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Entries: 7
Winners announced: 10th July, 2020 GMT
Winner: D72_4852_DxO Smug
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Any X-plane or similar experimental / prototype aircraft. For non-US officially designated X-planes, a brief description is recommended so everybody could learn something on the aviation achievements.

Entries: 13
Winners announced: 3rd July, 2020 GMT
Winner: Sleek, Mysterious......And Fast!!
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SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, including also the A-12 and M-21. The D-21 drone is also accepted tothis challenge.

Entries: 5
Winners announced: 8th May, 2020 GMT
Winner: DH 106 Dehavilland Comet 4C Cockpit
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All the versions of the world’s first commercial airliner, de Havilland Comet, including also her military derivatives as the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod.

Entries: 25
Winners announced: 24th April, 2020 GMT
Winner: Seven Four Seven and little friends
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Boeing 747

Entries: 20
Winners announced: 17th April, 2020 GMT
Winner: 4 x Hispano Buchon
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Messerchmidt Bf-109 and any of its derivatives or replicas

Entries: 26
Winners announced: 10th April, 2020 GMT
Winner: Northern visitor
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Entries: 24
Winners announced: 3rd April, 2020 GMT
Winner: Clipped Wing Spit
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Spitfire or any other derivatives or replicas.

Entries: 14
Winners announced: 27th March, 2020 GMT
Winner: The legendary prototype
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Boeing 707 or any of her derivatives, civilian or military.
The prototype Boeing 367-80 is also allowed.

Entries: 38
Winners announced: 20th March, 2020 GMT
Winner: Brothers in Arms
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P-51 Mustang aircraft and artifacts.

Entries: 29
Winners announced: 13th March, 2020 GMT
Winner: Skytrain
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Douglas DC-3 aircraft, including the military versions or aircraft built under licence, as Li-2 and so on.

Entries: 11
Winners announced: 6th March, 2020 GMT
Winner: Breitling Super Constellation
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Lockheed Constellation pictures, art, artifacts. All versions are allowed, including the military ones.

Entries: 15
Winners announced: 28th February, 2020 GMT
Winner: Hawker Hurricane MkI
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Hawker Hurricane pictures - aircraft, models, artifacts, patches and so on.

277. Bush pilot
Entries: 11
Winners announced: 21st February, 2020 GMT
Winner: The Three Bears
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Bush airplanes and pilots

276. Royal Air Force
Entries: 23
Winners announced: 14th February, 2020 GMT
Winner: Hawk T1
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Royal Air Force aircraft, people, artifacts.

275. Naval Aviation
Entries: 26
Winners announced: 7th February, 2020 GMT
Winner: Navy Blue Angels
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Aircraft belonging to the Navy, operational or not.

274. Red Star Wings
Entries: 18
Winners announced: 31st January, 2020 GMT
Winner: D72_6510_DxO Smug
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Militaryaircraft bearing the red star markings. Could be Russia, Chinese, North Korean, Yougoslav and so on.

Entries: 54
Winners announced: 24th January, 2020 GMT
Winner: F-16
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Upload your best aviation picture. It could be an aircraft, aircrew, airport or anything else related toaviation.

272. Happy New Year!
Entries: 11
Winners announced: 17th January, 2020 GMT
Winner: Happy New Year.
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New Year party pictures.

Entries: 23
Winners announced: 10th January, 2020 GMT
Winner: Christmas in Georgetown TX_7341
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Traditional Christmas celebration: home and street decorations, Christmas trees, dinner, churcch gatherings, Christmas party and so on.

270. Christmas Tree
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 3rd January, 2020 GMT
Winner: 20011210_XmasTree_1_P20
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Christmas decorated tree.

269. Sea planes
Entries: 30
Winners announced: 27th December, 2019 GMT
Winner: The Beaver Has Landed
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Sea planes or amphibious aircraft.

Entries: 13
Winners announced: 20th December, 2019 GMT
Winner: Be-200 at MAKS 2019
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Aircraft designed for firefighting or adapted for firefighting air operations using drop containers, buckets and so on. On the aircraft adapted for firefighting, the special equipment must be visible or the picture must capture the aircraft during the fire extiguishing operation.

267. Chinese aircraft
Entries: 3
Winners announced: 13th December, 2019 GMT
Winner: Nanchang CJ-6
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Chinese built aircraft, including the foreign designs bult localy with or without legal license.

Entries: 24
Winners announced: 6th December, 2019 GMT
Winner: Luftwaffe Scramble
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Fighter aircraft designed and built in Europe (including Russia and the former Soviet Union), the aircraft built under US license in Europe, as the F-104, F-16 or F-35, ar not allowed to this challenge.

265. Tanker aircraft
Entries: 12
Winners announced: 29th November, 2019 GMT
Winner: Air to Air Refueling-9102
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Tankers used for air-to-air refuelling. Combat aircraft capable of buddy-tnanking are allowed only if the tanking equipment is visible.

264. Jet Trainers
Entries: 19
Winners announced: 22nd November, 2019 GMT
Winner: SAAB 105
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Jet aircraft designed and used for advanced pilot training, such as T-33, T-37, T-38, T-45, Alphajet, Hawk, jet Provost, Saab105, MB-339, M-346, Yak-130, L-29, L-39, IAR-99, T-50, Galeb.
No two seater training versions of the actual combat aircraft, please.

263. Time to fly
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 8th November, 2019 GMT
Winner: F-104 model jet
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Aviation and aircraft modelling pictures.

262. Aviation memorabilia
Entries: 32
Winners announced: 1st November, 2019 GMT
Winner: Reflections in Time
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Aviation memorabilia: medals, coins, pins, cards, models, decorations and so on.

261. Towering clouds
Entries: 102
Winners announced: 25th October, 2019 GMT
Winner: Towering Clouds
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Towering clouds

260. Aircraft
Entries: 63
Winners announced: 18th October, 2019 GMT
Winner: Vulcan Duxford-4804
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Aircraft

259. War Machines
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 11th October, 2019 GMT
Winner: AugustaWestland Apache
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War Machines, real or models.

258. Jet Thrust
Entries: 35
Winners announced: 4th October, 2019 GMT
Winner: MIG-21 LanceR
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Vehicles powerred by the thrust of a jet or rocket engine. The vehicles must be powerred by the reaction force not by the transmission to wheels or propeller.

257. Airshow
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 20th September, 2019 GMT
Winner: Cerulean Sukhoi
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Airshow pictures

256. To Space
Entries: 25
Winners announced: 6th September, 2019 GMT
Winner: Space Shuttle Endeavor's Last Flight-1756
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Any space assets or artifacts (rockets,spaceshuttle, space suits, space vehicles and so on) operational or preserved in a museum.

Entries: 8
Winners announced: 30th August, 2019 GMT
Winner: Blow
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Here you can find some good instructions on how to take Schlieren optics pictures: https://youtu.be/IZ0bYi9UFv8
Although is not very difficult, it is a kind of unusual topic and we can give it a try, so everybody can learn something interesting.
More details on Sclieren photography here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieren_photography

254. Diver watch
Entries: 7
Winners announced: 23rd August, 2019 GMT
Winner: Ippo watch
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Diver watches

253. Air Power
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 16th August, 2019 GMT
Winner: Panavia Tornado
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Military aircraft.

252. Aurora Borealis
Entries: 16
Winners announced: 9th August, 2019 GMT
Winner: Iceland- Kirkjufell
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Northern lights

251. Air Force
Entries: 35
Winners announced: 2nd August, 2019 GMT
Winner: P1230789 copy
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Air Force related pictures: aircraft, people, ground support operations and infrastructure, uniforms, artifacts and so on.

