ADAM SENATORI USED to fly airplanes for a living. Now he photographs them. He's spent the past decade shooting anything that flies, and just returned from the 14th Dubai Air Show, an industry trade show that highlights some of the coolest new stuff in the biz.

The five-day extravaganza is the industry's biggest players show off their latest technology and broker epic deals. The last show, in 2013, drew more than 60,000 people who placed more than $162 billion worth of orders on the first day alone. "These events are the pinnacle of finance and technology," Senatori says.

Given that General Electric hired him to shoot this year's show, he focused on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the AirbusA380 and the General Dynamics F16 fighter. Cool airplanes one and all, but the residence suite on the Etihad Airways A380 really blew him away. It features a bedroom, a common area, and a bathroom. He also found new appreciation for the F-22 Raptor, which is a stealth fighter. "I've seen the Raptor perform many times before but for some reason he was flying a routine unlike anything I've seen. Sick dogfighting moves."