July 5, 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." Want to see your photo on AVweb.com?
Click here to submit it to our weekly contest.
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
Barely two weeks to go until AirVenture, and the stream
of reader-submitted photos in our "Picture of the Week" contest has
slowed to a trickle. Fortunately for us, the lighter number of
submissions doesn't seem to have any effect on quality. With only
60 photos in this week's contest, we still had a hard time picking five
to showcase here.
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Blue Angel Sneak Pass
What better way to celebrate the air show month of July than a
whooshing, action-packed low fly-over by the Blue Angels, courtesy of
W. Ross Tracey of Niantic,
Connecticut?
Ross writes, "This picture was taken during a pre-show-day Blue Angels
rehearsal. A thunderstorm had just passed through, leaving a lot
of moisture on the ground and in the air. One of the Blue Angels
solos flew down the runway, just subsonic, trying to surprise the crowd.
I caught this picture of the aircraft and surrounding pressure wave,
which was also pulling water off the wet runway." |
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Frank Richardson
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Helishi Taxi
Frank Richardson of Birmingham,
Alabama serves up one of the coolest (er, no pun intended) chopper
photos we've seen in our inbox lately. Frank describes the trip as
an "awesome experience," and we won't call him out on the assessment —
it definitely produced an awesome photo. |
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Exotic Homebuilt
No, it isn't a UFO.
Well, technically it was to us, since we didn't know what the heck it
was — but according to Gary L. Jones
of Clovis, New Mexico, this is an "electric-powered model airplane with
elevons, rudder, and throttle control." |
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Daniel Valovich
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Let the Show Begin Here's a little treat for our
stateside readers (and U.S. citizens abroad) who didn't get a
fireworks display on the Fourth — from "POTW" regular
Daniel Valovich of Hot
Springs, Arkansas. |
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Waco Reunion
John Rees of Blacklick, Ohio wraps
up this week's "POTW" with a panorama from the recent Waco Reunion at
Wyncoop Airport in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Naturally, you'll only begin
to get a sense of the scope here if you check out the
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Remember: You'll find more reader-submitted photos in
the "POTW" slideshow on AVweb's home page.
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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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