The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) announced the winners of this year\u2019s AOPA Photo Contest, sponsored by Faro Aviation. AOPA received more than 750 entries for three categories. AOPA Photographer Chris Rose, Senior Art Director Jill Benton, and Editor Ian J. Twombly selected the finalists and the winners were chosen by online voting. Winners will each receive a Faro G3 Carbon Fiber Headset with Bluetooth and an AOPA Case Logic Compu-Backpack which is available in the AOPA Pilot Gear store online.<\/p>\n
Jeff Titterington of Florida took his photo, \u201cYellow Hot Rod,\u201d to win the \u201caircraft\u201d category. The airplane is the Granville brothers\u2019 Gee Bee Z City of Springfield, which is in the Fantasy of Flight museum in Polk City, Florida (now closed to the public).<\/p>\n
W. Scott Olsen, of Fargo, North Dakota, a frequent contributing writer to AOPA Pilot and Flight Training magazines, won the \u201cpeople\u201d category with his photograph, \u201cPrairie Crosswind,\u201d of Jacey Mitziga in 40-knot winds on the northern prairie at Fargo\u2019s Hector Field.<\/p>\n
Paul Morel of Georgia, a former Delta Air Lines pilot, took his photo, \u201cWaiting for Weather to Pass,\u201d of Glen Gladis\u2019 1942 Stearman with his Nikon D90 55mm lens to win the \u201cplaces\u201d category. \u201cI used high dynamic range (HDR) to give the photo more vibrant color and details,\u201d he said. It garnered the most votes in the online voting.<\/p>\n
AOPA Photo Contest honorable mentions go to Mike Young for his photograph \u201cAre We Home Yet?” of puppies on board and Patty Veenstra Reyes for a toddler in a headset, \u201cCleared for Takeoff,\u201d in the \u201cpeople\u201d category; Kevin Young for \u201cCampers Take Cover\u201d and David F. Clemmer for \u201cGrassroots GA\u201d in the \u201cplaces\u201d category; and Richard Jones for \u201cProteus\u201d and Mike Mulligan for \u201cPreparing to Launch\u201d in the \u201caircraft\u201d category.<\/p>\n