July 19, 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 ***
We're feeling the love this week, with nearly 100
submitters taking our plea for pictures to heart and sending in their
best amateur aviation shots to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
Before we dive in, we'd like to thanks for the outpouring of
submissions — and remind you that "POTW" will be on hiatus next week
while we're up to our ears in AirVenture. Please continue to
send in those
photos, and we'll resume the "POTW" fun in two weeks.
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Edwin Cheng
Used with permission |
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Snowbirds over Parliament Hill
The Thunderbirds and Blue Angels have been well-represented in "POTW"
during the 2007 summer air show season, but the Canadian Air Forces'
Snowbirds have been keeping a low profile in our submission box.
Edwin Cheng of Nepean, Ontario fixes
that little oversight with a dazzling display by the Snowbirds
over Ottawa's Parliament Hill on Canada Day (July 1). |
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Breezy at Home
Bob Ferguson of Owasso, Oklahoma
writes, "Thought you might need a Breezy picture since there is going to
be a special Breezy Day at Oshkosh this year (on the 25th) with a
banquet honoring Carl Ungar, one of the originators of the design. There
will be special parking for Breezies. We hope to have a whole flock of
them there."
We'll look for you, Bob — and if you get a few moments, be sure to stop
by our booth (1005-1008) in the hangars to say hi. |
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Mountain Wave Visualized
With summer fires on everyone's mind, we found ourselves captivated by
this photo sent in by Jim Stubchaer
of Santa Barbara, California. Click through to the
full-size
version, and you'll see smoke from a brush fire revealing the wind
pattern coming off the mountains. |
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182 Damage
Eagle Aviation's hangars at Columbia Metro Airport in South Carolina
sustained a 75mph microburst of wind during last week's storms.
Ralph Lacomba was kind enough to
send us a couple of photos, if only to remind us that we fly at Mother
Nature's whim. |
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copyright ©
Boeing Company
Used with permission
of Brad Marzari |
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The 7 Series
Brad Marzari of the U.S. Armed
Forces submitted this incredible photo from Boeing's 7/7/2007
celebration of the their 700-series airplanes (timed to coincide with
the much-ballyhooed rollout of the 787 Dreamliner).
Brad couldn't track down the original photographer for us, but he did
provide the run-down:
On Saturday night, Boeing had all of the 787 airline
representatives at an event at the Museum of Flight. At 7:07
PM, an Omega Air Refueling Services 707 landed in front of the
crowd (after taking off from Paine Field in Everrett). At
7:17, an AirTran 717 landed. This continued until 8:17,
when an Air France 777-300ER landed. In the end, the 707,
717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, and 777 were lined up
nose-to-tail on the taxiway [left to right]. It is
the first time Boeing has had every 7-series airplane in the
same place (not counting the 787, which couldn't make the
flight, of course).
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Thanks to AVweb reader Dr. Dieter Zube whom confirmed the
origin and copyright of the photo through the Seattle Museum of
Flight! |
Remember: You'll find more reader-submitted photos in
the "POTW" slideshow on AVweb's home page.
Go on — click through!
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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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