Monthly Photo Competition #21 – August, 2024 – “Flight” {poll added}

This is the monthly thread for August , 2024. The topic this month is “Flight”, chosen by Spiderman. The Man of Spiders specifies that the topic ismanned/man-made aviation related”.

NEW: Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion thread. Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed.

The general rules for the competition are here.

One entry per person per month . To make the photos easier to review please only post just once to this thread, with your entry.

Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll in this thread .

Submission deadline: Tuesday, August 27, 11:45 pm US EDT

Please note that I will be away from a computer from August 31 through September 5, so the winner will be crowned in my absence. Someone can start the September thread, or I will create it when I return.

Good luck!

Helicopter
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Old and New, Fighters Both

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Brussels, National Day Parade, June 2017, from our terrace:

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Badlands

Dreamlifter

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Bite or Flight. Anchorage, Alaska:
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An F-22 Raptor streaks across the sky at the 2022 California Capital Air Show.

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Early morning flight

Helicopter school, Troutdale Airport

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Grass runway, Lady Elliott Island, Great Barrier Reef

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Landing at Gatwick, 11.35, 21 Aug 2024.

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Lake Hood Float Plane Base in Anchorage, AK - Fall shot with the Chugach Mountains in the background.

Meanwhile…in more southern latitudes.

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The Navy’s (and Marine Corps’!) Blue Angels high overhead at the CCA Airshow a couple of years back.

(CCA = California Capital Airshow, Mather Field)

Approaching OSH:

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Brian