The Year 2021 In Images: Our Top 15 Photos Of The Week
Our Photos Of The Week have become a treasure trove of aviation beauty.
I admit it. We started our Photo of the Week section on a whim when I ran across a particularly compelling image and thought, why the heck not. It was an article of faith that we'd be able to find another compelling image the next week, and the week after that, etc. And some weeks are a more challenging to find great photos for, while others provide a wealth of possibilities. As you'll see here.
And a word of thanks to the many talented photographers, from pros to spur-of-the-moment shooters who happened to be in the right spot at the time to capture some aviation magic and who were kind enough to let us share the beauty with all of you.
![Early Winter Weather in Spokane by Kayleigh Huth](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/winter-in-spokane-1.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Wall of Weather by Mike Hart](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/wall-of-weather-scaled.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![The Joy of Flying by Andrew King](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/upside-down-biplane-guy-03.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Helicopter Hot Springs by Helipilotmike & Leigh Coates](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/helicopter-hot-springs-pg13-scaled.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Early Bird Gets the Best Parking by Brent Clark](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/early-bird-gets-the-best-parking.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Bird Island From A Super Cub by Benjamin Ballande](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/Benjamin-Ballande-wingtip-shot-1-scaled.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Afghani Refugees On A C-17 Transport by U.S. Air Force](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/C-17_carrying_passengers_out_of_Afghanistan-public-domain-.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Summer In A Snapshot by Jamie Lou](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/POW_Summer_Scenary1.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![The Best Imaginable Passengers by Matthew Hofeldt](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/photo_of_week_kids_1.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![United Airlines Flight 328 Engine A-Flame](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-3.16.55-PM.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Super Bowl Flyover by Mike Killian](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/Screen-Shot-2021-02-12-at-12.29.58-PM.jpg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![A Tribute To Bessie Coleman, A Flying Pioneer by Andrea McDonald](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/Screen-Shot-2021-02-05-at-12.14.09-PM.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Flying in Mittens by](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/Screen-Shot-2021-01-22-at-10.46.19-AM.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Looking Back, Omni-Vision Style by CFI-I Taylor Loosli](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/back-window-POW.jpeg?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![This Pilatus PC12 Is Too Cool For Flight School by Robert](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/wp-content/gallery/top-15-pows-of-2021/Screen-Shot-2021-12-21-at-3.10.14-PM.png?auto=webp&optimize=high&quality=70&width=1440)
![Isabel Goyer](https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/uploads/2020/05/IMG_9075_polarr-scaled.jpeg?auto=webp)
Isabel GoyerWriter
A commercial pilot, editor-in-Chief Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
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