Picture of the Week
Welcome to another installment of AVweb’s “Picture of the Week” – the feature that showcases our readers’ keen eyes and impeccable taste in aerial photography. Normally, we see a little bit of decline in the number of submissions over the week of Thanksgiving, but our submission box was pretty full this week, in spite of the holiday. It’s been a while since a head-on plane-to-plane shot made it all the way to the top spot and took home the coveted top prize (an official AVweb baseball cap and our eternal gratitude, for the record). Jim Wilson of Allen, Texas breaks that streak – and shows us F-15 pilot Scott Perdue in a different setting than he’s used to having his picture taken, piloting his Extra 300. Thanks for the photo, Jim. We’ll be sending that AVweb cap out to you in a day or so – watch your mailbox! Remember: If you want to be featured in “Picture of the Week” (and maybe win some high-quality, sharp-looking headgear of your own), you’ve gotta send us your photos.
Welcome to another installment of AVweb's "Picture of the Week" - thefeature that showcases our readers' keen eyes and impeccable taste inaerial photography. Normally, we see a little bit of decline inthe number of submissions over the week of Thanksgiving, but oursubmission box was pretty full this week, in spite of the holiday.Without further adieu, here are some of the best from this week's cropof over 75 photos:
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| copyright Jim Wilson | copyright Jim Wilson | Pulling Gs It's been a while since a head-onplane-to-plane shot made it all the way to the top spot and took homethe coveted top prize (an official AVweb baseball cap and our eternalgratitude, for the record). Jim Wilsonof Allen, Texas breaks that streak - and shows us F-15 pilot ScottPerdue in a different setting than he's used to having his picturetaken, piloting his Extra 300. Thanks for the photo, Jim. We'll be sending that AVweb cap outto you in a day or so - watch your mailbox! Remember: If you want to be featured in "Picture of the Week"(and maybe win some high-quality, sharp-looking headgear of your own),you've gotta send us your photos. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 ofreaders who submit photos. |
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| copyright Kenneth M. Chapman | copyright Kenneth M. Chapman | Morning over Melbourne Kenny Chapman of Canby, Oregon stepsup with our Recommend Desktop Wallpaper of the Week. [We received a fair number of balloon pics this week (11 out of 78).] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Used with permission of Martin Sullivan | Used with permission of Martin Sullivan | RB Air Race We recently asked "POTW" readers how they feel about PhotoShoppedentries to our weekly contest (and got some interesting replies, ahandful of which can be seen in this week's AVmail). Martin Sullivan of Sarnen, Obwald(Switzerland) tackles the issue head-on - spectacularly, we might add -with this piece of digital craftsmanship that's sure to stir the debate. (For more, you might want to check outSullivan Fine Arton the World Wide Web.) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Used with permission of | A Day at the Park Donald A. Lakatosh of Knoxville,Tennessee writes: "My sons and I, William and Robert, were playing catch on a beautifullate November Sunday afternoon when we were drawn to [the] sky to see avenerable Duchess taking off from our local flight school. The park, ourfavorite, is located at the end of runway 26 at Knoxville Downtown (KDKX).My wife Kara took the picture as if on cue. I soloed at KDKX andthis park is a very special place to me." | |||||||||||||
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| copyright Bill Adler | copyright Bill Adler | Going Down? Yikes! Things aren't nearly as dire as they appear in this photofrom Bill Adler of Washington, D.C. "When I saw these two jets flying over Washington, D.C., I knew I had toquick-draw my camera and snap the photo as they approached the Vbetween the houses," writes Bill. "The illusion came out well." | ||||||||||||||||
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| Used with permission of Mike Pastore | Used with permission of Mike Pastore | Balloon Sunrise Mike Pastore of Wheaton, Illinoiswas another of our balloonographers this week. (All right, we'll stop making up words. Next week.) Mike's photo was taken when a morning balloon flight with his wifepresented "a perfect opportunity to capture the mood of the moment." | ||||||||||||||||
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| Used with permission of Ray Mansfield | Used with permission of Ray Mansfield | Sunset Flight Ray Mansfield of Ft. Walton Beach,Florida waves us out this week with a stunning cabin sunset photo thathas to be seen at full-size to be appreciated. Ray's photo was snapped from the cockpit of an Aero Commander 680 overFlorida on Monday evening. Thanks for capturing (and sharing) thescene, Ray! | ||||||||||||||||
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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.