Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

May 16, 2012

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By Scott Simmons, Webmaster, POTW Editor

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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 — 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 here? Click here to submit it to our weekly contest.

CubCrafters Sport Cub S2 Basks in Nighttime Contrails over Portland

Zane Jacobson of Lake Oswego, OR

10 seconds at ISO 400, F2.0 and 20mm. Panasonic Lumix LX-3. No corrections.

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Time for a Hot Springs Soak

Forrest Fasig of Dayton, NV

Smith Creek Dry Lake in Austin, Nevada.

Droid X.

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Duo Discus T

Frantisek Manik of Poprad, PO (Slovakia)

A glider Duo Discus T with the supporting engine at Poprad Airport.

With Sony DSLR A200 and PSE 6.0.

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Enterprise -> Discovery

Dan Leinbach of Apex, NC

Visited the Air and Space Museum this past weekend; at a glance, I saw this week's winning photo as the same as I took. Expanded it — and had to show my 12-year-old son. He recognized the site in an instant — but noticed that something was different. I hope you find the change from Enterprise to Discovery as curious as we did.

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Rebuilt and Better than Ever

Paul Beardsley of Sumter, SC

Taken at ShawFest 2012 at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.

Adjusted contrast and saturation due to the overcast day. Resized for "POTW" size limit. Nikon D5000, Sigma 150-500 OS Zoom.

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Sunrise on the Other Side

Clive Lake of Cape Town, Western Cape (South Africa)

iPhone 4S, taken whilst jump-seating (dead-heading) from Cape Town to Johannesburg. The original of the engine and winglet in the early morning sunlight (sunrise on the other side of the aircraft) was modified using Snapseed.

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Living Legend Ken Wallis, MBE — 95 and Still Flying

Dan Gay of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (England)

Taken at Wing Commander Wallis's home in England. 95 and still flying his gyro-copters. Made famous in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice. More on Wallis at his web site.

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No Going Around

Duane Root of Boulder, CO

Pentax Optio S6 taken in Monument Valley, Utah.

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FISK VFR Arrival to OSH during AirVenture 2011

Gary Dikkers of Madison, WI

FAA air traffic controllers wearing their iconic bright pink shirts, on duty at FISK, watch as an arriving aircraft flies over the designated VFR entry point for a traffic pattern assignment at OSH.

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