Job Well Done
Geoff Thomas of Warner Springs, CA
Cal fire aircraft finishing up their daytime attack on a wildfire in Chihuahua Valley, California. Taken from a hilltop about two miles from the fire.
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Climb Over the Rencen
Ron Harway of Lasalle, ON (Canada)
Fairey Firefly from the Canadian Warplane Museum taking off at the Windsor Air Show 2011. Trimmed to fit [under 1 MB].
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100 Years of Naval Aviation
Sean Hancock of Hampton, VA
Curtiss Pusher over Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. At Biplanes and Triplanes, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Husky Sunrise
Darren Pralle of Derwood, MD
Shot with Canon PowerShot SX200 IS on July 26, 2011 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Unaltered photo.
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Up Close: Angel 7
Jack Textor of Des Moines, IA
Angel 7 at Oshkosh 2011.
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Sunset, MGM to TCL (September 15)
Hillis Cunliffe of Millbrook, AL
A "why we fly" moment, en route from MGM to TCL. Resized only.
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Friendly Gunsight
Gilbert Benzonana of Grand-Lancy, Geneva (Switzerland)
Friendly tow plane over Montricher Air Field. The green and red LEDs are just parts of our anti-collision system (FLARM)! Photo taken with a Pentax Optio P80 camera at 1/300 sec, F 7, focal length 5 mm. No modification of the original file except reduction under 1 MB.
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Another Beautiful Day at NAF El Centro
Greg Soaper of Fullerton, CA
Canon 7D with EF 100-400mm, f/4.5-5.6L, IS USM and a little love in Photoshop.
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Sullivan Air Show Flightline
John Watler of Terre Haute, IN
C-45H, S2C, and AT-6D that made up the Sullivan Air Show.
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Hangar Sunrise
Denton Finley of Waco, TX
Sunrise through the Texas State Technical College pilot training hangar. Canon XSi Canon 18-55mm lens. Resized in Photoshop.
Denton Finley
Assistant Chief Flight Instructor
TSTC, Waco
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Backcountry Flying
Peter Leibel of Cranbrook, BC (Canada)
4,000-foot remote grass strip in British Columbia.
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Blue Angels at Fleet Week San Francisco
Joshua Griswold of New York, NY
Canon EOS 7D. Color and contrast adjusted for balance and clarity.
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NAS Oshkosh: Study in Blue (AirVenture 2011)
Gary Dikkers of Madison, WI
John O'Connor's Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat "Blue Angels" at Naval Air Station Oshkosh during AirVenture 2011. (Nikon D90. Cropped image from original.)
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Lancaster Restoration
George Mock of Windsor, ON
Major undertaking of restoring our Bad Penny Lancaster by all the dedicated volunteers. Only resized.
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Fat Albert Prop-Tip Vortices
Tom Neale of Danville, CA
This image is cropped and scaled from the original — no other modifications. Taken on October 8, 2011 at about 3:10 PM at San Francisco Fleet Week, on the beach just below Ghirardelli Square. Nikon D5100, with AF-S Nikkor 55-300 mm lens.
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Sunset on the Prairie
Pete Howell of St. Paul, MN
Just after sunset, 4,500 feet, 40 nm south of Minne — from my RV-9A. Canon A610, cropped for widescreen in Picasa.
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Clouds and Taildraggers
Joseph Barber of Seattle, WA
Taken at Sullivan Lake, Washington with Nikon D200. Photoshop: Infrared effect.
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Twinkle in Her Eye
Marc Martin of Annville, PA
No manipulations made. The photo captured the flash of the strobe as our '76 C-172 cruised over the fields and hills west of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Symphony of Merlins
Patrick Smith of Pretty Prairie, KS
The music shook the soul. Photo is cropped but otherwise clean. Taken by Cannon EOS-1D MKII at air show outside of Montreal, Quebec (Canada).
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Relaxing in the Glow of the Sunset
Sparky Barnes Sargent of Washington, OK
Taken with Canon 20D at Blakesburg, Iowa. Image was cropped and color slightly enhanced. Tom and Elaine Huf's vintage Cessna Bobcat, Bamboo Bomber — a rare bird!
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Engine No. 2
Stephen Koewler of Seattle, WA
The Collings Foundation's B-24J Liberator en route from Pasco, Washington to Butte, Montana. Enhanced with Adobe Lightroom 2.
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