EAA Monthly Photo Contest - March, 2012

[Hal Bryan]

EAA Monthly Photo Contest - March, 2012


The photo contest continues!

Submit your photos for the change to see it used as our featured wallpaper download:http://www.eaa.org/wallpaper/ (http://www.eaa.org/wallpaper/)


Here's how it works:
First, you’ll take a great photo, one that evokes the spirit of aviation. Feel free to include a caption or any other notes about the setting, subject matter, etc. The "spirit of aviation" is a broad definition - show us pictures OF aircraft, pictures taken FROM aircraft, people thinking ABOUT aircraft ... well, as long as it's obvious ... anyway, you get the idea.
Then, you’ll reply to this thread and embed the picture in your post. (We prefer it if you include just one picture per post.) Note: to embed a picture, click the image button on the toolbar to find and upload the file .... Please use this method to make the picture immediately visible as opposed to simply attaching the file.

As our deadline approaches, the photo submissions will be reviewed by the editorial team (and me), meeting in a secure and undisclosed location, and we will choose a winner to be used as our featured wallpaper (with full and appropriate credit, naturally.)
We’ll contact the photographer directly to arrange for their submission of a high-res version of the winning photo as needed (see below.) We’ll also provide the basic legalese at that point to ensure that we have the rights to publish the photo.
There are a few things to point out:

The photo contest is open to all members of EAA.
Note that, above, we said you’ll take the photo – submissions must be made by the original photographer.
Photos must be posted here to be considered – email submissions will not be accepted.
In addition, the pictures you post here will be automatically resized for web viewing, which means they may not be of a high-enough resolution for the desktop wallpaper. So, in order for your picture to be considered for publication, you must be able to provide a high resolution version on request.
This means that the original should ideally be 3 Megapixels (~2048 x 1536) or higher.

Enter as many pictures as you like – the more the merrier! (Though, again, we prefer you post each picture separately.)



NOTE:
The deadline for submissions to the March 2012 contest is
January 15th, 2012.

[DB Windom]

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A really young "Young Eagle" at EAA Chapter 643's YE Day at Sky Manor Airport, Pittstown, NJ, Oct 8, 2011.

D. Bruce Windom

[Emma Quedzuweit]

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A B-17 fuselage at the bone yard of Planes of Fame air museum, Chino, Ca Dec. 11, 2011
Taken by Emma Quedzuweit, age 18

[Emma Quedzuweit]

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F7F-3N Tigercat "Mary Ann" at dusk in the bone yard at Planes of Fame air museum, Chino, Ca Dec. 11, 2011
Emma Quedzuweit, age 18

(DISCLAIMER) These are the aircraft in the bone yard of Planes of Fame, not the museum itself. All the aircraft on museum display are well hangered and taken care of. The outdoors bone yard made for better pictures, but all the planes in the museum are in perfect condition.

[dodo533]

My Grandaughter, age 7, 1st flight, my Kolb Slingshot1259

[Ozzie]

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Commonwealth CA-3 Wirraway MK11. Taken at the Royal Newcastle Aero Club at Maitland Australia 18/12/11.

[Roger Janssens]

OK - if non-N-registered aircraft are acceptable, I might have a couple of suggestions as well.
Ju52 HB-HOS doing pleasure flights at 'Hahnweide Oldtimer meet', 3 September 2011:1292
(original size = 24 MP)

[Roger Janssens]

Same, later flight: 1293

[rudymorris]

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Opening Ceremony
Osh Kosh 2011

[rudymorris]

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Opening Ceremony
Osh Kosh 2011

[rudymorris]

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Old Crow
Warbird Alley
Osh Kosh 2011

[rudymorris]

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Farmers Dirigible Osh Kosh 2011

[rudymorris]

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T-28s Osh Kosh 2011

[rudymorris]

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Skip Stewart Aerobatics
Osh Kosh 2011

[rwanttaja]

Spruce Goose Panel - Pilot's-eye View:

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[Hanna]

This photo was taken in Dubnica, Slovakia, this summer in the closing ceremonies of European Aerobatic Championships. Very nice show they pulled off there :)1339

[Hanna]

And this one is from Torun, Poland where the World Glider Aerobatic Championships was held. SZD-59 from Finland and tow plane YAK-12 (?) from Torun.
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[Hanna]

and one more at this time, This is taken in Oripää, Finland, on a aerobatic camp. There was also an open house, and I do break the rules here a bit since this is not taken by me, but my 10 year old daughter, who completely stole my Canon for the whole weekend. :D
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[sgillila]

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[sgillila]

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[Boeing B-17G 42-231465]

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Taken at Johnson Creek 3U2, Idaho, in August 2011.