Entries: 17
Winners announced: 26th July, 2019 GMT
Winner: 16 seconds
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Analog or digital watches glowing in low light.

Entries: 19
Winners announced: 19th July, 2019 GMT
Winner: Mirage 2000, French AF
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Combat aircraft builtin Europe.

248. Airshow Season
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 12th July, 2019 GMT
Winner: Luchtmacht Opendagen 2019
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Airshow pictures.

247. Lightning bolt
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 28th June, 2019 GMT
Winner: Lightning dancing on the ocean
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Lightning bolt

246. MiG Fighter aircraft
Entries: 23
Winners announced: 21st June, 2019 GMT
Winner: RIAT16_MIG29_WM_054
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Any MiG fighter aircraft, operational, preserved or scraped.

245. Pilot Helmet
Entries: 12
Winners announced: 7th June, 2019 GMT
Winner: Helmet 0318
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Pilot helmets.

244. Air Force
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 31st May, 2019 GMT
Winner: the journey starts
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Air Force related picures - military aircraft, flight line, personnel wearing air force uniforms, weapons, equipment and so on.

243. Aviation T-shirts
Entries: 3
Winners announced: 10th May, 2019 GMT
Winner: Toulouse Nuts
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Aviarion T-shirts

242. Aircraft in flight
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 3rd May, 2019 GMT
Winner: F-18 Goes Super Sonic
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Aircraft in flight

241. Vehicle Refueling
Entries: 17
Winners announced: 19th October, 2018 GMT
Winner: Air to Air Refueling-9102
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Vehicle refueling. All types of vehicles are accepted - cars, trains, ships, airplanes and so on. No animals, birds or insects please.

240. Flight suit
Entries: 18
Winners announced: 28th September, 2018 GMT
Winner: Flight Suits
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Flight suits worn by aircrews or displayed in a museum, store and so on. Separate elements, as hats, helmets, gloves, boots are accepted.

Entries: 11
Winners announced: 31st August, 2018 GMT
Winner: Golden Sentry
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Airborne Warning and Control Aircraft

237. Seaplanes
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 24th August, 2018 GMT
Winner: Beriev Be-200 at MAKS-2017
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Only aircraft on floaters.

236. Airshow
Entries: 34
Winners announced: 27th July, 2018 GMT
Winner: Yeovilton 2018
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Airshow pictures.

235. Landing gear
Entries: 28
Winners announced: 29th June, 2018 GMT
Winner: Fred Feet
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Aircraft landing gear details. Close-up pictures of the landing gear and wheels / ski's / floaters. No landscapes with aircraft having their gear down, please.

234. Aircraft lights
Entries: 26
Winners announced: 22nd June, 2018 GMT
Winner: Jet and Full Moon
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Aircraft with their lights on. The lights must be clearly visible in the image.

233. Aircraft tails
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 2nd March, 2018 GMT
Winner: F-15
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Single or multiple aircraft tails. just the.Jtail section, the whole aircraft must not be visible in tJe picture,

232. Watch Tower
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 22nd December, 2017 GMT
Winner: The Watchtower, Desert View, Grand Canyon.
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Watch tower of a castle, airport tower and so on.

231. Low Pass
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 15th December, 2017 GMT
Winner: Mig-17-1
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Aircraft performing a low pass. Wheels must be retracted and the aircraft must not be durung take off or landing. Aircraft with non-retractable landing gear must have the flaps up.

230. Camouflage
Entries: 20
Winners announced: 8th December, 2017 GMT
Winner: Challenger 2 at the Tank Museum, Bovington
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Camouflage - people, vehicles, weapons wearing a military camouflage.

229. Life on the airfield
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 1st December, 2017 GMT
Winner: Snowbird crew
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Life on the airfield

228. Captain
Entries: 22
Winners announced: 24th November, 2017 GMT
Winner: Ship Captain
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Military rank captain, ship or aircraft captain, police, firemen captains and so on. The subject must wear an uniform.

227. Fall colors
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 17th November, 2017 GMT
Winner: Iconic Tree
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Fall colors
226. Furin Wind Chime
Entries: 1
Winners announced: 10th November, 2017 GMT
Winner: no winner
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The Furin Wind Bell or ‘is an icon of the Japanese culture. The Furin bells have a very distinctive quality of the sound compared to the Western wind chimes., being a single, resonant sound, clear and cool.

225. Tea as an art
Entries: 20
Winners announced: 3rd November, 2017 GMT
Winner: T-Bag Flower
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Tea as an art

224. Light trails
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 27th October, 2017 GMT
Winner: London All About Time
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Long exposure lights of any moving ehicle.

221. Smoking tires
Entries: 19
Winners announced: 6th October, 2017 GMT
Winner: Drifting
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Smoking tires - cars accelerating or braking hard, aircraft landing and so on.

220. Mirror Effect
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 29th September, 2017 GMT
Winner: New Brighton Pier Reflections
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The subject of the picture must be mirrored by a mirror like surface: mirror, water, glass, polished metal, hot air and so on.

Entries: 45
Winners announced: 22nd September, 2017 GMT
Winner: Coffee and Mango cake
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Upload your favorite picture of a coffee cup.

218. Inverted flight
Entries: 29
Winners announced: 15th September, 2017 GMT
Winner: Belgian F-16
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Aircraft in inverted flight. The bank anle visible in the image must exceed 90 degrees.

217. Eclipse
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 8th September, 2017 GMT
Winner: 2012.05.20 Annular Eclipse in Texas
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Solar or Moon eclipse.

216. Ejection Seat
Entries: 11
Winners announced: 25th August, 2017 GMT
Winner: Royal Airforce Museum London
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Ejection Seat

215. Battleship
Entries: 20
Winners announced: 18th August, 2017 GMT
Winner: Global Reach
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Upload the picture of a battleship or large combat ship. Please do not upload pictures of small ships (frigates, corvettes, destroyers and so on).

213. Turbojet power
Entries: 36
Winners announced: 4th August, 2017 GMT
Winner: F-22 Raptor powers into a high G-turn
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Pictures ilustrating the power of a turbine engine.
212. Sophistication
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 28th July, 2017 GMT
Winner: no winner
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Sophistication, a display of good taste, refinement and subtlety.

211. Street lights
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 21st July, 2017 GMT
Winner: Vatican Basilica
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Street lights

210. Ice breaking
Entries: 34
Winners announced: 14th July, 2017 GMT
Winner: Coming up!
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Ice breaking

209. Hovercraft
Entries: 4
Winners announced: 7th July, 2017 GMT
Winner: Sunset Arrival
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Hovercraft is "a craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces. Hovercraft are hybrid vessels operated by a pilot as an aircraft rather than a captain as a marine vessel". (Wikipedia. Ground effect vehicles (GEV) are also aditted to this challenge.

Entries: 20
Winners announced: 23rd June, 2017 GMT
Winner: Space Shuttle Cockpit-
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Aircraft Control Stick / Wheel as a main subject. Aircraft engine throttles, and helicopter collectives are also admitted to this challenge.

206. Train wrecks
Entries: 18
Winners announced: 16th June, 2017 GMT
Winner: Rusty
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Locomotives, train cars or other railroad vehicles damaged beyond repair or left in decay No injured or dead passengers in the wrecks due to accidents.

205. Bridge
Entries: 36
Winners announced: 9th June, 2017 GMT
Winner: USSIntrepid
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SHIP BRIDGES.
"The bridge of a ship is the room or platform from which the ship can be commanded. When a ship is underway the bridge is manned by an OOW (officer of the watch) aided usually by an AB (able seaman) acting as lookout. During critical maneuvers the captain will be on the bridge supported, perhaps, by an OOW as an extra set of hands, an AB on the wheel and sometimes a pilot if...

