Vintage Zlin 24 Krajanek
Frantisek Manik of Poprad (Slovakia)
Replica from Narodni Technicke Museum Praha.
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Snowy Day in Pennsylvania
Ulis Temos of Dresden, OH
Moved the birds outside to clean the bird cage.
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Sunset Spring Branch Texas
Joel Dacus of San Antonio, TX
Shot on Leap Year Day, February 29, 2012! Sunset Kestrel Air Park in Spring Branch, Texas.
Shot with a Canon G9 Natural Shot; no changes.
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Marine's Dream
Ron Malec of Charleston, SC
Chris Avery flying Goodyear FG-1 Corsair Marine's Dream.
Camera: Nikon D7000
Manipulations: Crop & Corel PaintShop Photo Pro Auto Contrast/Color compensation.
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Atlantic Crossing in a Falcon 50
Nate Booth of Urbandale, IA
Taken with Nikon D60; no alterations.
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Taxiing Home ... Reluctantly
Dwayne Bertholl of Eagle River, AK
Unadulterated Canon T3i shot.
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A Matter of Scale
Jim Exum of Seminole, AL
Japanese Zero replica looks like a parasite on the B-29A FiFi; taken at the first Commemorative (A.K.A. Confederate) Air Force Air Show at their new headquarters home in Midland, Texas in September 1991.
No digital manipulations other than resizing. Shot with Minolta X700 with 200mm zoom.
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P-51 Mustangs
Brian J. Leach of Sussex, WI
P-51 Mustangs at Wings Over Waukesha (Wisconsin) 2011.
Shot with a Nikon D300.
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M-20C at Bacon Strip Ranch
Bryan Painter of Fairfield, CA
I used an iPhone 4G and took the photo at the Bacon Strip Ranch in Southern California off the HEC VOR approx 037/18 DME.
I made the picture smaller.
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Inbound to Wake Island
Francis Martin of Milton, DE
Rarely seen historical site/sight, as it is military-only access. Flew there as a civilian contractor on an old DC-8.
Ed. Note: And with that comment, Francis becomes the reader we'd most like to switch places with for a day ... .
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C-97 from the Farrah Fawcett Commercial
Gary Dikkers of Madison, WI
This Boeing C-97G (N227AR, USAF S/N 52-2764) sits in front of the Don Q. Inn in Dodgeville, Wisconsin as an attraction and to advertise the hotel. Actress Farrah Fawcett used this airplane for a Mercury Cougar commercial in 1975. Here's a video of the C-97 landing on YouTube.
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"I Think This Is Right-Side-Up ... No, Wait —"
George Mock of Windsor, ON (Canada)
Mike Gulian doing a great performance with his Extra 300.
Cropped.
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F6F Hellcat in Quonset
I. Bob Rybak of Mississauga, ON (Canada)
The weathered hangar at the Quonset Air Museum makes a great backdrop for all the aircraft on display there.
Phototgraphed with a Canon 50D as an HDR image at f3.5 (+2/-2) and fused in Photomatix.
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Flying Tiger
James I. Coleman of Middleton, ID
One of two P-40s owned by the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho. Both have been in featured movies; Pearl Harbor is one.
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Ready to Travel
Miles Smith of Pearl, MS
Lear 45 on the ramp at Glacier Park International (KGPI).
Taken with my Galaxy S2 Phone. No manipulations.
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