Picture of the Week: AVweb's Reader-Submitted Amateur Aviation Photo Contest

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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 - 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 here? Click here to submit it to our weekly contest.

Panoramic View

Fred Simpson of Mansfield, ON (Canada)

View from the backseat of a Krosno glider at Great Lakes Gliding Club near Tottenham, Ontario on July 3rd. That is me sporting the bright yellow hat (and not wholly accepted by the rest of the glider crowd) as I work on a power to glider conversion.

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Maule in Oregon Wilderness

Joseph Barber of Seattle, WA

Maule lifting off from Wallowa Forest.

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Tropical Depression Fabio: Clouds Over Van Nuys Airport

Yekta Gursel of Temple City, CA

I took the picture just before I left the Van Nuys Airport for the day at sunset, after a training flight under the clouds.

Camera: My old Sony DSC-H9
Resized only to meet the picture size limit; not manipulated otherwise.

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First Annual Marietta Wild Burro Fly-In

Forrest Fasig of Dayton, NV

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Next in Line

Doug Eatman of Vero Beach, FL

The excitement builds as my turn for a tow comes up.

Taken at Chilhowee Gliderport in Benton, Tennessee with a 35mm disposable camera.

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WT9 Dynamic

Frantisek Manik of Popra, PO (Slovakia)

WT Dynamic at Poprad's airport.

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Yankee Lady at FCM

Benjamin Shoop of Robbinsdale, MN

B-17 was in town for the Flying Cloud Air Expo.

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NYC Hudson River SVFR

Gary Lanthrum of Manassas, VA

A wonderful flight south from Rhode Island through the Hudson River SVFR flyway at 1,000 feet.

Lumix 5-megapixel camera; no touch-up.

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C-421C

Jason Herman of Wilton, CT

Caught this reflection off the right side of the rudder while preflighting in Nantucket. This is a Cessna 421C with the Riley turbine conversion - essentially a Cessna 425 Conquest.

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