204. Spinning wheels
Entries: 41
Winners announced: 2nd June, 2017 GMT
Winner: High speed London Eye
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Close up pictures of spinning wheels, propellers and aimilar objects with rotating motion. Entries must have the motion blur of the rotation movement, while the body of the object must be reasonably sharp. The pictures must be taken as close as possible - the images with too distant subjects will be disqualiffied.

203. Car wreck
Entries: 40
Winners announced: 26th May, 2017 GMT
Winner: Christine
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Cars and trucks damaged beyond repair. No injured or dead passengers in the vehicles wrecked during accidents.

202. Pentax Cameras
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 19th May, 2017 GMT
Winner: Spiral Stairs
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Images taken only with Pentax cameras.

Entries: 49
Winners announced: 12th May, 2017 GMT
Winner: Pitts - Peter Pan Flying Man
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Aircraft - Close and personal

200. Pilot Wings
Entries: 7
Winners announced: 5th May, 2017 GMT
Winner: volunteer reserve
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Pilot / aircrew pins, insignia, badges, patches and name tags with wings.

199. Wings
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 28th April, 2017 GMT
Winner: Thunderheads With Egret
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Wings

198. Weapons
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 21st April, 2017 GMT
Winner: M-551A1 Sheridan Tank
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Any weapon, natural or man made, ranging from slingshot to aircraft carrieir.

197. Bubbles
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 14th April, 2017 GMT
Winner: Catched in a bubble
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Air bubbles, soap bubbles or any other types of bubbles that you can imagine.

196. Butterfly up-close
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 7th April, 2017 GMT
Winner: Rains on me
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Picture of buterflies from close distance.

195. Refueling
Entries: 26
Winners announced: 31st March, 2017 GMT
Winner: Antillean Crested Hummingbird refuelling
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Refueling a vehicle system or any other type of refueling that you can imagine.

194. Trainer aircraft
Entries: 44
Winners announced: 24th March, 2017 GMT
Winner: AT-6 Harvard
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Any aircraft designed for pilot training, jet or propeller, used by military or civilian flight schools.

193. Waterfall
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 17th March, 2017 GMT
Winner: Skogafoss
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Waterfalls, natural or man-made. No water fountains please.

Entries: 40
Winners announced: 10th March, 2017 GMT
Winner: Fokker Dr1 Dreidecker
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Vintage fighters, no longer in service (as much as possible). Jet or propeller.

191. Speedometer
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 3rd March, 2017 GMT
Winner: Stutz Speedometer
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Any speed indicator gauge, analog or digital, from cars, trains, boats, airplanes and so on. Indicators from any other devices are allowed as for instance for cameras), or traffic radar.
No traffic speed signs please.
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 24th February, 2017 GMT
Winner: no winner
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The picture of sea viewed from an aircraft in flight.

189. Light aircraft
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 17th February, 2017 GMT
Winner: Silver Gleam Machine
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Single engine propeller or jet light/ultralight aircraft, general aviation or military. Drones and gliders are allowed,
No parachutes, paragliders, balloons, fighters, airliners, large multiengine aircraft and so on.

188. Aircraft interior
Entries: 43
Winners announced: 10th February, 2017 GMT
Winner: Mini Guppy
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Picture taken inside an aircraft. All kinds of interior pictures are allowed: cockpit, passenger cabin, cargo / weapons bays, landing gear bays, equipment or engine compartments and so on.

187. Aircraft formation
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 27th January, 2017 GMT
Winner: A different take on Red, White, and Blue
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Formation of two or more aircraft flying together. No picture of single aircraft, aircraft lying on opposite directions or aircraft that just happened to apppear in the same frame, but that are not an organized formation.

186. Sea colors
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 20th January, 2017 GMT
Winner: The Rock.
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Colorful picture of the sea, on the surface ur underwater. Sea life, ships, buildings, people or any other objects could be visible.

Entries: 37
Winners announced: 13th January, 2017 GMT
Winner: Winter Training
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Military aircraft designed to carry troops or equipment. No helicopters or tilt rotor aircraft please.
Pictures from outside, inside or details of the aircraft.

184. Happy Christmas
Entries: 42
Winners announced: 6th January, 2017 GMT
Winner: Christmas Train
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Upload a picture to depict the joy of the Christmas celebration. Could be anything related to Christmas: the traditional dinner or lunch, Christmas decorated trees, family or public parties, gifts, decorated houses, indooor decorations and so on.

183. Sea at twilight
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 30th December, 2016 GMT
Winner: Convenient Amnesia
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Picture of sea during before sunrise or after sunset. Pictures with the solar disk slightly visible could be acceptable but should not exceed half of its size. Ships, buildings, people or any other objects could be visible.
Twilight: "the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere" (Wikipedia).

182. Lone tree
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 23rd December, 2016 GMT
Winner: wanakatreepink8x12 lone tree
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Upload the picture of a lone tree. Forest or other group of trees should not be present in the picture. No other close constructions (buildings, poles and so on) are allowed in the pictures, but humans, animals vehicles are acceptable.

181. Happy bride
Entries: 34
Winners announced: 16th December, 2016 GMT
Winner: Vietnamese Bride
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Upload the icture of a woman during one of the appiest days of her life.

180. Downtown
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 9th December, 2016 GMT
Winner: Hong Kong
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Upload a picture of a city downtown, that captures the spirit of that city.

179. Fighter aircraft
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 2nd December, 2016 GMT
Winner: READY FOR A MISSION
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Classic or jet figher aircraft, operational or not.

Entries: 50
Winners announced: 25th November, 2016 GMT
Winner: Sunset on the mud flats near Heide
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Pictures taken with a mobile phone, phablet or tablet that are using Android or Windows operating systems. Apple devices are not allowed to this challenge as they just had a dedicated one.

177. Library
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 18th November, 2016 GMT
Winner: Quiet Please!
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Upload a pictures taken inside a library.

176. iPhone photography
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 11th November, 2016 GMT
Winner: Inside out
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Pictures taken with an iPhone

175. Wedding Cake
Entries: 20
Winners announced: 4th November, 2016 GMT
Winner: silhouette wedding cake
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Wedding Cake

174. Sports car
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 28th October, 2016 GMT
Winner: Porsche 918 Spyder
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Sports car

173. MiG-15
Entries: 15
Winners announced: 21st October, 2016 GMT
Winner: 'Red 18'
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Upload the picture of a MiG-15 or her relatives (S-102), operational or displayed in a museum. Aircraft models, T-shirts, art-prints, books or any other items that remind the venerable MiG-15 are admitted.

172. Urban panorama
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 14th October, 2016 GMT
Winner: Rovinj morning glory
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Upload a panoramic image of an urban area that has a relatively wide aspect ratio. In camera panoramas are preferred but manually stitched images are allowed. Outdoor or indoor images are accepted.

171. South Africa
Entries: 23
Winners announced: 7th October, 2016 GMT
Winner: Drinking leopard
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Ever visited South Africa or living there? Upload a picture that best express that corner of the world.
Challenge dedicated to George Veltchev.

170. Wind power
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 30th September, 2016 GMT
Winner: Windswept juniper
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Wind power - any picture to express the force of the blowing wind.

169. SR-71 Blackbird
Entries: 14
Winners announced: 23rd September, 2016 GMT
Winner: Habu Spike
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The fastest jet aircraft ever built, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird still holds some speed and altitude world's records. Upload the picture of a SR-71 or her relatives (A-12, YF-12, M-21), operational or displayed in a museum. The D-21 drone, aircraft models, T-shirts, art-prints, books or any other items that remind the SR-71 are admitted.

