"Takeoff in Hells Canyon" by David J. Kennedy is a finalist in Plane & Pilot's 2020 Your Flying World photo contest.
We’re proud to announce the 21 finalists for this year’s Plane & Pilot Your Flying World photo contest, and there were some stunning images among them. The variety of subject matter spanned the aviation world, with everything from Light Sport aviation to firefighting heroes right up through to the heavy iron. Next week, we’ll announce the winners. So enjoy and stay tuned!
A Bombardier CRJ-200 on the ramp at sunset.A crew member stands outside a C-17 during Media Day at the Pacific Coast Air Museum.A firefighting modified ag-plane dumps retardant on a blaze.An air-to-air shoot with JB Air Services and the Legend Airways Foundation.Morning ground fog during an early arrival at Sun ân Fun in Lakeland, Florida.A shot from the Chesterfield Air Show, near St. Louis, Missouri, on September 8, 2019.This photo was taken at the annual Waco Fly-In in troy, Ohio in 2012.This image of a B-25-NA named Miss Hap was taken at Westover Air Reserve Base in Massachusetts on July 7, 2015.A beautiful sunrise from a Buckeye PPC.A Warthog A-10 and a P-51 during the Pacific Coast Air Museum Air Show in Sonoma County, California.Gary Rower, in his 450hp Stearman, opens the night air show at the Wing Nuts Flying Circus Airshow in Tarkio, MO.A Cessna 172 at the Reno airport.This striking warbird was shot at sunset to enhance the beauty of this newly restored P-51C Mustangâs skin.This warbird shot was taken on the ramp at the Dakota Territory Air Museum, Minot, North Dakota.Mike Wiskus climbs out from a low pass at show center, starting a roll to inverted and in the process showcasing the beautiful Pitts and the artistry of his talent.This photo of a wall of fire with Canadian Snowbirds in the foregrouns was taken at the MCAS Cherry Point, NC, airshow on May 5, 2018.Finding some pandemic solitude in the Utah backcountry on the pilotâs honeymoon.This image of the P51-D Mustang Tigerâs Revenge was taken at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum World War II Weekend in Reading, PA on June 7, 2019.Flying west south of San Antonio, Texas, headed to Midland/Odessa at about 7,000 feet MSL.This photo was taken in the early morning on the flight line at the Salem Municipal Airport mission base after a rainy night.Six retired US military pilots capped off the air show with a great smoke-trailing fly-by with Mt. Shavano in the background.The wonderful moment of the sun coming up over the Nevada desert in the tail of a 195A departure from a backcountry airstrip in Hells Canyon (along the Snake River on the OR/ID border.Sunrise cloud colors reflected in the flowing lines of Thunderbird 4âs F-16 Fighting Falcon.A pilot and co-pilot and marveled with an array of instrumentation and symmetry in the cockpit during Media Day at the Pacific Coast Air Museum.An image of a Gnome et Rhone engine taken during restoration.
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