How to Keep a B-29 Under Wraps
Tom Staggs of Redmond, WA
The Museum of Flight in Seattle has returned its B-29 to flightworthy status, yet it lacks a hangar in which to keep it. As a result, they have completely wrapped the plane (less the outer wing panels) in white plastic, giving it a surreal appearance. It's almost as if the artist Christo is doing one of his pieces. The setting of the glaring white plane against the rain-laden skies was interesting.
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Cover Your Ears!
Gary L. Jones of Clovis, NM
SR-71A (S/N 17980) taking off from RAF Mildenhall (U.K.) on June 2, 1983. I took this photo from Hurdle Drove (road) west of the base using an old 35mm camera. This made the loudest noise I had ever heard in my life!
Cropped and cleaned-up in a photo editing program.
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Inbound for Kelowna
Chris Hanisko of Chandler, AZ
Taken with an iPhone en route to Kelowna, British Columbia in a Q400.
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Elephant Skin Strip
Emmet Welch of Folsom, CA
Honey Lake dry lake bed.
Shot with a Nikon D7000. No manipulation. Rans S-7S.
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Zoltan Veres
Frantisek Manik of Poprad, PP (Slovak Republic)
Zoltan Veres in Poprad's air show at Vysoke Tatry Mountains.
Sony DSLAR A200.
Photoshop: yes.
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"Because I Fly, I Envy No Man on Earth" — Brian Shul
Donald (Spike) Kavalench of Elm Creek, MB (Canada)
I don't know if you can use that caption or not; it is probably copyrighted by Mr. Shul, but I thought this picture speaks to that line perfectly.
This picture is not manipulated in any way; I used a cheap digital camera and shot it from my Challenger II airplane. The date stamp is incorrect, for what it's worth; this is definitely not January in Manitoba!
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C-47 at AirVenture 2011
Gary Dikkers of Madison, WI
Douglas C-47A Skytrain (N33VW) taking off from Rwy 18 at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) during AirVenture 2011.
Nikon D90 — cropped for composition.
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Lancaster FM213 at Windsor, Ontario
George Mock of Windsor, ON (Canada)
FM213 named in honor of Andrew Mynarski, who won the Victoria Cross, the highest award in the British Commonwealth on July 13, 1944. Only two flying in the world today.
Just cropped.
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Warbirds
Jack Textor of Des Moines, IA
The longest line at AirVenture OSH.
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Curtis P-40 Warhawk
Joe Horenkamp of Novi, MI
Photo taken at the YAF Thunder Over Michigan.
Color touched up and cropped in PaintShop.
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"It's an Antique — Um — Well, It's an Antique ..."
John English of Lawrence, KS
This manure spreader was spotted IFR over LeRoy, KS. Rumor is it was a politician in his offical campaign vehicle.
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Shiny!
John Ruffcorn of Santa Rosa, CA
This is a picture of my 1947 Luscombe 8A, taken at Schellville airport in Sonoma County, California, where I am based. Just thought it may be of interest to some readers. Thanks.
Camera was a Nikon N75 35mm.
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Winter Time in the Tetons
Jon Wheeler of Idaho Falls, ID
No zoom, no manipulations.
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Catalina Cirrus
Keith Ruskin of Westport, CT
I was putting chocks under the nose wheel, looked up, and saw this picture.
Taken with a Canon EOS 7D and a Tamron 10-24 mm wide-angle zoom.
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Sunset While Camping
Kirk Hull of Kansas City, MO
Taken with a Canon 40D on one of our fly-out camping trips to a private strip near Centerview, Missouri. More of my pictures are available at SportFlight.net.
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Happy Canyon Blus
Mike Creek of Elko, NV
Happy Canyon, Utah. Caveman Fly-In.
Nikon D40 with 28-200.
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Harvard at Tillsonburg Ontario
Paul Vicano of Brantford, ON (Canada)
Photo taken October 29, 2011 at Tillsonburg Airport, Ontario, Canada.
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Tundra Cub
Stan Lindholm of Westlake, OH
Taken near Blakesburg, Iowa, home to the Antique Airplane Association.
Cropping and minor enhancements in Photoshop CS5.
Camera: Nikon D70.
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Blue Angel A-4 — And Painting
William G. Fuller of Marion, IL
This is a static display of Blue Angels' A-4 with an artist's painting of a Blue Angels' air show. Both are displayed at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.
Camera used was a Nikon S8000. Photos were resized and positioned with Photoshop.
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Ag Aviation — Up Early to Feed the World!
George J. Parker III of Gooding, ID
Taken with a Samsung phone camera at Gooding, Idaho on July 6, 2011 before a day of spraying. Showing a nice silhouette of the winglet, fuselage, and vertical/rudder.
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