168. My home
Entries: 30
Winners announced: 16th September, 2016 GMT
Winner: My House At Sunset
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Picture of a individual house or apartment, taken from inside or outside. No groups of houses, street view or entire apartment buildings please.
167. Solar power
Entries: 29
Winners announced: 9th September, 2016 GMT
Winner: no winner
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Solar power - any picture to express that.

166. Apple
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 2nd September, 2016 GMT
Winner: Green Apples
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Apple in your view.

165. Flying Machines
Entries: 70
Winners announced: 26th August, 2016 GMT
Winner: Flare-well to a Classic Flying Machine
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Flying Machines of any kind.

164. Our Daily Bread
Entries: 25
Winners announced: 19th August, 2016 GMT
Winner: Steamed bread
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Our Daily Bread in your view.

163. Airshow Season
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 12th August, 2016 GMT
Winner: Into the Gray
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Airshow Season has come - upload a picture that best describes the spirit of an airshow. Any subject related to an airshow is acceptable: aircraft on the ground or in flight, crews preparing the flight or aboard thei aircraft, mechanics getting the aircraft ready for flight, ground controlers, people attending, etc.

162. Pentax DSLR
Entries: 48
Winners announced: 5th August, 2016 GMT
Winner: Racing against sunset
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Pictures taken with a Pentax DSLR camera.

160. Low light HDR
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 22nd July, 2016 GMT
Winner: Manaroila at night
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High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a technique used in imaging and photography to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is possible with standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. The aim is to present the human eye with a similar range of luminance as that which, through the visual system, is familiar in everyday life. - Wikipedia.
Upload a HDR picture,...

159. National flag
Entries: 69
Winners announced: 15th July, 2016 GMT
Winner: 50th Annual Custer Buffalo Roundup
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Upload the pictiure of a national flag.

158. Time
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 8th July, 2016 GMT
Winner: Are you sure it's four past two?
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Your view on time and time passing.

157. Pyramid
Entries: 42
Winners announced: 1st July, 2016 GMT
Winner: Louvre Museum pyramid
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A pyramid shaped object, building or setup. Things like a human pyramid or a pyramid of objects are allowed.

156. My other camera
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 24th June, 2016 GMT
Winner: Favorite from my film days
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Upload a picture of your other camera.

155. Royal crest
Entries: 26
Winners announced: 17th June, 2016 GMT
Winner: Crown of Louis XIV
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Upload the picture of a royal crest. It could be anything: on a panel, clothing, plates, seals and so on.

154. Car dashboard
Entries: 48
Winners announced: 10th June, 2016 GMT
Winner: old school
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Upload the picture of a car instrument panel. Buses, trucks and other wheeled vehicles are also allowed to this chalenge.

Entries: 68
Winners announced: 3rd June, 2016 GMT
Winner: Kingbird and Chick
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Pictures taken with a mirrorless Sony Alpha camera.

152. Pilot patches
Entries: 4
Winners announced: 27th May, 2016 GMT
Winner: On Patrol
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Military or civilian pilot patches. Only cloth patches are allowed, no metalic, plastic or any other hard pins, logos and so on.

151. Spiral
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 20th May, 2016 GMT
Winner: Spiral Staircase
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Spiral shaped natural or man made objects, buildings, living creatures.

150. Telescope
Entries: 17
Winners announced: 13th May, 2016 GMT
Winner: The 'Dish' at Night - Parkes Radio Telescope, Australia
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Pictures of telescopes used for astronomy purposes. All kinds of telescopes are allowed, including large radiotelescopes or large observatory buildings that house the telescopes.

149. War veterans
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 6th May, 2016 GMT
Winner: Scottish Officer
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The war veterans fought for our freedom. Upload the picture of one or more war veterans, in uniform or not.

148. Camaro
Entries: 16
Winners announced: 29th April, 2016 GMT
Winner: Canadian Touring Car Championship
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Picture of a Chevrolet Camaro. Models, T-shirts or any other items that remind the Chevrolet Camaro are admitted.

Entries: 11
Winners announced: 22nd April, 2016 GMT
Winner: MIG-21 Fast and Loud
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The venerable MiG-21 was the most produced supersonic jet fighter, hundreds of them being still in service more than 60 years after the maiden flight of the first Ye-4 prototype on 16 June 1955. Upload the picture of a MiG-21 fighter or any derivative. Models, T-shirts or any other items that remind the MiG-21 are admitted.

Entries: 50
Winners announced: 15th April, 2016 GMT
Winner: World War 2 Memorial in Skopje, Macedonia
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Numerous monuments, statues, memorials commemorate those heroes who sacrificed their lives for our freedom Upload the picture of such a monument.

145. Spring Green
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 8th April, 2016 GMT
Winner: New Leaves
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As the spring is coming upload a picture of the fresh green.

Entries: 50
Winners announced: 1st April, 2016 GMT
Winner: A Heavenly Landing----Akureyri, Iceland
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The subject of the challenge is the airport. Upload the picture of an airport runway, control tower or any other airport infrastructure element.

143. Before and After
Entries: 44
Winners announced: 25th March, 2016 GMT
Winner: Mill Rd. Falls, Boxford, MA (USA)
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In this challenge each user is entitled to upload two pictures that show the same subject before and after an action (for instance a city area before and after a storm). As an option one could combine the two pictures in a single one, divided or not. Any subject is allowed, just unleash your creativity.

142. Jump jet
Entries: 12
Winners announced: 18th March, 2016 GMT
Winner: Farewell to a Legend.
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Picture of a vertical take off jet aircraft, like Harrier, VJ-101, VAK-191B, Balzac V, Yak-141 and so on. No propeller aircraft, helicopters or convertible aircraft.

141. Panorama
Entries: 70
Winners announced: 11th March, 2016 GMT
Winner: Dunnotar Castle Scotland
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Upload a panoramic image that has a relatively wide aspect ratio ratio. In camera panoramas are preferred but manually stitched images are allowed.

140. F-15 Eagle
Entries: 13
Winners announced: 4th March, 2016 GMT
Winner: Off to work.
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Picture of a F-15 Eagle fighter. Models, T-shirts or any other items that remind the F-15 Eagle are admitted.

139. No limits
Entries: 100
Winners announced: 26th February, 2016 GMT
Winner: Late Rains, Glacier NP
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Any picture you consider nice, no limits or rules.

138. Aircraft carrier
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 19th February, 2016 GMT
Winner: MIDWAY DP
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Upload the picture of an aircraft or helicopter carrier. Combat ships not dedicated as carriers, with flight decks for a single or two helicopters are not allowed.

137. Final Approach
Entries: 59
Winners announced: 12th February, 2016 GMT
Winner: As the sun sets
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Aircraft on the final approach with gear and flaps extended. No fly-by please.
Pictures from the cockpit are allowed but it must be on the short final, with the runway clearly visible (see the sample picture).

136. My Guitar
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 5th February, 2016 GMT
Winner: Electric
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Upload the picture of a guitar.

135. Aircraft close-up
Entries: 100
Winners announced: 29th January, 2016 GMT
Winner: Pan Am Stainless Steel
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Upload a close-up picture of an aircraft, showing a specific detail. Could be any interior or exterior partȘ cockpit dials/screens, controls, engines or engine details, parts of the landing gear,, wings or fuselage, other small details. No general overview of the aircraft or large parts of it. Preferably pictures displaying no more that a quarter of the entire aircraft body.

134. Eurofighter Typhoon
Entries: 12
Winners announced: 22nd January, 2016 GMT
Winner: ZK349
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The picture of an Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft. No models or mok-ups please.

133. Star Field
Entries: 40
Winners announced: 15th January, 2016 GMT
Winner: Starfield D Arches-4184
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Night sky with stars. No moon please but ground objects might be visible.

