TRAVEL30 cool aviation pics: DC-9s, purple planes, aerial NYC and moreAlaska Airlines' "Spirit of Alaska Statehood" Boeing 737-400 lands in Seattle. The jet's unique design was created by a high school student from Sitka, Alaska, in 2009.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenThe island of Manhattan radiates light as a Delta flight passes overhead, due to land at New York's JFK Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 is pushed back from a gate at New York's JFK Airport, ready for its trip to the U.K.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenPouring a trail of smoke behind it, a classic NATO E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control (AWACS) jet lands at Seattle's Boeing Field Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAn Ameristar DC-9 takes off from Seattle's Boeing Field airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenKenmore Air's newest seaplane, painted like an Orca whale, lands on Lake Union north of downtown Seattle.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAn American Airlines Boeing 757 glows in late evening light as it taxis to the gate in Seattle.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenVisitors on a tour of Condor's maintenance hangar in Frankfurt, Germany, take a look inside the nose gear storage bay of a Boeing 767-300.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenOne of Boston's newest visitors, low-cost Icelandic carrier WOW, brightens the airfield with its purplely presence.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA JetBlue Airbus A321 greases the runway at Paine Field Airport, otherwise known as the home of Boeing's wide-body jet factory.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA Qatar Cargo Boeing 777 taxis for takeoff at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAn Alaska Airlines Q400 turboprop pulls into a gate while an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 heads out for takeoff in Seattle.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA Delta Boeing 757 takes off from Boston Logan Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAn Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 takes to the air in Seattle.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenDelta tails of varying sizes line Terminal 4 at New York's JFK Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAn ANA Boeing 777-300 takes off from New York's JFK Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenArchenemy jumbo jets, Airbus' A380, left, and Boeing's classic 747-400, show off their profiles between flights at New York's JFK Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenReady for a long trip to India, a Jet Airways Boeing 777-300 is pushed back from the gate at New York's JFK Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenRaindrops fill a window pane during a dreary day at New York's JFK Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenOur Lady of the Airways, a Catholic chapel located inside Boston's Logan Airport, finds itself mostly empty on a weekday afternoon.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA flight board inside Boston Logan's international terminal demonstrates the steady gains the city has seen in overseas traffic in recent years.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenDay turns to dusk in brilliant colors over a runway in Warsaw's main airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAircraft at Boston Logan International Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA Delta Boeing 717 rockets out of Boston's Logan Airport on a sunny weekday afternoon.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA dazzling display of clouds spreads out across the horizon somewhere over Illinois.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA Southwest Boeing 737 takes off from SeaTac Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA FedEx DC-10 prepares to land in Seattle under enormous clouds.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenAn Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 lands in Seattle.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenA classic NATO E-3 Sentry airborne early warning and control (AWACS) jet lands at Seattle's Boeing Field Airport.Jeremy Dwyer-LindgrenThe barren tundra of Greenland almost passes for clouds as a flight passes from Europe to Canada.Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren