The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Buz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:17 am

My efforts for the year. Taken at Maitland 28th Dec 2009.

Wirraway (original colour) Maitland 28th Dec 2009

Wirraway - "Awaiting the call"

"Fold on a pair" - Pair of Avengers at Maitland 28th Dec 2009

Buz

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:19 pm

Great shots so far everyone! Three days left!

Ryan

Cripes A Mighty · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:57 am

Ohh, I'll play. Unfortunately I havent really had a chance to shoot any warbirds with my new Nikon so this one with my old trusty D60 will have to do.

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rcaf_100 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:07 pm

Well, I thought I might enter a few as well. Sorry they're all of 'yellow birds', but that's all I had time to take photos of this year. :lol:

Warbird Photos:
CHAA Harvards Taxiing. September 12, 2009.

Harvards Over Ontario circa 1960 (Touched up with Photoshop)

Original photo, taken July 19, 2009 over Tillsonburg, returning from Thunder Over Michigan.

2009 WIX Thread Photos:
Yale 3390 Back in Canada, eh! October 15, 2009
From the Yale 3390 recovery thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=32600

Bessy Back in the Air! September 12, 2009
From this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=32025

aerocapture · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:36 pm **Posts:** 23

I would like to submit the photo below for the Best Warbird in the Best Air to Air subcategory

"Rare Birds over Bellingham"

- Lyle

aerocapture · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:36 pm **Posts:** 23

And here is one for the vintage style warbird picture subcategory

"Whatcom Escadrille on patrol"

- Lyle

aerocapture · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:36 pm **Posts:** 23

and a second entry for the vintage style warbird subcategory

"just like ole' times"

- Lyle

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:32 am

Last day folks!

Ryan

Holedigger · **Posted:** Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:25 am

Thread related, Next generation of warbird "Nuts"

Shoot-Out with a Fort

Vintage

NMF Fort

Chris Sheppard
aka Holedigger

Sabremech · **Posted:** Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:30 pm

Here's my entries to the great Wix photo contest.

Warbird Air to Air:

First flight after 18 years of static display with the EAA

Wix thread topic: A4 to airworthy:

Coming home from long term storage in Oshkosh.

Warbird with a Veteran:

Lt. Col (USMC Ret) Munson (Sid) Snedeker, veteran of Vietnam War in the cockpit of the Warbird Heritage Foundation A4 Skyhawk.

David
WHF Maint

Flying Buckeye · **Joined:** Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:36 pm **Posts:** 14

I'm not sure if this counts as air to air but I'll put it in the competition.

"Lookin' Back"

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:16 pm

Five hours and forty-five minutes left folks!

Ryan

aerocapture · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:36 pm **Posts:** 23

Here is an entry for the Best warbird with a veteran photo category (sort of a hybrid vintage because I am having so much fun creating them...)

"Well the hat says it all... B(een) 25(years) since I owned and last flew this plane... it's good to have it back in the 'States again!" - Merrill Wien, November 1, 2009

and the color version

- Lyle

Zachary · **Posted:** Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:56 pm

Another of EAA's C-47 in the fog for consideration:

And one for the "Next Generation of Warbird Nutz" thread:

And one for Baldeagle's Pitcairn Autogiro thread in the Vintage Hangar:

aerocapture · **Joined:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:36 pm **Posts:** 23

One more for the Best Warbird, Air to Air subcategory

North American Legends of Flight - Machine & Men
B-25D Grumpy: Pilot, John T Sessions and Co-Pilot, Merrill Wien "Oldest Flying Lend-Lease B-25"
P-51B Impatent Virgin?: Pilot, Carter Teeters "Phoenix Award Winner and Best P-51 at Oshkosh 2009"
P-51D Val-Halla: Pilot, Bill Anders (Major General, USAF Res, Ret) "The perfect toy for a man who has been to the moon"

- Lyle

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