[Boeing B-17G 42-231465]

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Turning final, McCall Municipal KMYL in a Beechcraft Baron B55 (cover of ABS Magazine, April 2011)

[Boeing B-17G 42-231465]

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Looking from the starboard wing while on the ground at Johnson Creek 3U2 in August 2011. This Baron was the April 2011 of the ABS magazine.

[Boeing B-17G 42-231465]

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This is the same Cessna 195 several days before, after landing, taxiing to park.

[Eric Marsh]

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Last Tuesday I thought I'd do a cross country flight today and spent some time working out a flight plan. The morning was cold and so I decided to take my written test instead. When I called the testing guys at the Austin airport their equipment was down. The guys at New Braunfels wouldn't answer the phone so I decided to go to Georgetown. Why drive when I can fly, right?

As it turns out Georgetown was the first stop on my planned cross country (because they have cheap avgas) anyway. I taxied to the testing place, took off my sunglasses and they fell apart. The guys there loaned me a paper clip to put them back together.

Taking the test I got an 83. Not what I'd hoped for but it's a solid B. I'll take it.

To qualify for a cross country flight the two airports have to be 50 miles apart. Georgetown is 49.9 miles from Lockhart so I flew from there to Burnett. Flying at 3000 feet I passed a tower that was as high as me. That was kind of spooky. By the time I got to Burnett there wasn't time for a meal so I had my second candy bar of the day and headed home. I'd planned to take the scenic route but time wasn't permitting so I took the shortest route and landed just before sunset.

Here's a pic of Ariel (yes, she has a name now) illuminated by the sun's last rays.

[Eric Marsh]

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[Eric Marsh]

I'm going to post a few more pics here just to share them. When I see something I like I take a photo. Hopefully others will enjoy some of them.

These guys just dropped in to our little local airport.

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[Eric Marsh]

I don't know why but often my first photo turns out to be the one that I like the best.

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[Eric Marsh]

Well what did you expect from a dog?

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[Eric Marsh]

Another beauty at HYI
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[Eric Marsh]

This photo was taken at Randolph AFB

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[Eric Marsh]

A shot of the CAF crew.

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[Eric Marsh]

I kind of like the way the sun made this shot go monochromatic.

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[Eric Marsh]

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[Gary Brossett]

Dec 31, 2011
We only needed 15 Young Eagles to set a new record of 250 in 2011. 8 am crew show and we had a beautiful south Georgia fog. Fog lifted at 10 and we flew 13. We'll try again next year!


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[Gary Brossett]

Daniel was convinced the forecast was correct, so he completed his preflight in anticipation.

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[txcromer]

Beautiful SNB-5 at the 2011 Denton TX airshow at sunrise.

[txcromer]

jason Newburg flying his Viper Pitts at the 2011 Ft Worth Airshow.

[Glastar N767JA]

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[Treetop_Flyer]

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Taken from my PA22 as we were climbing out of KONA over the backwaters of the Mississippi on January 8th. The warm temperatures this winter and the repeated freezing and unfreezing of the Mississippi make for some beautiful sights.

[Bob Furr]

First off I know this photo doesn't qualify but wanted to share it anyway becasue it really is a great aviation photo that captures a moment in time.

There is nothing like a sunset from above! This photo was taken by my good friends Bobbie and Richard Chappell of Bellevue Nebraska when they came to see my new to me toy, a 1985 Starflight ultralight. I keep it hangered at the Scribner Nebraska Airbase which is now a state of Nebraska run airfield. It was an important bomber training base during WWII and in the early 1950's was the "backup" airport for Offutt AFB in the event of an atomic war. Now it is a sleepy little airport with a very interesting history and lots of older airplanes and ultralights. If you are flying thru Nebraska take a minute to touch down on the same runway that thousands of young men flew training missions from. You can almost hear the big radials still singing in the Nebraska wind.

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