Picture of the Week
“Picture of the Week” submissions inch back up to normal levels thisweek, with just under 100 photos in our contest. As usual, ourphotos come from all around the globe – although this week, there seemedto be a curiously high number of submissions from Illinois, at leastamong our top ten or fifteen contenders. (What, did you guys allget the week off work?) Two of them even made it into this week’sfeature, although if you’re looking for our winning photo, you’ll wantto shift your gaze a bit to the southwest – to Lawrence, Kansas, home ofDoug DuBois. Congratulations, Doug! Keep your eye on the mailbox, ’causewe’ll be sending you one of those sharp-looking AVweb baseball caps towarm your head in that li’l Dragonfly. (To win one of these hats for yourself, you mustsubmityour aviation photos! Each week, we’ll choose our favoritesand share them right here on AVweb – but we can only do that if you keepsending photos. So get cracking! (Maybe your state orprovince can make it a week-long holiday, like they do in Illinois.)
"Picture of the Week" submissions inch back up to normal levels thisweek, with just under 100 photos in our contest. As usual, ourphotos come from all around the globe - although this week, there seemedto be a curiously high number of submissions from Illinois, at leastamong our top ten or fifteen contenders. (What, did you guys allget the week off work?) Two of them even made it into this week'sfeature, although if you're looking for our winning photo, you'll wantto shift your gaze a bit to the southwest - to Lawrence, Kansas, home ofDoug DuBois.
Congratulations, Doug! Keep your eye on the mailbox, 'causewe'll be sending you one of those sharp-looking AVweb baseball caps towarm your head in that li'l Dragonfly.
To win one of these hats for yourself, you mustsubmityour aviation photos! Each week, we'll choose our favoritesand share them right here on AVweb - but we can only do that if you keepsending photos. So get cracking! (Maybe your state orprovince can make it a week-long holiday, like they do in Illinois.)
*** THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ***
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| | copyright Doug DuBois | | copyright Doug DuBois | M.C. Escher Tows a Glider Doug DuBois of Lawrence, Kansaswrites:
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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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| | Used with permission of Michael Kant | | Used with permission of Michael Kant | F-16 Tailcone There's no end to the comments we could make about this photo fromMichael Kant of Kitimat, BritishColumbia (Canada). But we haven't had a picture that speaks so -uh, eloquently for itself in recent memory. ("Taken at Abbottsford Airshow on August 11th,"according to Michael. Be sure to click through to themedium- orfull-sized versionfor a better view.) | |||||||||||||
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| | copyright Christopher S. White | | copyright Christopher S. White | "Was There Really a Man in There, Daddy?" The B-17 Sentimental Journey sure gets around! What's more,she always inspires people to break out their cameras - we can't tellyou how many times we've seen this girl in "POTW" entries, and she alwaysseems to make the final round of selections. Christoper S. White and sonChris (of Granville, Ohio) saw Sentimental Journey at the Zanesville Municipal Airport earlier thismonth. | |||||||||||||
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| Used with permission | Into the Blue John Andrew Karas of Greenfield,Wisconsin (Illinois's Neigbor to the North) writes, "Bi-plane acrobatics are so fun to watch and shoot. Every show seems to bring something different." | |||||||||||||
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| | copyright Dave Markson | | copyright Dave Markson | Lady Liberty Kevin Kilpatrick of Merrimack, NewHampshire flew through the New York City VFR corridor with passenger Dave Markson (who snapped thisincredible photo) back in January 2005. Big thanks to both of you guys for sharing. This one's goingstraight to the desktop wallpaper file. | |||||||||||||
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| | copyright Robbie Culver | | copyright Robbie Culver | Grandpa's Helicopter
... and Robbie Culver of Waukeganbrings it home - literally. Here we see Joshua "Bean" Culver looking on as Grandpa Pete Bayerflies an R.C. helicopter at the Naper Aero fly-in community inNaperville. | |||||||||||||
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| | copyright Chris Marshall | | copyright Chris Marshall | Beaver - Is This for Real?
To wrap it up this week, we turn to DerichHofmann of Antelope, Oregon:
We've certainly go no problem with it, Derich. Send our thanks toChris - and for everyone who's reading this on AVweb, here's another onewhere you'll want to click through for thefull-size image.(Especially if you have a nice "widescreen" monitor layout.) | |||||||||||||
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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.
