Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
Long-time readers already know that we choose our “POTW” winners from a blind pool, then we peek at the names of submitters to make sure we’re not giving the same yahoo five spaces in this week’s installment. It’s always a nice surprise we unveil the names to find one we recognize – and this week, it’s the name of scholar, outdoorsman, and occasional AVweb commentator Brent Blue, of Jackson, Wyoming!

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 photo on AVweb.com? Click here to submit it to our weekly contest.
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Summer had officially drawn to a close in the Northern Hemisphere, but we can still cast our mind's eye backward and relive the airplanes, people and locales we encountered this past season. Join us (and a dozen AVweb readers) as we celebrate the last batch of "POTW" we received this summer.
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Chris Andrews of Prevessin (France) brings us a shot of the French I ballooning team preparing for the Gordon Bennett Cup air race. The preparations worked out well, with France eventually sailing to the win at this year's event in Geneva. (Yes, we will cop to it: Chris was compelled to submit this awesome pic after we initially married a photo of hot air balloons to our coverage of the Cup. So remember: If you spot a blip in our otherwise-flawless coverage, the best course of action is to send us an e-mail and submit a photo to "POTW"!) | |||||||||||||
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Speaking of Geneva, Gilbert Benzonana of Grand-Lancy had us scratching our heads throughout the selection process tonight trying to figure out what on Earth we were looking at here! As it turns out, this is an RC aircraft - not some new prototype or (as you may foolishly hope at first glance) a pick-up suspended between four helicopters ... . | |||||||||||||
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Don Parsons of St. Peters, Missouri chips in a photo of a slightly less mysterious rotorcraft for our sign-off - Andrew King taking a turn at the controls of Jack Tiffany and Jim Hammond's Pitcairn Autogyro, on his way to the Midwest Antique Airplane Club's Brodhead (Wis.) fly-in. | |||||||||||||
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Want more? You'll find bonus pics from your fellow AVwebbers in the slideshow on AVweb's home page. (Scroll down the page about 2/3 of the way.)
Don't forget to click here to submit your own photos to "POTW"!
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A quick note for submitters: If you've got several photos that you feel are "POTW" material, your best bet is to submit them one-a-week! That gives your photos a greater chance of seeing print on AVweb, and it makes the selection process a little easier on us, too. ;)
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 or send us an e-mail.
