Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

June 27, 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.

Lock Haven Cubs

Brian Breighner of Cumberland, MD

Canon EOS30D. 50mm, f1.4 lens.

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Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT Asleep in CYFB

Chris Kelsey of Fitzroy Harbour, ON (Canada)

Taken in Iqaluit Nunavut on June 23, 2012. An early migrator from Europe to Oshkosh. The perfect airplane for advertising grooved luggage!

Nikon D300 RAW; developed in Aperture.

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Thank you, Bushwheels

Jeremy Hough/Fisher Photographs of Monterey, CA

These babies have saved my bacon more than once — and this time in particular.

Nikon D40X with 50mm f/1.4 1/125, f/2.5. Minor LR clean-up.

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WilgaBeast Flying over Utah

Allen Macbean of Orem, UT

The WilgaBeast, a PZL Wilga, flying over the red rock country of southern Utah.

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Last Rays of the Day

Carlotta Klan & Matthew Neal of Elzweiler, RP (Germany)

Taken by Carlotta Klan on the evening of June 22 from a United 777 enroute from IAD to BRU with a Canon EOS 600D.

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Catbird Rides Again

Chris Van Pelt of Mojave, CA

Recent flight test of the one and only Rutan Catbird.

Sole manipulation was a boost in contrast to eliminate haze.

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Tight Formation

Gary L. Jones of Clovis, NM

This Swainson's hawk flew into the Western Kingbird's restricted airspace. Photo taken six miles northwest of KCVN in June 2012.

Cropped and reduced for file size. Panasonic FZ18 Lumix digital.

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On the Prowl

Harold Moritz of East Haddam, CT

With all the single-jet military demos grounded due to "austerity," there was room at the Rhode Island Air Show June 16 for something else. Nice to finally see some close fly-bys of this old, hard-working type before they get retired.

Levels adjusted; cropped and sharpened.

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