Picture of the Week: AVweb's Flying Photography Showcase

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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.

Really Close

Michael R. Lochowitz of De Pere, WI

Taken by my son Michael with a Canon 7D at 2010 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Submitted with permission.

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Austin, Nevada

Rob Stokes of Tremonton, UT

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Corona Pass West of Boulder (CO)

Daniel MacDonald of Eden Prairie, MN

Looking north toward Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Sleeping Grandson

Bill Finney of Muncie, IN

I took my grandson Cale for about a 20-minute ride in my Cessna L-19 Birddog. After I landed, I asked him how he liked the ride and got no response. This photo shows why.

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Speed

Norman Schwartz of Calabasas, CA

Static display at Edwards Air Force Base. Nikon D700.

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Are You Ready for Your Close-Up?

Trudi Melohn of Mountain View, CA

Shot on a Canon Powershot SX210 IS. There has been no manipulation of the photo. I shot this from the 35th floor of a building in Honolulu, looking down at this helicopter shooting footage for a film or television production.

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Osprey Fly-By

John Pichitino of Nevada City, CA

Shot with Canon PowerShot S51S. 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation fly-by in San Diego.

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“I’d Better Finish This Book and Learn How to Land …”

Tom Staggs of Redmond, WA

Shot cruising at 9,000 feet near Mt. Shasta.

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Refuelling Near Montricher Air Field After a Long Haul

Gilbert Benzonana of Grand-Lancy, Geneva (Switzerland)

Flock of storks at rest in the early morning near Montricher Air Field. Photo taken with a Pentax Optio P80 camera at 1/160 sec, F 5.8, optical length 20 mm. The original file was just cropped and re-centered.

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