Mig 17 at Dusk

John McDaid of Tucson, AZ

No manipulations, but I did have to wash my shirt after I got up off the ramp ... .

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Flying Tiger

Karla Martin of South Bend, IN

Shot at the Rudy Frasca's fly-in at Urbana, Illinois. June 23, 2012.

With my Nikon D300. Cleaned up in Photoshop.

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"Does Anybody Know Where the Airport Is?"

Frantisek Manik of Poprad, PO (Slovakia)

Actually, he is on the airport.

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Checking the View Ahead

John Rees of Blacklick, OH

I took this photo with my Nikon D5100 at the 53rd annual Waco reunion on June 22 of this year. More photos of same here.

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Blue Angel #5

Paul Markey of Manchester, NH

Used Google Picasa "I'm Feeling Lucky" setting.

Nikon D90 at Pease Airfield in Portsmouth, NH.

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Aluminum Sunset

John Howland of Wheat Ridge, CO

Aluminum Overcast sits at APA after the battle (with golf ball-sized hail).

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Waiting Out Some Weather

Michael Fisher of Homewood, IL

Retired United pilot Tom Lowe dropped in to wait out some weather at Associated Air in Lansing, Illinois. When asked what the wildest flight was in his career, he shrugged his shoulders and said he couldn't really think of anything. Pretty cool.

Nikon D90. Photoshop to adjust levels.

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Parked at Warm Springs Creek in the Idaho Backcountry

Bruce Brown of Victoria, MN

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"I Think I'll Put It Back in the Hangar ..."

Bruce Marshall of Bellaire, MI

Taken at Bellaire, Michigan with Panasonic Lumix. No changes.

Ed. Note: O.K., we're definitely seeing a theme here ... .

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Out the Window

Dale P. Gustafson of Little Canada, MN (U.S.)

Canadian Rockies east of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Swift on Take-Off

Don Parsons of St. Peters, MO

A Globe GC-1B Swift departs from Creve Coeur Airport during the National Swift Association Fly-In held in June 2012.

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From the Back Seat of a T-6

Edd Weninger of Overgaard, AZ

Scanned from an '03 photo taken from the back seat of a T-6.

Cropped and re-sized in Photoshop.

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Dreams Are Born

George Mock of Windsor, ON (Canada)

Pilot Mary Guthrie taking a young lad up for his first flight in a Chipmunk. Program of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association Flight for Kids.

Taken with the Sony A77.

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Electra at KGVL Fly-in

Joseph Chambers of Flowery Branch, GA

Unaltered.

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Flash from the Past

Keith Glen Bjorndahl of Regina, SK (Canada)

Hawk One at Minot 2012 Air Show.

Canon 7D 300mm F5.6 1/250.
Photoshop: crop, curves, and unsharp mask.

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Turn Around

Kevin Quinn of Olympic Valley, CA

Dry lake bed in the middle of nowhere.

Canon G11. No manipulations.

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Alvord Desert, Steens Mountain

Kristian Ljungkvist of Ashland, OR

I took this picture with my Nikon D50 after landing on the Alvord Desert dry lake bed to enjoy the hot springs there. Steens Mountain still had some snow on it and made for a nice backdrop. Beautiful day!

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1961 PA24-250 at KHOC

Thomas L. Rudolf of Middletown, OH

Ready to go at Highland County Airport in Hillsboro, Ohio on a beautiful fall day in 2011.

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