Images Dated 26th August 2011

Airbus A330 cockpit

Cockpit of an Airbus A330 airliner. The A330 is a twin-engine, widebody airliner typically flown over long-haul routes with a capacity of 253-295 in three-class layout. The glass cockpit is highly computerised. All of the primary flight instruments are displayed on square computer screens, as are checklists and navigation data. In place of the conventional yoke or wheel, the aircraft is flown by a side-stick, a joystick like device fitted to the side of the pilot's knee. The first flight of the A330 was in 1992, as of mid-2011 over 800 had been built with orders for more than 300 outstanding

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Panoramic view as seen from the Wuerzjoch ridge with the Aferer Geisler Mountains and Peitlerkofel mountain at the back, Villnoesstal valley, province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

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A beach goer photographs the storm surf from the dunes a day before the landfall of

A beach goer photographs the storm surf from the dunes a day before the landfall of Hurricane Irene in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, August 26, 2011. The United States urged 55 million people on its eastern seaboard to prepare for Hurricane Irene on Friday as the powerful storm packing high winds and heavy rain bore down on the North Carolina coast. REUTERS/Steve Nesius (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)