Early Morning Start

Dave Gardea of Indianapolis, IN

Taken with my iPhone 4S.

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Airliner Across the Sun

Ken Christison of Conway, NC

Shot this for a sunspot series I have on my Facebook page. Shot from my yard.

The image is cropped, and one dust spot was cloned out. Shot with a Nikon D300s with a 600mm f/4 lens with 1.4 teleconverter, through an Orion solar filter.

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Start of a Great Day of Flying

Douglas J. Tomas of East Troy, WI

A J-3 Cub at sunrise during the Midwest Antique Airplane Club's annual "Grassroots" fly-in at Brodhead, Wisconsin (C37).

Slight adjustment in contrast with Photoshop.

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Kitfox at Hidden Splendor, Utah

Steve Wilson of Huntsville, UT

My Kitfox (N85DD) is the original Dan Denney Kitfox factory demo plane. Built in 1985, it took first place in Homebuilt Aircraft at EAA 1986 & 1987. The photo was taken September 29, 2012 at Hidden Splendor wilderness airstrip in southeast Utah during a Utah backcountry fly-in.

Taken with my iPhone.

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Sunset Over NYC

Steve Bennett of Boylston, MA

Taken from an SR22 at 7,500 feet over Long Island Sound.

Manual exposure, down 2 stops. Canon Elph 300HS. Nothing Photoshopped.

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Far from the Crowds

Chuck Stickney of St. John's, FL

U.S. Navy P-3C Orion overlooks the Scottish countryside at RAF Leuchars in September 2012.

Taken with a Kodak Playsport. No manipulations.

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Snap on the Down Line

Hank Bruckner of Kaneohe, HI

My CAP-10 at KBay Air Show on September 30, 2012.

D90. Reduced in size.

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Luscombe Above the Clouds

Jack Fleetwood of Round Rock, TX

Shot from my Luscombe.

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Sanicole Air Show, Belgium

Jozef Mols of Wommelgem, Antwerp (Belgium)

Canon 5D Mk II.
Lens: Canon 100-400 zoom f 4/5.6
Adjusted with ACDSee Pro 4.

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Parade of Planes — With Real Floats!

Larry E. Ritchey of Sun City, CA

Taken at Palm Springs AOPA Parade of Planes with LG phone.

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Over Pecan Plantation Air Strip 2 in North Texas

Richard Wolf of Hudson Oaks, TX

Taken with a Nikon D60 using a 55mm lens.

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"It's What's on the Inside That Counts ..."

Mike Bargman of Sugar Grove, IL

I took this with my iPhone of a newly polished SNJ owned by Vic Krause. Gorgeous day for photos. I had to put a B&W filter on it to give it the classic look!

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