132. Motion
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 8th January, 2016 GMT
Winner: Nickerson Skimmer...
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Your idea of motion.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 1st January, 2016 GMT
Winner: 2015 Christmas
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Upload a picture to depict the Christmas decorations. Could be anything related to Christmas deorations: trees, decorated houses, outdoor or indoor decorations and so on.

130. December Flying
Entries: 19
Winners announced: 25th December, 2015 GMT
Winner: C17 AT WORK
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Flying in December pictures. Any picture related to aviation and human flight, taken between 1st and 31st of December, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

129. Lightning strike
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 18th December, 2015 GMT
Winner: A lightning storm, under a starlit sky
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"A lightning strike (or is an electric discharge between the atmosphere and an earth-bound object. They mostly originate in the thundercloud and terminate on the ground, called cloud to ground lightning." - Wikipedia.
Submit a picture of a lightning (natural or artificial). The artificial lightning must be generated in a large scale laboratory. No small scale electric arcs / discharges.

128. November Sky
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 4th December, 2015 GMT
Winner: Southern Lights
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November sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 30th of November, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

127. November Flying
Entries: 25
Winners announced: 27th November, 2015 GMT
Winner: Interior Cabin Panorama
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Flying in November pictures. Any picture related to aviation and human flight, taken between 1st and 30th of November, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.
126. Toys for big boys II
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 20th November, 2015 GMT
Winner: multiple winners
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Upload the picture of a "toy" for grown ups. It could be any object used for a hobby: sports vehicle, motorcycle, boat, private airplane, cameras, musical instruments and so on. Persons, animals or other living creatures are not allowed as the main subject of this challenge.
No offensive shots please.

125. Toys for big boys I
Entries: 35
Winners announced: 13th November, 2015 GMT
Winner: 1/72nd Scale TA-4J
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Upload the picture of a model aircraft, ship, car, train and so on.

124. Military watch
Entries: 12
Winners announced: 6th November, 2015 GMT
Winner: still working
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Upload the picture of a military style wristwatch / tactical watch. Any model is accepted, contemporary or old, but it has to be dedicated for military operations.

123. High speed
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 9th October, 2015 GMT
Winner: G FORCE
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Upload a picture of a man made motor vehicle in high speed. The image have to express a sense of high velocity motion. No stationary vehicles please.

122. September flying
Entries: 41
Winners announced: 2nd October, 2015 GMT
Winner: Typhoon full afterburner
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Flying in September pictures. Any picture related to aviation and human flight, taken between 1st and 30th of September, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

121. Water curtain
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 25th September, 2015 GMT
Winner: Moomba Masters
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Upload the picture of an artificial water curtain.

120. Night sky
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 18th September, 2015 GMT
Winner: Lapland night
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Pictures of the sky during night time.

119. Space launch
Entries: 6
Winners announced: 11th September, 2015 GMT
Winner: BLAST OFF
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You witnessed the space launch preparation or the actual rocket launch? Upload the picture of such a spectacular event. Only real space vehicles are allowed to this challenge.
No model rockets, weather rockets, military rockets or missiles and so on.

118. August flying
Entries: 41
Winners announced: 4th September, 2015 GMT
Winner: IMG_1655
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Flying in August pictures. Any picture related to aviation and human flight, taken between 1st and 31st of August, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

117. Sky is in fire
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 28th August, 2015 GMT
Winner: ShadowPeople
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Upload the picture of a fireworks show.

116. Aviation museums
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 21st August, 2015 GMT
Winner: Mig-15
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Aviation museums, aircraft preserved or used as gate-guards. No models or mock-ups please, only real aircraft or rockets, in any state.

Entries: 50
Winners announced: 14th August, 2015 GMT
Winner: Halfdome Cloudscape
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Upload a picture of a mountain top surrounded or shrouded by clouds. Pictures taken from the air (from aircraft or drone in flight) are preferred, but those taken from the ground will not be rejected.

114. July sky
Entries: 70
Winners announced: 7th August, 2015 GMT
Winner: A JULY SKY
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July sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 31st of July, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

113. Drones
Entries: 10
Winners announced: 31st July, 2015 GMT
Winner: Regensberg, Switzerland
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Drone pictures - image taken by a drone or of a drone.

112. July Flying
Entries: 39
Winners announced: 24th July, 2015 GMT
Winner: July Apocolypse
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Flying in July pictures. Any picture related to aviation and flying, taken between 1st and 31st of July, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

111. June Sky
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 3rd July, 2015 GMT
Winner: Noosa National Park
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June sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 30th of June, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

110. Airman portrait
Entries: 16
Winners announced: 26th June, 2015 GMT
Winner: Sptifire Pilot
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The portrait of a civilian or military airman. The airman must be must be in the cockpit or next to the aircraft, preparing for flight, in flight or returning from a flight. If the airman wears an uniform the aircraft presence in the picture is not mandatory.

109. June Flying
Entries: 32
Winners announced: 19th June, 2015 GMT
Winner: Dust Up
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Flying in June pictures. Any picture related to aviation and flying, taken between 1st and 30th of June, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

108. May Sky
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 12th June, 2015 GMT
Winner: Morning sky over Curemonte, Dordogne
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May sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 31st of May, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

107. Water and rocks
Entries: 69
Winners announced: 5th June, 2015 GMT
Winner: The Way Out
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Water and rocks
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 29th May, 2015 GMT
Winner: multiple winners
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Military cargo aircraft or their derivatives used for special missions (tankers, electronic warfare, airborne early warning, gunships and so on). No civilian airliners or aircraft designed for other roles than airlift.

105. Flying in May
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 22nd May, 2015 GMT
Winner: Warhawk pair.
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Flying in May pictures. Any picture related to aviation, taken between 1st and 31st of May, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

104. Classic airliners
Entries: 39
Winners announced: 15th May, 2015 GMT
Winner: DC3
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Classic propeller airliners. No modern jets or military cargo aircraft please. Only propeller driven models in flying condition or not. Aircraft models are allowed.
Current short range turboprops might enter the challenge, but it would be preferred to avoid them.

103. Classic fighters
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 8th May, 2015 GMT
Winner: P-38 Lightning
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Propeller fighter aircraft. No jets please, only propeller driven models in flying condition or not. Modern remakes or aircraft models are allowed.

102. April Sky
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 1st May, 2015 GMT
Winner: April Sky
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April sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 30th of April, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

101. Runways
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 24th April, 2015 GMT
Winner: Lift Off
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The picture of an airfield runway viewed the ground or from an aircraft in flight. Grass/snow/ice runways and taxiways are accepted.

100. Moonscape
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 17th April, 2015 GMT
Winner: Moonlike scenery
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Moonscape pictures - close ups of the Moon close-up taken with long focal lenses or landscape pictures taken on Earth of lunar looking areas.

99. March sky
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 10th April, 2015 GMT
Winner: Alaska aurora moonlit along Dalton highway March 2015
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March sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 31st of March, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

98. MiGs
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 3rd April, 2015 GMT
Winner: Polish MiG 29
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"MiG aircraft are a staple of the Soviet and Russian air forces, and the Soviet Union sold many of these aircraft within its sphere of influence. They have been used by the air forces of China, North Korea, and North Vietnam in aerial confrontations with American and allied forces, and form part of the air forces of many Arab nations." (Wikipedia) Upload a picture of any MiG aircraft or...

97. Flags
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 27th March, 2015 GMT
Winner: kennedy space center-85
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Show your national flag.

