{"id":29993,"date":"2024-10-21T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=29993"},"modified":"2024-10-21T17:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:39:02","slug":"doav-announces-2024-virginia-aviation-photo-contest-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/virginia\/doav-announces-2024-virginia-aviation-photo-contest-winners\/%20","title":{"rendered":"DOAV Announces 2024 Virginia Aviation Photo Contest Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Above photo – Bruce Holmes submitted this photo of his ICON A5 flying over the James River near Waltrip <\/em> Williamsburg Executive Airport (JGG).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Virginia Department of Aviation has announced the winners of the 2024 Virginia Aviation Photo Contest. The winning photography is posted to the DOAV website<\/a> and will be featured in the Virginia Department of Aviation\u2019s 2025 calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A 1928 Ford Tri-motor inside a hangar at Manassas Regional Airport\u00a0(HEF).<\/em>
Photo by Roberto Gutierrez.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A total of 13 photos were selected for the calendar from nine photographers across the Commonwealth and North Carolina. Each photographer highlighted aircraft around Virginia\u2019s scenic views and airports. There was a total of 156 photos submitted for this year\u2019s contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First place in the 2024 contest was awarded to Trevyr Schutz of Shawsville, Va. Schutz is a resident student at Liberty University studying commercial corporate aviation. He holds a private pilot\u2019s certificate and is an enlisted airman in the United States Air Force maintaining the KC135 Stratotanker.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Trevyr Schutz’s winning photo of a Wheels Up King Air 350 under the sunset at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport
(ROA)<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Schutz\u2019 winning photo is a picturesque image of a King Air 350 under the sunset at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA). It was one of two photos from Schutz that were selected to be included in the 2025 calendar. The young aviation enthusiast is well on his way to a bright future in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy aviation goals include becoming a pilot at one of the major commercial airlines and to help other pilots that come after me achieve their goals in aviation,\u201d Schutz said. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to be chosen and I\u2019m very thankful for the selection. I am incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to work on and fly airplanes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bo Corbin’s photo of AirCare6 (Bell 407) departing CulpeperFest.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Second place in the 2024 contest went to Bo Corbin of Culpeper, Va. Corbin\u2019s photo showcased a UVA Pegasus (EC 145) flying over the Culpeper countryside at sunset. The cover photo for the 2025 calendar was also from Corbin, who captured a stunning image of an AirCare6 (Bell 407) departing CulpeperFest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third place in the 2024 contest was awarded to Bruce Holmes of Williamsburg, Va. Holmes\u2019 submission was of his ICON A5 flying over the James River near Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (JGG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional winners of the Virginia Aviation photo contest include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Burkett \u2013 Rural Retreat, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roberto Gutierrez \u2013 Manassas, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward Holland (2 Photos) \u2013 Rural Hall, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonnie Jones \u2013 Winchester, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Lewis (2 Photos) \u2013 Deltaville, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Williams \u2013 Chesapeake, VA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 Virginia Aviation Photo Contest is now open and accepting submissions. Entry forms and complete contest details can be found on the DOAV website. The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Above photo – Bruce Holmes submitted this photo of his ICON A5 flying over the James River near Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (JGG). The Virginia Department of Aviation has announced the winners of the 2024 Virginia Aviation Photo Contest. The winning photography is posted to the DOAV website and will be featured in the Virginia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/464010775_942721697897030_1280552510392354669_n-edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30004,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29993\/revisions\/30004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}