Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
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.” Last week saw a very strong pattern in “POTW” submissions – and you know how we love a pattern! With that in mind, we strained to find an equally strong theme this week, but we were forced to concede defeat. (Although there were a lot of submissions from Texas.) Alas, we’ll have to settle for “lots of good pictures” as this week’s theme. We think you’ll agree that Donald Reid‘s Ponderous Polly fits that “theme” nicely and kicks off today’s visual feast as our “Picture of the Week.”
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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Last week saw a very strong pattern in "POTW"submissions - and you know how we love a pattern! With that inmind, we strained to find an equally strong theme this week, but we wereforced to concede defeat. (Although there were a lot ofsubmissions from Texas.) Alas, we'll have to settle for "lots ofgood pictures" as this week's theme. We think you'll agree thatDonald Reid's Ponderous Pollyfits that "theme" nicely and kicks off today's visual feast as our"Picture of the Week."
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| copyright Donald Reid | Ponderous Polly Donald Reid of Bumpass, Virginiatells us that Ponderous Polly here is a C123 Provider whose photohe snapped as she was cooling down after a performance at the LumbertonAir Show. Since Donald was kind enough to submit our favorite photo of the week,we'll be shipping an officially-licensed, high-quality AVwebbaseball cap out to him posthaste. | |||||||||||||
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| Used with permission of Grant McHerron | Used with permission of Grant McHerron | Slow-Moving Traffic, Move Over - Or Else! Grant McHerron of St. Kilda East,Victoria (Australia) brought a smile to our faces with this shot "takenin one of the 'Follow Me' cars at the Avalon Air Show 2007." Grant promises "more photos to come, as a I get time to sort them allout." Based on the two that made it into this week's final round,we're looking forward to seeing more, Grant. (And add the Avalon Air Show to the list of shows we keep hearing aboutthat we'd like to attend.) | ||||||||||||||||
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| copyright Jody B. Smyers | copyright Jody B. Smyers | FedEx B727's Final Flight
Jody B. Smyers of Lubbock, Texasmust know we're a sucker for retirement flights. In this case, theretiring iron is a B727 FedEx has donated to the Lubbock Preston SmithInternational Airport for fire and rescue training. | ||||||||||||||||
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| copyright Norm Schultze | copyright Norm Schultze | When Parking Space Is a Premium ...
Apologies to Stoney Truett of Cayce,South Carolina, but we just couldn't decide on a smarmy quip for thisphoto. Then again, it does speak for itself, doesn't it? | ||||||||||||||||
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| Used with permission of Gale Cocanour | Used with permission of Gale Cocanour | Now THAT's a Sunset! Gale Cocanour of San Antonio, Texasflies us out this week with "a view only a pilot can have." | ||||||||||||||||
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Want more? As always, there are a dozen (or more) bonusphotos online at AVweb's home pageas part of our POTW slide show.
To enter next week's contest,click 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. ;)
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.