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Cleared to land!

Challenge #5 in the The sky is the limit series. Hosted by alex326.

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Aircraft landing - try your bes: heavy smoke at touch down, hard tactical landings on summary prepared landing strips, helicopters landing in heavy dust or snow clouds, dangerous runways, heavy crosswind in Hamburg, drag chutes, carrier landings or the beautiful St Maartens.

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Announced:

Friday, 5th October, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Friday, 12th October, 2012 – Thursday, 18th October, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Friday, 19th October, 2012 – Thursday, 25th October, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Only basic post processing

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Manipulated images are not allowed.
Landscapes with distant aircraft are not allowed.
Please try to give your image a title and description (still not mandatory).

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

100

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Dropping in for a spot of supper at the country estate

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