96. February sky
Entries: 55
Winners announced: 20th March, 2015 GMT
Winner: Sunrise over Greenlake, Seattle, WA
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February sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 29th February, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

Entries: 41
Winners announced: 13th March, 2015 GMT
Winner: Catapult Launch
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This challenge is to show an aircraft ground crews in action. The ground crew must be working in the aircraft or next to it. Other aircrew may be visible but the ground crew(s) must be the the main subject. No overall airport or aircraft views with tiny people please.

Entries: 34
Winners announced: 6th March, 2015 GMT
Winner: Viper Drag
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F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,500 aircraft have been built since production was approved in 1976.[3] Although no longer being purchased by the U.S. Air Force, improved...

93. Propellers
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 27th February, 2015 GMT
Winner: Hamilton Standard
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Any propeller is allowed to this challenge. This might include propeller aircraft, UAVs and helicopters, ship propellers, windmills, fans and so on.

92. Aircrew
Entries: 34
Winners announced: 20th February, 2015 GMT
Winner: night duty
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Military or civilian aircrew in action: pilots, navigators, mechanics, flight attendants and so on. Just genuine aircrew, not look alike.
The aircrew must be in the cockpit, next to the aircraft, or in a specific airfield facility, preparing for flight, in flight or returning from a flight. The aircrew must be the the main subject and must wear their flight gear or an uniform.

91. Sky traveller
Entries: 41
Winners announced: 13th February, 2015 GMT
Winner: Travelling by air
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People who travel by air: in airports anxiously waiting to board, in the airplane or next to it. Aircrew pictures are admitted, although they will be the subject of the next challenge.

Entries: 55
Winners announced: 6th February, 2015 GMT
Winner: Eyeful of Eiffel - Paris
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Upload your best picture of a city, taken from an aircraft or from a drone in flight. Elements of the aircraft might be visible. Pictures from top of buildings, hills, bridges or any other grond located objects are not allowed.
89. White trees
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 30th January, 2015 GMT
Winner: no winner
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White trees, covered with snow.

88. January Sky
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 23rd January, 2015 GMT
Winner: Winter in Texas
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January sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 31st January, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 16th January, 2015 GMT
Winner: Aspen grove and the moon
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December night pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 31st December, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter. Sunset to sunrise pictures - twilight is allowed but Sun must not be visible in the image.
86. Family Christmas
Entries: 45
Winners announced: 9th January, 2015 GMT
Winner: no winner
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Upload a picture to depict the 2014 family Christmas celebration. Could be anything related to family and Christmas: the traditional dinner or lunch, trees, family parties, gifts, decorated houses, indooor decorations and so on. No public parties, trees or public decorations/lighting please.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 2nd January, 2015 GMT
Winner: DSC_0125_BW_large2
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Aviation or space museums, aircraft preserved or used as gate-guards. No models or mock-ups please, only real aircraft or rockets, in any state.

84. Night Sky
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 26th December, 2014 GMT
Winner: Aurora Borealis in Norway
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Upload a night sky picture. Twilight pictures are allowed bus sun must be below the horizon.

83. December sky
Entries: 57
Winners announced: 19th December, 2014 GMT
Winner: Hot&cold
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December sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 31st December, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

82. November Sky
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 5th December, 2014 GMT
Winner: Thunderstorm
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November sky pictures. All pictures must be taken between 1st and 30th November, based on the EXIF file information. The year doesn't matter.

81. Sony A6000
Entries: 17
Winners announced: 21st November, 2014 GMT
Winner: Autumn's Last Light
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Pictures taken with Sony A6000 cameras.

80. Tall Ships
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 14th November, 2014 GMT
Winner: Key West
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"A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. "Tall Ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or festival." (Wikipedia).
No small boats, yachts or other types of ships or boats that don't meet the definition above.

Entries: 50
Winners announced: 7th November, 2014 GMT
Winner: Buttery
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Upload a picture that illustrates the effort to reach new frontiers in the sky, through the development of aviation and astronautics. Monuments, statues or artifacts that illustrate the will to fly are accepted.
No skyscrapers, buildings, trees, birds, flying insects or other tall objects that deviate from the main idea of the challenge please.

78. Ship wrecks
Entries: 30
Winners announced: 24th October, 2014 GMT
Winner: The Boneyard
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Wrecked ships: abandoned, decommissioned, sunk.

77. House at night
Entries: 54
Winners announced: 17th October, 2014 GMT
Winner: House by the mountains
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Picture of a house or group of houses taken at night time. Twilight pictures are accepted.
Only houses allowed in this challenge. Apartment blocks are not admitted.

76. Aircraft wrecks
Entries: 24
Winners announced: 10th October, 2014 GMT
Winner: Dakota C-47
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Wrecked aircraft: abandoned, decommissioned, crashed.

Entries: 31
Winners announced: 3rd October, 2014 GMT
Winner: Skybound
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Upload the picture of a hot air balloon or a blimp. The actual aircraft must be the subject of the picture. Landscapes with very distant balloons/blimps are not allowed. Try to upload a good quality shot and stay with the theme.

74. Parked
Entries: 59
Winners announced: 26th September, 2014 GMT
Winner: old ford parked along Route 66
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Picture of a parked vehicle (car, bicycle, airplane, train, boat).

73. Accident
Entries: 34
Winners announced: 19th September, 2014 GMT
Winner: Tuborg, we have a problem
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Accident, incident and crash related photos. Small and/or funny accidental events are allowed (i.e. spilled coffee). No graphic images please. I will remove the images that I consider offensive, too graphic or unsuitable.

72. Airliners
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 12th September, 2014 GMT
Winner: After the Rain
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Airliner is an aircraft intended for carrying multiple passengers or cargo in commercial service. Small aircraft, as private, air taxis or business jets that are not registered with a commercial airline and do not fly on regular routes are not allowed to this challenge.
The picture could be taken from outside or depict the interior of the aircraft - passengers and crews might appear in the...

71. Bridges at night
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 5th September, 2014 GMT
Winner: Clifton at Night
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Bridges at night time - twilight shots are allowed.

70. Business Jets
Entries: 14
Winners announced: 29th August, 2014 GMT
Winner: Czech Air Force Canadair CL601 Challenger arriving at Fairford, UK
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"Business jet is a jet aircraft designed for transporting small groups of people. Business jets may be adapted for other roles, such as the evacuation of casualties or express parcel deliveries, and some are used by public bodies, government officials or the armed forces" - Wikipedia.
Please upload the picture of a business jet. Other small aircraft, as private turboprops, air taxis or ULMs...

69. Black Sea
Entries: 9
Winners announced: 22nd August, 2014 GMT
Winner: Sevastopol
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Upload the picture of the Black Sea - the picture may include the entire range, from resorts filled with summertime tourists to the frozen waters during the harsh region winter.

68. Dams
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 15th August, 2014 GMT
Winner: The Lake Side view.
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The dams are barriers that impound water streams and normally they are used to retain the water. Upload the picture of a dam - the picture may include the entire range, from the huge hydro-plant dams to the beaver built ones or natural dams.

67. Danube River
Entries: 37
Winners announced: 8th August, 2014 GMT
Winner: fog o the Danube
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The second longest river in Europe - 2,860 km, Danube flows through four national capital cities: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade.
The Danube empties into the Black Sea via the gorgeous Danube Delta in Romania.

66. July heat!
Entries: 44
Winners announced: 1st August, 2014 GMT
Winner: high pressure cool down
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July heat pictures. They must express something about the heat of this hot month of the year.
65. Wings
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 25th July, 2014 GMT
Winner: multiple winners
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Wings of all kind. Bird, airplane, insect or anything else, the main feature visible must be the wing(s).

64. Easter Egg
Entries: 26
Winners announced: 2nd May, 2014 GMT
Winner: Cadburys Splash
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Upload a picture of Easter decorated egg(s).

