May 17, 2006 Picture of the Week |
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Past POTW Winners One of our favorite mathematical
principles is starting to kick in this week: As time approaches
summer in the U.S., the number of submissions to our "Picture of the
Week" contest increases dramatically. The number tipped back over
100 this week — with the most variety we've seen in "POTW" entries all
year long. In fact, there were surprisingly few sunset photos or
air show photos (our two most popular types of entries) this week.
And that explains why we couldn't resist naming Frank Santoro
of Missouri this week's top winner. Frank's clever captioning would've
made him a contender on any week, but in this batch of light-hearted and
widely-varied photos, his "portable autopilot" seemed to sum up the
fun-filled spring fever that's making the rounds on many airstrips and
here in our own offices. Congratulations, Frank — we'll be sending
you an official AVweb baseball cap in the next couple of days.
(Your autopilot will have to get his own.)
Join in the fun! We accept reader submissions for "Picture of
the Week" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Each week, we'll pick a
few of our favorites and run them right here, sending the top
photographer an official AVweb baseball hat for his contribution.
Click here to
submit your photos. Remember: Even if you don't see your
name here, we do enjoy looking at your photos. (Hey, it
beats work.)
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
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"Portable Autopilot"
Frank Santoro of Columbia, Missouri
is in the process of upgrading his systems — glass cockpit, the whole
works. Take, for example, this portable autopilot he picked up for
a song.
Frank cautions, "This is the economy version: Two-axis (no rudder
control) and VFR-only (the head is fixed to look outside)." |
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AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for
our POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Due to privacy issues,
AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos. |
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"F-4U Corsair on Display"
William Rexer of Perrysburg, Ohio
contributes several great photos of the Smithsonian Museum this week.
This one was our favorite, but all of them reminded us that this a trip
we haven't made recently. Maybe it's time to pay another visit to
the National Air & Space Museum ... . |
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Peter Schultz
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"Difficult Formation"
In a week with very few air show photos, we were beginning to wonder
what would get our hearts racing and blood pumping during the selection
process. (Sadly, that's about all the cardio exercise we get these
days.) Fortunately, Peter Schultz
of the U.S. Armed Forces stepped up to the plate and delivered this
photo of Steve Appleton is his Hawker Hunter in the Edge 540.
Whew. Time for some Gatorade ... |
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"Helitanker Pit Stop"
We've seen the name Pete Dobbins in
our submissions list a couple of times now — and with photos like this
shot of a helitanker readying itself for fire-fighting duty, we're glad
he keeps cropping up.
(Pete's home town, by the way, is McKinney, Texas.) |
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"The Modern Boy Album of Up-to-Date Aeroplanes"
We almost didn't run these scans from Karen
Gurney of St. Andrews, Victoria (Australia).
Thankfully, common sense (and the fact that we couldn't stop staring at
them and showing them around) won out in the end. The images are
from her late father's album and include some gorgeous airplane art.
We don't want to run the entire album, but Karen — if you do have
more scans and a few minutes to kill sometime, we'd love to see more! |
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"The Golden Gate from an RV-7"
Kevin Hester of Belmont, California
writes: "[It was] a beautiful day in San Francisco, so we had to
leave work and take a picture."
It's good to be Kevin Hester of Belmont, California, apparently. |
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"Turning Final for the Grass at 3SQ"
Like Robert D. Filter of
Chesterfield, Missouri, this week's edition of "POTW" is coming in for a
landing.
Only it's sunnier where Robert is.
And he's in a Stearman.
And we've still got to finish up tomorrow's news items.
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To enter next week's contest,
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A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider the
source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed
authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain,
consult the
POTW
Rules or
send us an e-mail.
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