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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. The top photos are featured on AVweb’s home page, and one photo that stands above the others is awarded an AVweb baseball cap as our “Picture of the Week.”
Want to see your photos featured?Submit them here!
A quick note for submitters: If you’ve got severalphotos that you feel are “POTW” material, your best bet is to submitthem one-a-week! That gives your photos a greater chance of seeingprint on AVweb, and it makes the selection process a little easier onus, too. 😉
*** THIS WEEK’S WINNERS ***
Holy cow! AVweb readers overwhelmed us withnearly 200 “Picture of the Week” submissions over the last few days.After looking at the first hundred photos, we’ve got more stellar shotsthat we can possibly size and post before press time, so we may end upsaving a few of the best for next week. (Unless, of course, youdecide to deluge us with photos next week, too – which would be a goodproblem to have!)
There’s no time to waste, so let’s dive right in!
The Usual Begging: Even though our fingershurt from all the cropping and resizing, our appetite for pictures knowsno bounds! Please –keep ’em coming!
| My Final Career Flight Terry Bock of Encinitas, Californiacapped off a 29-year career as a commercial pilot on February 10,arriving at Philadelphia’s KPHL underneath rainbows and beautiful skies.What a send-off! Twenty-nine years in aviation and taking top “POTW” honors in anincredibly tough week – good show, sir! With any luck, you’rereading this on your Blackberry somewhere on the back nine – but restassured, there will be a bright, shiny new AVweb cap in yourmailbox very soon. |
| Surfing the Southern Alps of New Zealand Despite the hot competition for this week’s top spots, we received morethan our share of icy photos over the last seven days. (We’llpause while you groan.) Pressed to pick a single favorite, we had to go with this one fromJeff Campbell of Telluride,Colorado, who went all the way to New Zealand’s Mt. Cook for his photo,an airspace Jeff describes as “some of the most challenging soaringconditions in the world.” | ||||
| VFR Not Recommended “POTW” isn’t done with challenging weather yet!Jennifer Thompson of Selah,Washington writes:
Again: Big thanks to everyone who contributed to this week’sfrankly amazing selection. To see more pictures (as fast as we canload ’em up), visit our “POTW” slideshow on the AVweb home page. | ||||
To enter next week’s contest,click here.
A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider thesource 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 indeedauthorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you’re uncertain,consult thePOTWRules orsend us an e-mail.