63. Night landing
Entries: 10
Winners announced: 25th April, 2014 GMT
Winner: P1050321a_pe
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Aircraft performing a night or twilight landing.

62. Supersonic
Entries: 16
Winners announced: 18th April, 2014 GMT
Winner: DSC_8920e
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The purpose of this challenge is to show your view of faster than sound speed. Could be a supersonic jet, shock wave, rockets, meteors dashing through the atmosphere, bullets and so on.

Entries: 12
Winners announced: 11th April, 2014 GMT
Winner: Elizabeth II in Manteo, NC
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The picture of a ship viewed only from an aircraft in flight. Please do not upload picture taken from bridges, buildings or clifftops. The ship(s) must be the main subject of the picture.

Entries: 69
Winners announced: 4th April, 2014 GMT
Winner: SR 71
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Aviation museums, aircraft preserved or used as gate-guards.

59. My iPad
Entries: 11
Winners announced: 28th March, 2014 GMT
Winner: Apple, Apple, Apple
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Showcase your iPad, functional or not, shining or shattered.
Only Apple iPads allowed to this challenge.

58. Bucharest
Entries: 8
Winners announced: 21st March, 2014 GMT
Winner: Caru cu Bere
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Once known as the "Little Paris", Bucharest has many hidden gems in terms of buildings, monuments, parks and many other. Upload a picture that best describes the Romanian Capital city - everything is acceptable, whether is people or buildings or something else.

57. Rocket launch
Entries: 15
Winners announced: 14th March, 2014 GMT
Winner: Endeavour
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Upload the picture of a rocket launch? Any rocket is acceptable: space rocket, model rocket, weather rocket, military rocket, space shuttle and so on.

56. Turbine engine
Entries: 35
Winners announced: 28th February, 2014 GMT
Winner: Turbine - Deutsches Museum
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Upload the picture of a turbine engine. No turbocharged piston engines please.

Entries: 17
Winners announced: 21st February, 2014 GMT
Winner: LFPG
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The subject of this challenge is the airport terminal building(s) or an airport control tower viewed from outside or inside, after sunset.
54. Pilot watches
Entries: 16
Winners announced: 14th February, 2014 GMT
Winner: no winner
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Upload the picture of a pilot wristwatch / aviation wristwatch (e.g. Breitling Emergency, Breitling Navitimer, Hamilton Flight Timer, Seiko Flightmaster, IWC Big Pilot’s Watch). Any model is accepted, contemporary or old, but it has to be dedicated for aircrew.

Entries: 17
Winners announced: 7th February, 2014 GMT
Winner: Mi-6 winter
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Upload the picture of an aircraft on the ground or in flight during winter. Pictures from the cockpit / flight deck are allowed but a significant part of the airplane must be visible (dashboard, wing, engine, fuselage, tail). Snow, ice or people wearing winter clothes must be visible in the picture.

52. The Thinker
Entries: 69
Winners announced: 6th December, 2013 GMT
Winner: Lost in thought
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Upload a picture to illustrate the act of a person thinking. It could be anything - a person or a work of art, provided that you make a proper description.

51. Space Museums
Entries: 31
Winners announced: 22nd November, 2013 GMT
Winner: Countdown T-minus 14
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Picture of a space museum

Entries: 19
Winners announced: 15th November, 2013 GMT
Winner: Swarovsky swan
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Upload the picture of a Swarowski crystal or from your collection or a Swarowski crystal decorated object (the crystals must be visible). Crystals displayed in a store window are admitted but they have to be the main subject of the picture.

49. Crystal cubes
Entries: 13
Winners announced: 8th November, 2013 GMT
Winner: Cube and feather
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Upload the picture of an engraved crystal cube from your collection. Crystals displayed in a store window or sold at the street corner are admitted but they have to be the main subject of the picture.

48. Lego Toys II
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 1st November, 2013 GMT
Winner: Lego party
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Upload the picture of a Lego toy from your children's collection. Only Lego® products are admitted to this challenge. Pictures of Lego-like will be disqualified.

Entries: 49
Winners announced: 25th October, 2013 GMT
Winner: Aluminium Overcast
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Aircraft that made history through long range bombing missions. Only heavy and medium bombers are admitted to this challenge.

Entries: 10
Winners announced: 18th October, 2013 GMT
Winner: passing over
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The picture of a runway viewed only from an aircraft in flight. Grass/snow runways are accepted.

45. Airshow
Entries: 70
Winners announced: 11th October, 2013 GMT
Winner: Airshow - Red Arrows against the light
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Upload a picture that best describes the spirit of an airshow. Any subject related to an airshow is acceptable: aircraft on the ground or in flight, crews preparing the flight or aboard thei aircraft, mechanics getting the aircraft ready for flight, ground controlers, people attending, etc.

Entries: 5
Winners announced: 4th October, 2013 GMT
Winner: Las Vegas
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Upload your best picture of a city at dusk, night or dawn, taken from an aircraft in flight. City lights must be visible in the picture.

43. Balloons II
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 27th September, 2013 GMT
Winner: The inside
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Upload the picture of a hot air balloon or a blimp. The actual aircraft must be the subject of the picture and it should take at least 10% of the area of the picture. Try to upload a good quality shot and stay with the theme.

Entries: 49
Winners announced: 20th September, 2013 GMT
Winner: Rafael modeljet
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Upload a picture that best describes modeling as a hobby (aircraft, ships, cars, trains and so on).

Entries: 34
Winners announced: 9th August, 2013 GMT
Winner: Lancater
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Upload the picture of an aircraft on the ground or in flight during sunset / sunrise. Pictures from the cockpit / flght deck are allowed but a significant part of the airplane must be visible (dashboard, wing, engine, fuselage, tail).

Entries: 42
Winners announced: 12th July, 2013 GMT
Winner: 1911 Avro Triplane
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Upload a picture of a weird object that fly or can fly. The subject must be capable of sustained flight. Any thing related to the subject is acceptable: unusual aircraft on ground or in flight, strange looking balloons, animals, birds, UFOs, etc.

Entries: 13
Winners announced: 21st June, 2013 GMT
Winner: JK Bridge
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The picture of a bridge viewed only from an aircraft in flight.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 14th June, 2013 GMT
Winner: Higher!!!
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Upload a picture that illustrates the dream to fly.

37. Parachutes
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 7th June, 2013 GMT
Winner: Flying over the mountains
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Parachutes, para-gliders, hang gliders and other like these.

Entries: 18
Winners announced: 31st May, 2013 GMT
Winner: Over Alaska
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The picture of a forest viewed only from an aircraft in flight.

35. Simulated flight
Entries: 4
Winners announced: 24th May, 2013 GMT
Winner: Simulated night flight
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Upload a picture to describe flight simulation - it could be anything from a home made computer simulation station to a full scale simulator. Old simulators displayed in museums are accepted.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 17th May, 2013 GMT
Winner: Lake Powell, AZ
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Upload the picture of a beautiful landscape that caught your eye. The picture must be taken from an aircraft in flight.

33. Airborne
Entries: 65
Winners announced: 10th May, 2013 GMT
Winner: Contrails Across the Moon
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Upload a picture that best describes your idea about flight. The challenge is NOT restricted to aircraft.

Entries: 22
Winners announced: 3rd May, 2013 GMT
Winner: A-4 Skyhawk
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Upload a picture that best describes aircraft modeling as a hobby.

31. Birds of prey
Entries: 69
Winners announced: 26th April, 2013 GMT
Winner: Red Kite - Milvus milvus
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Upload the picture of a bird of prey. Any bird that hunts for food is accepted - hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites, falcons, ospreys, condors, vultures as well as night birds, like owls.
Or the Klingon Bird of Prey...

