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Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

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

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Wirraway - "Awaiting the call"

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

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Buz

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:19 pm

Great shots so far everyone! Three days left!

Ryan

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

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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Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

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.
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Harvards Over Ontario circa 1960 :) (Touched up with Photoshop)
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Original photo, taken July 19, 2009 over Tillsonburg, returning from Thunder Over Michigan.
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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
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Bessy Back in the Air! September 12, 2009
From this thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=32025
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:partyman:

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:53 am

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

"Rare Birds over Bellingham"

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- Lyle
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Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:49 am

And here is one for the vintage style warbird picture subcategory

"Whatcom Escadrille on patrol"

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- Lyle
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Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:08 am

and a second entry for the vintage style warbird subcategory

"just like ole' times"

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- Lyle

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:32 am

Last day folks!

Ryan

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:25 am

Thread related, Next generation of warbird "Nuts"

Shoot-Out with a Fort
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Vintage

NMF Fort
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Chris Sheppard
aka Holedigger

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:30 pm

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

Warbird Air to Air:

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First flight after 18 years of static display with the EAA

Wix thread topic: A4 to airworthy:

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Coming home from long term storage in Oshkosh.

Warbird with a Veteran:

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

David
WHF Maint

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:26 pm

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

"Lookin' Back"
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Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:16 pm

Five hours and forty-five minutes left folks!

Ryan

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:42 pm

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

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and the color version

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- Lyle

Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:56 pm

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

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

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

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Re: The Great WIX Photo Contest 2009!

Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:01 pm

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"

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- Lyle
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