Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase

Who Needs a Helicopter?

Todd Bohlman of Lemon Grove, CA

Cow path east of Barrett Reservoir, San Diego County. A little bumpy, but worth the solitude.

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Angles

Jim Sherblon of Lodi, CA

1938 Bellanca Aircruiser in Tillamook Air Museum hangar. Canon EOS Rebel, 21mm f/3.5 @ 1/40. Enhanced and edited using Apple Aperture.

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Albatross on T. Roosevelt Reservoir

Bob Ryan of Agana, GU

Airplane only has about ten hours since it left the boneyard (at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base). Paused after a few water take-offs and landing for a break.

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Sometimes "Don't Look Down" Is Bad Advice

Nicolas Fabert of Paris, France

This photo was taken near Bordeaux, in France! (Canon Reflex.)

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Going Back in Time (II)

Jim Graham of Fairfax Station, VA

This is a follow-up to last week's photo of Lt. Col. Louis Schiavo (USAF Retired) with the Collings Foundation B-24J Witchcraft. A member of the B-24 Bomb Group (the 467th) at Rackheath, England during 1944, Col. Schiavo was a navigator on B-24s and was the lead nav for his group's first raid on Berlin in 1944. He flew in the actual Witchcraft on at least one occasion. No edits. Taken with a Canon PowerShot SD800iS. The photo was taken when the Collings Foundation brought the B-24 to Warrenton, VA in October 2009.

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Lunch at Rainier

Mike Werner of Edmond, OK

Stopped at PLU for lunch, with this view of Mt. Rainier to enjoy. No changes to this photo.

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'51 Yankee

H. A. Hough of Henry, TN

Cropped, sharpened, and resized, with EXIF attached. Pentax K100DS KHZD.

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Easy Flying

Ronald Lisberg of Sylmar, CA

Over central California.

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Let's Wait Until It Clears

Michael McGinn of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire (U.K.)

Photographed at Cumbernauld Airport (EGPG), U.K. Digital manipulation: cropped.

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Mon Avion Est Faster than Your Airplane

Michael Hodgins of Ottawa, ON (Canada)

May 12, 2011 on an Air France B-777 en route from Paris CDG to Montreal. Somewhere over the mid-Atlantic we caught up to and passed these guys. Shot with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 at 12X optical zoom. (It still looked pretty close to me!) Cropped and "auto corrected" with Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

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Follow Me

Gilbert Benzonana of Grand Lancy, Geneva (Switzerland)

Gliders on the slopes of the Jura mountain near the Montricher Air Field. In the background, the Leman Lake. Photo taken with a Pentax Optio P80 camera at 1/160 sec, F 7.0, focal length 5mm. No other modification than reduction of the original file to under 1 MB.

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Bomb Run at OSH

Ronald Gotzler of Ridgecrest, CA

Airventure 2010 from Aluminum Overcast.

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Early Morning, But a Great Day for Flying!

Joe Gemma of Duncan, SC

ERJ on the ramp at CAE in April 2011. No manipulations; taken with iPhone 4 camera.

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PA-32-300 Short Final

Sean Bell of Lakeland, TN

Rwy 36R at KMEM.

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View from Behind

Greg Side of Delta, BC (Canada)

Pace plane for the jet class at the Reno Air Races in 2010.

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"Gentleman Jim" at AirVenture 2010

Gary Dikkers of Madison, WI

P-51D Mustang (S/N 44-74230) at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). The airplane is painted in honor of Capt. Jim Browing (USAAF) who named his Mustang Gentleman Jim. Browning had seven aerial victories in WWII before dying in a mid-air collision with a Luftwaffe Me-262.

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High Five!

Mark Spencer of Fortville, IN

Billy Werth getting a "high five" from his brother at the Indy Air Show.

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Black Avanti

Ric Lee of Sandy, UT

I took this photo two summers ago on the ramp at PVU. The plane belongs to the makers of the Tazer. Totally clean photo from my Nikon Cool Pix camera.

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