Picture of the Week: AVweb’s Flying Photography Showcase
The edition of "POTW" that ran on Thursday was missing some images from the slideshow, which stopped short of displaying all of the runners-up. Take a second look and enjoy bonus pics you may not have seen on Thursday. -->Our latest winning photo comes from Dave Oberg of Anchorage, AK. Click here for the rest of this week’s submissions.
Splashdown at Alexander Lake
Shot near sunset at Alexander Lake, north of Anchorage.
Canon T2i, Tamron 18-270. Cropped and enhanced in Lightroom.
1946 Aeronca 7AC Champ at I66
Lucy Anne and Mike McKosky departing from Clinton Field Airport (I66), Ohio in their 1946 Aeronca 7AC Champ (N3101E).
Mosquito Aircraft Restoration
While visiting Ardmore Air Field in New Zealand, I was lucky to be invited to have a look around the Mosquito workshop, where it was just finished being rebuilt. This is the world's only WWII-era Mosquito bomber capable of flying and will be at Oshkosh in 2013. Unfortunately, I only had my phone to take the photos.
Holy CB
A lonely CB approaching the airfield. It was a perfect sunny day when a lonely CB appeared from nowwhere. The sun shone behind it, giving the impression that it has a halo around it, like God is on his way. Taken while standing at the tak-eoff position on the runway.
Hawker Sea Fury & Lancaster Bomber
Hawker Sea Fury and the Andrew Mynarski Lancaster Bomber. Does it get any better?
Save Our Souls
This new medicalized helicopter operating for the University Hospital and the Civil Security of Geneva provides not only a rapid help for bodies but also some psychic sustenance. Look at the tail.
Photo taken on the tarmac of the Geneva airport with a Pentax Optio P80 camera at 1/300 sec F7.0, focal length 5mm. No other modification than reduction of the original file to under 1MB.
AD Skyraider Wave-Off
On board USS Essex off Korean coast, 1952, while serving as combat aircrew with VC-35.
Kodachrome slide. Nikon.
Checking the Final
A Thorp T-18 getting ready for take-off at Auburn Municipal Airport (S50).
Pentax K-x. Cropped/touched up with GIMP 2.8.
Fall in the Back Country
Fall at Waggi Flat in my 1953 180. This is my plug for the Backcountry Pilots Association and the Recreational Aviation Foundation.
You Don't Have to Be a Genius to Learn How to Fly
Yes, I'm a 70-year-old teaching myself Photoshop. Shot with my Canon T1i.
Where? Can't remember - I'm on the verge of Alzheimer's - but I think I took this one at the Chino Air Show this year. Parakeet is my own. I bought the hat at Fry's.
Ed. Note: We've withheld this submitter's name (and the parrot's) by special request.
RV-4 on Her Way to a New Home in Memphis
Cell phone photo taken while delivering my RV-4 to her new owner.
California Sunset at 7,500 Feet
On the way from LVK to CIC in October.
IPhone 4S; no manipulations.
Coming Home
Took this the week before Thanksgiving at Aurora Municipal Airport. Wildcat landing on runway 27.
