being taken o... © Jim West

23-11-2016 Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Visitor center complex, Flight 93 National Memorial. The memorial remembers those killed on United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed on September 11, 2001 after being taken o... © Jim West

23-11-2016 Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Visitor center complex, Flight 93 National Memorial. The memorial remembers those killed on United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed on September 11, 2001 after being taken o... © Jim West

23-11-2016 Shanksville, Pennsylvania: Visitor center complex and the Wall of Names at the Flight 93 National Memorial. The memorial remembers those killed on United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed on September... © Jim West

23-11-2016 Shanksville, Pennsylvania Wooden ceremonial gate at the Flight 93 National Memorial. The memorial remembers those killed on United Airlines Flight 93 which crashed on September 11, 2001 after being ta... © Jim West

22-06-2016 Vote leave aircraft circling with a banner over Jo Cox memorial event for murdered Labour MP, Love Like Jo Trafalgar Square, London © Jess Hurd

22-06-2016 Memorial event to celebrate the life of murdered Labour MP, Jo Cox. Love Like Jo, Trafalgar Square, London. Leave Campaign in the European Referendum stage an insensitive flypast above Trafalgar Squar... © Stefano Cagnoni

23-04-2016 Retired pensioner at home in a high rise flat with jigsaws Turves Green Longbridge Birmingham © John Harris

21-03-2016 Passengers disembarking from a Wizzair aircraft at Eindhoven airport, Holland. © Stefano Cagnoni

21-03-2016 Passengers boarding a Ryanair airplane at Eindhoven airport, Holland © Stefano Cagnoni

21-03-2016 Passengers boarding a Ryanair airplane at Eindhoven airport, Holland © Stefano Cagnoni

21-03-2016 Passengers boarding a Ryanair airplane at Eindhoven airport, Holland © Stefano Cagnoni

11-03-2015 Ryanair planes preparing for take-off, Stansted airport, Essex. © Philip Wolmuth

11-03-2015 Ryanair planes preparing for take-off, Stansted airport, Essex. © Philip Wolmuth

12-01-2015 Mexico City, Mexico - Flight attendants serving drinks on an AeroMexico Connect flight to Oaxaca. © Jim West

29-08-2014 Flight information display solution. Integrated systems Europe 2015, Amsterdam, Holland © Paul Box

23-01-2014 Aircraft contrails as the sunsets © John Harris

23-01-2014 Aircraft contrails as the sunsets © John Harris

26-07-2013 Aerial View of London - Helicoptor Pilot. © Duncan Phillips

04-06-2013 Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 Congolese UPC reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th... © Boris Heger

20-10-2012 The Spitfire Memorial reflecting the areas flying history. This is a large steel sculpture called The Sentinel, depicts three Spitfires peeling off up into the air in different directions. It was desi... © John Harris

03-10-2012 Aviation milestone, Connemara, Ireland. This egg shaped structure is a memorial to British pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown embarked on the first nonstop transatlantic flight, June 15, 1919 © David Mansell

14-09-2012 Portrait of a line engineer in front of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 A FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet on its stand on the ground. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Engineer checking wheels tyres landing gear of FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 A line engineer in front of the engine of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Ground crew preparing a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet on its stand on the ground. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turbo prop FlyBe passenger aircraft. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Passengers with suitcases walking across the apron to board a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turbo prop FlyBe passenger aircraft. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 Pre-flight check. A line engineer checks the faults list on the computer in the cockpit of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

14-09-2012 A line engineer in front of the engine of a FlyBe Embraer 195 passenger jet. Southampton International Airport. © Paul Carter

19-08-2012 A Lufthansa Boeing 737-530 plane approaching the runway at Dsseldorf Airport, Germany © Timm Sonnenschein

19-08-2012 A Lufthansa Boeing 737-530 plane approaching the runway at Dsseldorf Airport, Germany © Timm Sonnenschein

27-06-2012 El Mirage, California - An scrapyard for aircraft parts, Aviation Warehouse Inc © Jim West

27-06-2012 El Mirage, California - An scrapyard for aircraft parts, Aviation Warehouse Inc © Jim West

27-06-2012 El Mirage, California - An scrapyard for aircraft parts, Aviation Warehouse Inc © Jim West

27-06-2012 El Mirage, California - An scrapyard for aircraft parts, Aviation Warehouse Inc © Jim West

16-04-2012 Floodlight on the Olympic Park with the City of London in the background. Stratford. East London. © Jess Hurd

11-04-2012 Visitors looking round the aircraft at The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, which contains one of the largest aviation collections in the UK. © John Harris

11-04-2012 Visitors looking round the aircraft at The Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, which contains one of the largest aviation collections in the UK. © John Harris

08-04-2012 Ground crew at Stansted Airport preparing a Ryanair Boing 737-800 flight to Krakow on the apron of the runway. © Timm Sonnenschein

08-04-2012 Ground crew at Stansted Airport preparing a Ryanair Boing 737-800 flight to Krakow on the apron of the runway, as passengers board the plane © Timm Sonnenschein

10-02-2012 Through the porthole window Birmingham Airport ground staff de-icing the wings by spraying fluid onto a grounded Flybe plane prior to takeoff. The plane is delayed due to the need to remove freezing r... © Timm Sonnenschein

04-02-2012 A crop duster spraying pesticides on a field south of Seeley an unincorporated community, in the Imperial Valley, California © David Bacon

04-02-2012 A crop duster spraying pesticides on a field south of Seeley an unincorporated community, in the Imperial Valley, California © David Bacon

01-02-2012 The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), a storage and parts centre and reclamation yard for mothballed military aircraft at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. USA. It is the sole repo... © Jim West

01-02-2012 The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), a storage and parts centre and reclamation yard for mothballed military aircraft at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. USA. It is the sole repo... © Jim West

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

13-01-2012 A microlight aircraft flight in Oxfordshire. © Paul Box

08-09-2011 C-17A Globemaster 3 transport aircraft carrying the body of Royal Marine Sergeant Barry Weston of 42 Commando coming into land. The first repatriation ceremony of a soldier killed in the war in Afghan... © Justin Tallis

04-08-2011 Ground staff at Xian airport loading baggage onto a Spring Airline plane. China © Timm Sonnenschein