November 28, 2007 Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase |
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Past Winners
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 ***
While many of us were fighting the crowds on Friday
morning trying to find that perfect bargain on a widescreen TV or iPod,
quite a few AVweb readers opted to stay home and submit a few
photos to our "Picture of the Week" contest. Most of you, in fact,
did your submitting on Friday instead of scattering it out over the
whole seven days. That's O.K. with us, though — especially
considering the great pics we found waiting in the submission box once
we'd finished digesting our Thanksgiving turkey.
Before we dive in, we'd like to give a quick tip of the
hat to one of last week's submitters, Paul Sisul, and apologize for
misspelling his name. Sorry, Paul — Sisal just rolls off
the fingers a little too easily. (We've corrected the spelling
error in our archive so future generations of web surfers will know who
you are.)
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Salute
Brian Kilby of Newnan, Georgia kicks
off the festivities this week with a photo he took during the Great
Georgia Air Show a few weeks ago. (That's the incredible AeroShell
Aerobatic Team overhead.)
As Brian probably knows (but new readers may not), we'll be sending him
a keen AVweb cap in the mail for submitting this week's top
photo. Wear it with pride, Brian — but remember to hold it over
your heart when they play the national anthem. |
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Rippinger
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MIA Hunters
John Rippinger
of Schaumburg, Illinois is semi-regular contributor to "POTW," but we
haven't heard from him lately. From his previous submissions, we
figure he must keep pretty busy — and this confirms it. Like a few
other regular contributors, he's been poking around the airways and
hidden treasures of Papua New Guinea:
This is the wreck site of an A-20 Havoc bomber
that impacted a mountain top at 4,000 feet. It's located about
50 miles north of the city of Lae in Papua New Guinea. It
carried a full bomb load and was scattered over a quarter-mile area.
MIA Hunters have forwarded all pertinent information to Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command (JPAC) for possible future recovery of MIA
remains. This was the second of three expeditions to PNG to
look for WWII MIA aircraft.
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Michael J. Gallagher
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The Front Office
We've seen versions of this photo before — and, frankly, we never tire
of it — but rarely do we get to see it in flight.
Michael J. Gallagher of Peoria, Illinois drives home the
point that yes, AVweb readers get to do far cooler things on a
weekly basis than AVweb copy writers do. :( |
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Helping Daddy
We'd have called this one Pull, Daddy, Pull! — or maybe Why
Don't We Wait Until It's a Little Warmer Out? but
Jerome LaForest of Highland,
Michigan chose a far better title. It isn't about the towbar or
the frost on the ground, after all; it's about little Tiffany
picking the perfect moment to get interested in her dad's Skyhawk. |
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P-51 "Ain't Misbehavin'" at the End of the Day
To see us off this week, here's a photo we dropped on the floor of
our cyber-office two weeks ago and accidently left out of the "POTW"
column. Michael Brewer of
Birmingham, Alabama had submitted a couple of photos of Ain't
Misbehavin', and while we're happy we ran one of his others,
this is the one we really dug. Hopefully you'll get as big a
kick out of it as we did.
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By the time you read this, there will be even more new photos to
be seen in the "POTW"
slideshow on AVweb.com.
Go check 'em out!
And don't forget to
send us your
photos! (Where do you think we get all these pictures?)
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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
or
send us an e-mail.
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