Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

June 13, 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.

Brothers Flying "Canopy to Canopy"!

Manas Shukla, Luke Penner, & Adam Penner of Steinbach, MB (Canada)

This is how the picture was taken. Photo was taken by Manas Shukla; Luke Penner is Pitts Pilot; Adam Penner is Diamond DA40 pilot. All work for Harv's Air Pilot Training.

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B-29 Prop

Douglas Johnson of Belmont, NC

Boeing B-29 FiFi on display Memorial Day weekend 2012 at Charlotte Douglas International (KCLT). View the larger-size picture at HDRrides.com.

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Self-Portrait

Kevin Koller of San Diego, CA

Taken on approach through camera hole in a Cessna 177FG. On approach to KRNM.

Canon 5D MKIII. Black and white processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

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Warbirds Meet in the Sky During Solar Eclipse

Martin Renschler of San Diego, CA

Picture of a Cessna T-41B taken from the co-pilot seat of a twin Beach C-45H during the May 20, 2012 solar eclipse over Southern California (visible in the lens flare).

Photo taken with Nokia Lumia 900 phone. Loaded and saved in PSP without modification to bring size down below 1 MB. Window was open.

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