General Aviation - Warbirds - 2016 Photo Contest Finalists
December 23, 2016
Snow Games
Tourists play in snow near Norway's air force museum at Oslo Airport.

Frozen Tigershark
Tigershark near Norway's air force museum at Oslo Airport.

Frozen Tigershark
Tigershark near Norway's air force museum at Oslo Airport.

Beach Landing - Iceland
An abandoned U.S. Navy Douglas Super DC-3 on Solheimasandur Beach in Iceland.

Columbine II - The First Air Force One
Columbine II—the first Air Force One—which flew then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, returned to flight on March 19, taking off from Marana, Arizona. On March 22, Columbine II began the cross-country journey to Bridgewater, Virginia, to undergo a complete restoration.

Vintage Sea Vixen Impresses the Public
Former Royal Navy Sea Vixen makes a low, high-speed pass at an air show.

Vintage RAF Blenheim Displays At UK Airshow
World War II-era Royal Air Force Bristol Blenheim wows the public at an air fair.

Spitfire TD315
Spitfire TD315 flies over Lydd, Kent, England, last May.

Reflection Of FG2 Super Corsair
Goodyear FG2 Super Corsair is reflected in a puddle at twilight at Paine Field, Everett, Washington.

Break Right
Aleutian Tiger Curtiss P-40K flies over Lake Lanier, Georgia

Looking For Trouble
P-51D Mustang "Red Nose" flies during Atlanta Warbird Weekend.

Hard Day At The 'Office'
The Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford, England, provides the opportunity (with an actor) to replicate a scene seen many times in World War II.

Gear Down...Almost
Nose gear collapses on a Douglas A-26 at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

P 38 Saint-Exupery
P-38 flies near Saint-Exupery Airport in Lyon.

The Steering Of Art
P-38 flies near Saint-Exupery Airport in Lyon, France.

Vintage Aviation
Taken at the California Capitol Airshow in Sacramento

Tiger On The Prowl
P-40 flies at the Atlanta Warbird Weekend.

Landfall
B-17 and P-47 from Lone Star Flight Museum fly over Galveston, Texas.

Richthofen's finest
With the Sun low on the horizon, Mikael Carlson comes in to land his Fokker triplane at the Hahnweide air show in southern Germany.

Chinese Over Arizona
Hongdu Aviation Nanchang CJ-6 of the Falcon Warbirds climbs out from Falcon Field, Mesa, Arizona.

F-86 All Shined Up
F-86 shined up in the Sun at the Chino Airshow 2016 in California.

Sabre Jet All Shined Up
Sabre Jet shined up in the Sun at Chino Airshow 2016 in California.

P-51 High-Speed Pass
P-51 flies a high-speed, low-altitude pass, as seen from the tower at Hill AFB, Utah.

Tora! Tora! Tora! Finale
The Commemorative Air Force's Tora! Tora! Tora! fleet glows orange, reflecting the "Wall of Fire" explosions during the finale of their twilight display routine at EAA Airventure 2016 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

'Ace Maker' and 'Ace Maker II'
Gregory "Wired" Colyer and David "Teflon" Marshall pilot T-33 Shooting Stars over Lake Berryessa, California.

P-40 Sunset Off Long Island, New York
Air racing and warbird pilot Thom Richard flies the American Airpower Museum's P-40 "Jacky C. II" off Long Island, New York, last summer.

Mustang Break
Dutch Mustang PH-JAT "Trusty Rusty" is captured during a photo session near its Lelystad home base with a Yak-52 in the Netherlands.

Break, Break, Go!
Two Dutch registered Yak-52s perform a well-timed break alongside a Cessna camera plane with the Vliehors Range on the Dutch island Vlieland in the background.

P-40 Sunset Off Long Island, New York
Air racing & warbird pilot Thom Richard flying the American Airpower Museum's P-40 'The Jacky C. II' off Long Island, New York, this summer.
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