April 12, 2007 Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase |
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Each week, we go through dozens (and sometimes
hundreds) of reader-submitted photos and pick the very best to share
with you on Thursday mornings. The top photos are featured on
AVweb's home page, and one photo
that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap as our
"Picture of the Week."
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
Picture submissions crept back up to more comfortable
territory this week, and with more pictures came a tougher time of
choosing our favorite. As always, we resorted to a top-secret and
very scientific algorithm — flashing reader-submitted pictures in front
a select group AVweb editors at 3-millisecond intervals and charting the
increase in electrical impulses across the surface of the skin.
It's a method that never fails, and the photo that made us tingle the
most this week came from Lisa Salazar
of Port St. Lucie, Florida.
We'll be away from the submission box next week, on
assignment at Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida — but that doesn't
mean you should stop hitting that submit button! While
we're out seeing the sights, we'll be counting on AVweb readers
to send us
photos of their airborne antics and fancy flyers.
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Lisa Salazar
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AeroShell Team in Action
With Sun 'n Fun just around the corner, there's no better way to kick
off the air show season than with a "Picture of the Week" featuring the
AeroShell Aerobatic Team — thanks to Lisa
Salazar of Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Lisa, we'll be dropping one of those coveted (and official!) AVweb
baseball caps into the mail — but if you stop by the booth at Sun 'n
Fun, I'm sure we can scare one up to give you in person! |
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Movin' Pictures
Used with permission of
H.B. Wise |
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Play Ball!
H.B. Wise of Arlington, Texas
snapped this pic at the Texas Rangers' home opener. "What could be
more inspiring than opening day baseball and low-level jet noise?" asks
H.B. — to which, frankly, we have no answer.
(Unless you count "weather warm enough for opening day," which
applies in places a bit north of Texas this week.) |
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of Christopher Starr |
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Hookin' Up over Jacksonville, NC
Refueling photos never fail to get a woo-whee out of us.
Christopher Starr of Grand Rapids,
Michigan submitted this one on behalf of "a gentleman I work with [who]
took a familiarization flight recently on a KC-135." The 135 in
question was from the 927th Air Refueling Wing, and the F-15 from
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Woo-whee. |
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The Fighting Lady
Jerry Malin of Matthews, North
Carolina sent us a couple of shots from Charleston, South Carolina's
perennial tourist destination, the USS Yorktown. Strangely,
we chose the one with the fewest planes ... . |
Want more? Visit the "POTW" slideshow on our
home page for more reader-submitted photos!
To enter next week's contest,
click here.
A quick note for submitters: If you've got several
photos that you feel are "POTW" material, your best bet is to submit
them one-a-week! That gives your photos a greater chance of seeing
print on AVweb, and it makes the selection process a little easier on
us, too. ;)
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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