February 16, 2006 AVweb's Picture of the Week |
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Past POTW Winners What's got soaring jets, majestic mountains,
tropical beaches, and adorable children?
O.K., it's a trick question. We all know the answer is the
latest installment of AVweb's "Picture of the Week" contest. We'll
kick things off with a photo from this week's winner, David Coggin of
Altus, Oklahoma.
Like all "POTW" winners, David takes home an official AVweb
baseball cap for his contribution. If you'd like to join in the
photo fun — and maybe win one of those hats for yourself —
submit your
photos today!
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
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"All in a Day's Work"
You're not alone if this photo from David
Coggin
of Altus, Oklahoma made you ask "What the heck is that?" Until you
take a closer look, you may not realize there are two jets here.
David tells us he took the picture "a couple of years ago," but didn't
go into much detail about where he was or if he was trying for this
effect. Whether by accident or design, it's catapulted him to the
top of this week's "POTW" ranks, and we'll be sending Dave one of those
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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. Due to privacy issues,
AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos. |
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"Viper Out of the Dark"
Speaking of jets, here's a particularly menacing Thunderbird from
Trey Carroll of Knightstown,
Indiana. Actually, it isn't a Fabulous Thunderbird, but rather a
USAF Viper painted in Thunderbird colors and on display in the
National Air
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"Earning Flight Time"
John ("Skipper") Hyle of Peachtree
City, Georgia tells us the tykes in this photo are his sons.
They're off to an early start in the world of flying, wiping down the
family MK-4, J's Bird.
Whew. For a moment, we thought one of these guys might be
Skip's A&P ... . |
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Kim Hatch
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"Mopping Up"
Last
week's fire-fighting photo from Charles Stewart inspired nearly a
dozen similar submissions to this week's contest. While we loved
all the photos, we decided to limit our water-dropping finalists
to just one — this B-212 coming over a ridge in Spain, submitted by
Kim Hatch of Nampa, Idaho. |
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Dan Valentine
Used with permission |
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"Under the Swaying Palms ..."
Does the name "Dan Valentine" sound
familiar? It does to us, because Dan keeps showing up in our stack
of finalists week after week. Not that we're complaining — we've
enjoyed every one of Dan's photos so far! |
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Joa Harrison
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"Northwest Montana Winter Flying Beauty"
It's been a while since we ran a pure landscape photograph (with no
planes in the foreground), so let's break that trend right now.
Joa Harrison of Kootenai, Indiana
took his two sons up for a flight over the Montana mountains. "My
four-year-old really got a kick out of these 'pointy rocks,'" writes Joa,
"and my two-year-old kept saying, 'Look, Daddy, big scary lions' (in
reference to the chunks of snow-covered rocks)."
Wow. You really can see the lions in the large-size image.
(Look in the lower-left corner.)
Maybe there are some benefits to flying with two-year-olds, after all
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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 the
POTW
Rules or
send us an e-mail.
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