Entries: 27
Winners announced: 19th April, 2013 GMT
Winner: In a Glider over the Alps
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Upload the picture of an aircraft dashboard, preferably in flight. Both civilian or military are accepted.

29. Up side down
Entries: 21
Winners announced: 12th April, 2013 GMT
Winner: Wing Walking
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Upload the picture of an aircraft in inverted flight. Both civilian or military are accepted.
Entries: 23
Winners announced: 5th April, 2013 GMT
Winner: no winner
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This challenge is to show an aircraft mechanics in action. The mechanic must be working in the aircraft or next to it. Other aircrew may be visible but the mechanic(s) must be the the main subject.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 29th March, 2013 GMT
Winner: PhangNgaBayIslandsBeach01
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The picture of a stretch of water viewed from an aircraft in flight - sea, lakes (natural or artificial) rivers. No swimming pools or fountains please.

26. Gliders
Entries: 16
Winners announced: 22nd March, 2013 GMT
Winner: Diving for the camera
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Upload the picture of a glider on the ground or in flight. Pictures from the cockpit are allowed but a significant part of the glider must be visible (dashboard, wing, engine, fuselage, tail). Both civilian or military are accepted.
No hang gliders or paragliders please.
Entries: 69
Winners announced: 15th March, 2013 GMT
Winner: no winner
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The picture of clouds viewed from an aircraft in flight.

Entries: 19
Winners announced: 8th March, 2013 GMT
Winner: Hawker Hurricane
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"Never was so much owed by so many to so few" - Winston Churchill.
Upload a picture related to the famous Battle of Britain - the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces in 1940. Both sides, British and German can be represented: people, aircraft, places, memorials.

Entries: 23
Winners announced: 1st March, 2013 GMT
Winner: BLAST OFF
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Spacecraft of any kind: prepared for launch, during launch, on the orbit around Earth, preserved in a museums or displayed in public places. No UFOs, spaceships from movies or other fantasy spacecraft.

Entries: 56
Winners announced: 22nd February, 2013 GMT
Winner: Lancaster bomber at the 2010 Waddington Airshow
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Old aircraft built before 1960. No modern remakes please, only original models in flying condition or not.

21. Airports
Entries: 70
Winners announced: 15th February, 2013 GMT
Winner: ORD
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Airports are among the most promnent features of a city, many times being small cities themselves. The subject of the picture must be the airport terminal building(s) viewed from outside or inside.

Entries: 60
Winners announced: 8th February, 2013 GMT
Winner: mt rainier at dusk shortly after takeoff
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The picture of a mountain area viewed from an aircraft in flight.

19. Aviation Museums
Entries: 97
Winners announced: 1st February, 2013 GMT
Winner: Vulcan
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Aviation museums, aircraft preserved or used as gate-guards.

18. Bucharest
Entries: 23
Winners announced: 25th January, 2013 GMT
Winner: The Palace of Justice
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Once known as the "Little Paris", Bucharest has many hidden gems in terms of buildings, monuments, parks and many other. Upload a picture that best describes the Romanian Capital city - everything is acceptable, whether is people or buildings or something else.

Entries: 37
Winners announced: 18th January, 2013 GMT
Winner: air control tower
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The subject of the picture must be the airfield control tower. It could range from the real control tower of a full scale airport to the formal control tower of a small or improvised airfield (meaning in many cases a seat, a table and a radio...).

Entries: 79
Winners announced: 11th January, 2013 GMT
Winner: Three colors on a blue
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Aircraft smoke trails during airshows, high altitude contrails and not only... The only rule is that they have to be aircraft related.

Entries: 29
Winners announced: 4th January, 2013 GMT
Winner: Scramble!
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The aviation history is scattered with many unfortunate events in which aircrews lost their lives. Numerous monuments, statues, memorials remember us these heroes. Upload the picture of such a monument.

14. Airshow crowd
Entries: 43
Winners announced: 28th December, 2012 GMT
Winner: picture of crowd_01
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The subject of this challenge are people watching an airshow. If possible, upload a picture taken from an aircraft in flight that's overflying the area. Close-ups of people in the crowd are acceptable (people with cameras, children, etc).

Entries: 70
Winners announced: 21st December, 2012 GMT
Winner: chicago from the air 3762
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Upload your best picture of a city, taken from an aircraft in flight.

Entries: 70
Winners announced: 14th December, 2012 GMT
Winner: Chinook up close and personal
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Helicopters and rotating wing aircraft. The actual aircraft must be the subject of the picture and it should take at least 10% of the area of the picture. Try to upload a good quality shot and stay with the theme.

11. Cockpits
Entries: 56
Winners announced: 7th December, 2012 GMT
Winner: Are we lost?
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Aircraft cockpits are the subject of this challenge. The crew could be present in the cockpit and if the systems are on the better it is. The picture of the acockpit while the aircraft is in flight are desirable and it will bring more realism and sense of action.

Entries: 48
Winners announced: 30th November, 2012 GMT
Winner: Sky on High
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There are just a few things that could be more spectacularthan a sunset/sunrise viewed from the air. Upload the picture of a sunset/sunrise taken from an airplane in flight.

Entries: 30
Winners announced: 23rd November, 2012 GMT
Winner: It's lonely out in space
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Space Shuttle - try your best: shuttle launches, carried piggyback on the B-747 SCA, shuttle at touch down or displayed in a museum.

Entries: 11
Winners announced: 16th November, 2012 GMT
Winner: Pretty (and) Busy
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This challenge is to show a flight attendant in action. The flight attendant must be in the aircraft, next to the aircraft, preparing for flight or in an airport. Other aircrew may be visible but the flight attendant(s) must be the the main subject.

7. Lego toys
Entries: 43
Winners announced: 9th November, 2012 GMT
Winner: space walk
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Absolutely no connection with the overall specifics of the "Sky is the limit" series, just a wish of my 10 years old son - Lego toys. Upload the picture of a Lego toy from your children's collection. If you want to stay with the "Sky is the limit" theme upload an aircraft/airfield/spacecraft from the "Lego City", "Lego Creator", "Mars Mission" or "Star Wars" collections. However this is not...

6. Balloons
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 2nd November, 2012 GMT
Winner: balloons at abq 2012
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Upload the picture of a hot air balloon or a blimp. The actual aircraft must be the subject of the picture and it should take at least 10% of the area of the picture.
Try to upload a good quality shot and stay with the theme.

Entries: 72
Winners announced: 26th October, 2012 GMT
Winner: St. Maartens
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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.

Entries: 58
Winners announced: 19th October, 2012 GMT
Winner: Rest time!
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Upload the picture of an aircraft on the ground or in flight during sunset / sunrise. Pictures from the cockpit / flght deck are allowed but a significant part of the airplane must be visible (dashboard, wing, engine, fuselage, tail).

Entries: 14
Winners announced: 12th October, 2012 GMT
Winner: IMG_5107
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The subject of this challenge is the runway lighting: Approach Lights, Runway Threshold/End, Edge and Centreline Lights.
To add to the composition, aircraft might be present on the runway but it is not mandatory.

2. Afterburner!
Entries: 33
Winners announced: 5th October, 2012 GMT
Winner: Turn and Burn
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Show a military jet aircraft with afterburner on. Images taken in sunset or dim light conditions are preferable.

1. Pilots
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 21st September, 2012 GMT
Winner: Piloting in the night
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This challenge is to show a military or a commercial pilot in action. The pilot must be in the cockpit or next to the aircraft, preparing for flight, in flight or returning from a flight. Other aircrew may be visible but the pilot(s) must be the the main subject.
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