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Uncle! We give up; we’re waving the white flag. Please, go easy on us.
Last week, we griped about the recent downturn in "Picture of the Week" submissions and pleaded shamelessly for our beloved reader-contributors to pick up the pace. We should have known we’d live to regret it. This week, submissions soared back up to over 100 photos, and our sad, beleaguered "POTW" staff has been poring over them in a hidden bunker, debating the relative merits of each one. (It’s a tough and thankless job, but it beats working for a living.)
After hours of deliberation and a few hurt feelings, we’re turning over this week’s top-prize AVweb baseball cap to Jakob Adolf of Madagascar, whose right-of-way dilemma gave us a chuckle. If you like Jakob’s photo, wait until you see the rest of this week’s batch – we had twenty contenders for the number-one spot, and even with an unprecedented nine photos in the full article, we’re leaving out some tremendous photos that we just don’t have time to show you.
Thanks for the great turn-out. Keepsending us pictures, and we’ll keep sharing ’em with the rest of the aviation world!
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Used with permission of Jakob Adolf |
"Comin’ Through"
Jakob Adolf of Antananarivo, Madagascar is no
stranger to remote runways, but this recurring right-of-way
problem takes the cake. Until recently, scheduled airplane
arrivals and departures took precedence over the train schedule,
but scheduled trains took precedence over unscheduled aircraft.
As you can imagine, communications problems ran rampant,
and Jakob and company preferred to yield the right-of-way when
they could. A new airport commander, however, has changed
the rule to give all aircraft precedence over trains, making.
Jakob’s life a little easier. In his words, "We love a guy like that."
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AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for our POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Click on the links below to view larger versions.
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Used with permission
of Stephen Eisenbies |
"Merging Traffic"
More evidence that planes always have right-of-way:
Stephen Eisenbies of Livermore, California
snapped this photo when a U.S. Navy T-28 lost an
engine and made a successful emergency landing
near his neighborhood. Here, the plane is being
towed back to the airport on I-580 – during rush hour.
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copyright Marshall-Maruska
Aerial Images
Used with permission of Duncan Marshall |
"Reflecting on the Flight"
Duncan Marshall of Chelsea, Qubec (Canada)
sends us this reflected image of a Pitts climbing
the control cab at Aroport Executif Ottawa.
Needless to say, we were quite fond of it.
Thanks, Duncan!
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Bonus Pictures
Thanks to your generous submissions,
we have lots of bonus pictures this week,
so kick back and enjoy!
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copyright Paul Tipton
Used with permission |
"Beech 18 – 2005 Central Texas Air Show"
Paul Tipton of Belton, Texas used some nifty
camera tricks to get this image. While it looks like
this Beech is rising into stormy skies, it was actually
a nice day when Paul took the shot. He confesses,
"Camera was stopped down to show the reflections."
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Used with permission of Matt Abrams |
"Coming in Low"
Matt Abrams of Ocala, Florida kept
showing up in this week’s submissions, so
we picked our favorite shot from Matt to share
with all of you. This P-51 Mustang looks to be
Jimmy Leeward’s Cloud Dancer, if our guess is right.
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Used with permission of Michael Magnell |
"Seawind over the Gold Coast"
Transoceanic Aircraft Ferry President
Michael Magnell of Laguna Hills, California
submits this image of a Seawind flying formation
with a Cirrus over Australia’s Gold Coast.
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Used with permission of Mike McChargue |
"Wing Commander’s Bird"
Mike McChargue of Clayton, North Carolina
writes, "Back in the ‘Old Air Force,’ every Wing
Commander’s airplane was the brightest, most colorful –
O.K., really [the most] gaudy-looking – one on the flightline."
You said it, Mike – not AVweb!
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Used with permission of Craig T. Martin |
"Sunrise via Fairchild"
Another gorgeous photo from this year’s Sun ‘n Fun
Fly-In, this time from Craig T. Martin of Des Moines, Iowa.
"I’m not a morning person," writes Craig, "but this shot was
really worth waking up early. A friend of mine who owned a
Fairchild died last fall, and so I have put this photo on my
screensaver to remind me of the many things he taught
me in aviation." Craig’s image is certainly a powerful
one, and we’ve added to our own "POTW" desktop
wallpaper rotation. Thanks for sharing it, Craig.
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copyright Scott Naylor
Used with permission of John Crate |
"Birds Coming Home to Roost"
Scott Naylor of Orillia, Ontario (Canada)
brings us home this week with two whirlybirds
coming in from "a hard day of fighting crime"
for the Ontario Provincial Police.
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Whew. Thanks to everyone who participated in this week’s contest. It took a while to go through all the photos, but we enjoyed it! Please keep submitting.
To enter next week’s contest, click here.
A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider the source of your image before submitting to our “Picture of the Week” contest. If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you’re uncertain, consult thePOTW Rules orsend us an e-mail.
