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Aviation Week 2015 Photo Contest Winners

December 18, 2015

Best of the Best

FIFI’s Fireworks
Christopher Miller, Centreville, Virginia

FIFI is the center of attention on Boeing Plaza during Saturday night’s fireworks at EAA AirVenture 2015 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

 

Commercial, First Place

Pickle Lake Aurora
Andras Mihalik, Budapest, Hungary

The entire Osnaburgh Airways fleet was pictured under a beautiful arch of the aurora borealis at the carrier’s base at Pickle Lake in northwest Ontario. 

 

Commercial, Second Place

Wing Flex
Brian Losito, Lachine, Quebec

This air-to-air photo of an Air Canada Boeing 787-8 shows the upward flex of the composite wing.

 

Commercial, Third Place

Ice Man Cometh
Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

A 30-sec. exposure of the deicing process was taken in the early morning hours on the ramp at Springfield Branson Airport, Springfield, Missouri.

Defense, First Place

Colorado Albatross
Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

This L39 aggressor aircraft had just landed after flying sorties with the military earlier in the day. 

Defense, Second Place

Ice Flyin’
Dan Megna, Coronado, California

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T from U.S. Coast Guard Station Kodiak flies at low level over Prudhoe Bay Arctic ice off Deadhorse, Alaska.

Defense, Third Place

Simulating Attack
Johnson Barros, Brasilia, Brazil 

H-60L Black Hawk helicopters from the 7th and 8th Aviation Group of Brazil’s air force fly in formation over the Amazon jungle during a late afternoon training exercise. 

 

Space, First Place

EFT Tower Retract
Mark Usciak, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The protective service tower is pulled back from the Delta IV heavy/Orion launch vehicle the night before its maiden launch on Pad 37B at Cape Canaveral.

 

Space, Second Place

No. 200
Jin Nakashima, Ardmore, Oklahoma

The MUOS 3 spacecraft carried by an Atlas V rocket was the 200th Atlas-Centaur launch. Aloft, it lit up the night sky at Cape Canaveral on Jan. 20.

 

Space, Third Place

Remote Launch
Mark Usciak, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

A sound-activated remote camera captured the launch of Exploration Test Flight-1 carrying the Orion spacecraft on a Delta IV heavy launch vehicle from LC-37B at Cape Canaveral.

 

General, First Place

Puddles
Brent Beck, Rocklin, California

Kids love to jump in puddles and make a mess. Apparently adults do, too. This photo was taken at Three Shotgun Shells dry lakebed near Yerington, Nevada. 

 

General, Second Place

John Klatt Flies at Bethpage Jones Beach Air Show​
Ricardo von Puttkammer, New York

Memorial Day Weekend, looping with the MX-S over the Captree Bridge on Long Island, New York.

General, Third Place

Perfect Timing
Angelo Bufalino, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

I noticed this gorgeous Gulfstream G650 on the ramp at Centennial Airport, Colorado, and waited for the right moment. An active storm gave me the lighting I was looking for. Worth the wait!

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In addition to their clear photographic skills, this year's Photo Contest winners have impeccable aviation and aerospace credentials. Read their bios. And see the 2015 Photo Contest finalist photos.

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