August 24, 2006 Picture of the Week |
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"Picture of the Week" submissions inch back up to normal levels this
week, with just under 100 photos in our contest. As usual, our
photos come from all around the globe — although this week, there seemed
to be a curiously high number of submissions from Illinois, at least
among our top ten or fifteen contenders. (What, did you guys all
get the week off work?) Two of them even made it into this week's
feature, although if you're looking for our winning photo, you'll want
to shift your gaze a bit to the southwest — to Lawrence, Kansas, home of
Doug DuBois.
Congratulations, Doug! Keep your eye on the mailbox, 'cause
we'll be sending you one of those sharp-looking AVweb baseball caps to
warm your head in that li'l Dragonfly.
To win one of these hats for yourself, you must
submit
your aviation photos! Each week, we'll choose our favorites
and share them right here on AVweb — but we can only do that if you keep
sending photos. So get cracking! (Maybe your state or
province can make it a week-long holiday, like they do in Illinois.)
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
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M.C. Escher Tows a Glider
Doug DuBois of Lawrence, Kansas
writes:
This is a self-portrait of myself, towing a hang glider aloft with a Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly tug. The disorienting, M.C. Escher-like composition is due to the fact that I am aiming my camera at the tug's large rear-view mirror, capturing myself, the Dragonfly, and the glider on tow, with a straight-ahead view of the Ottawa,
Kansas countryside surrounding the mirror.
Adventure AirSports,
LLC owns the tug and uses it to provide hang gliding instruction
and towing in the flat lands of eastern Kansas.
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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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F-16 Tailcone
There's no end to the comments we could make about this photo from
Michael Kant of Kitimat, British
Columbia (Canada). But we haven't had a picture that speaks so —
uh, eloquently for itself in recent memory.
("Taken at Abbottsford Airshow on August 11th,"
according to Michael. Be sure to click through to the
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"Was There Really a Man in There, Daddy?"
The B-17 Sentimental Journey sure gets around! What's more,
she always inspires people to break out their cameras — we can't tell
you how many times we've seen this girl in "POTW" entries, and she always
seems to make the final round of selections.
Christoper S. White and son
Chris (of Granville, Ohio) saw
Sentimental Journey at the Zanesville Municipal Airport earlier this
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of John Andrew Karas |
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Into the Blue
John Andrew Karas of Greenfield,
Wisconsin (Illinois's Neigbor to the North™) writes, "Bi-plane acrobatics are so fun to watch and shoot. Every show seems to bring something different."
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copyright © Dave
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Used with permission
of Kevin Kilpatrick |
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Lady Liberty
Kevin Kilpatrick of Merrimack, New
Hampshire flew through the New York City VFR corridor with passenger
Dave Markson (who snapped this
incredible photo) back in January 2005.
Big thanks to both of you guys for sharing. This one's going
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Double Vision
Dave Philipsen of Bloomington kicks
off our Illinois double-shot ... |
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Robbie Culver
Used with permission |
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Grandpa's Helicopter
... and Robbie Culver of Waukegan
brings it home — literally.
Here we see Joshua "Bean" Culver looking on as Grandpa Pete Bayer
flies an R.C. helicopter at the Naper Aero fly-in community in
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Chris Marshall
Used with permission of Derich Hofmann |
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Beaver — Is This for Real?
To wrap it up this week, we turn to Derich
Hofmann of Antelope, Oregon:
Taken last week up at Young Life's Malibu Club youth camp at the Princess Louisa Inlet in British Columbia, Canada. While it's a real airplane, for some reason the photo makes it look like a toy, almost like the old movies that used models for some of the scenes.
Chris [Marshall] is a great friend of mine that took this photo. When I told him there's a lot of folks out there in the world that would love to see this, he had no problem with
me sending this in to you.
We've certainly go no problem with it, Derich. Send our thanks to
Chris — and for everyone who's reading this on AVweb, here's another one
where you'll want to click through for the
full-size image.
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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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