# Monthly Photo Competition #21 – August, 2024 – “Flight” {poll added}
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** photo
**Created:** [August 6, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302 "2024-08-06T00:25:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/1 "2024-08-06T00:25:58Z")
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 is** “ **manned/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](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed.
The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642).
**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!
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/2 "2024-08-06T12:17:51Z")
Helicopter
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53906006089/)
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### Author:  [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/3 "2024-08-06T18:12:51Z")
Old and New, Fighters Both
[ ](https://imgur.com/gallery/old-new-fighters-both-NH0H7TE)
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/4 "2024-08-06T18:32:35Z")
Brussels, National Day Parade, June 2017, from our terrace:
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/y2mmgdC.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/5 "2024-08-06T18:34:51Z")
[ ](https://i.ibb.co/JdPgb9b/IMG-9554.jpg)
Powered parachute
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### Author:  [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/6 "2024-08-06T22:35:21Z")
**Badlands**
[ ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-k5MpXXK/0/MMt6vHqdg4kdkKHGB2PzRgLGVN3sr3gj2HbJ6K27z/X5/i-k5MpXXK-X5.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/7 "2024-08-06T23:23:39Z")
[ ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53907244914_d65e71b8fd_k.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/8 "2024-08-07T02:45:26Z")
**Dreamlifter**
[ ](https://imgur.com/iV7d0KM)
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### Author:  [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/9 "2024-08-07T15:13:54Z")
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/BjNgFrSiub1LQ3YWA)
(click to see full image)
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### Author:  [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/10 "2024-08-07T15:44:11Z")
Bite or Flight. Anchorage, Alaska:
[ ](https://imgur.com/jcIEoZG)
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/11 "2024-08-10T02:20:01Z")
An F-22 Raptor streaks across the sky at the 2022 California Capital Air Show.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/53913664270/)
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### Author:  [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/12 "2024-08-16T20:34:32Z")
Early morning flight
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/tN3d60U.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/13 "2024-08-21T22:57:36Z")
Helicopter school, Troutdale Airport
[ ](https://imgur.com/0O0ZkCo)
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### Author:  [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/14 "2024-08-22T15:37:48Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/dSd5pon)
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### Author:  [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/15 "2024-08-22T20:22:27Z")
[ ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczN7wkEnyzohB-L0xOosfkwCq_VMFo-oJJoMoiLfDC2xRmX9yqfboHQGciqyIVmo_Gxbi6wkjU2zWmmeEm19xlISpYe1iL8xhJXNYK0OGbikbir5ylEXqBgzi7czY1peCMG1sSFlfmeysboHsdyMfX2lgw=w3024-h2268-s-no?authuser=0)
Grass runway, Lady Elliott Island, Great Barrier Reef
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/16 "2024-08-23T19:54:53Z")
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/rjxADHyXtWuyWq5L6)
Landing at Gatwick, 11.35, 21 Aug 2024.
Click for the full image.
j
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/17 "2024-08-24T20:09:26Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/0mBaFvH)
Lake Hood Float Plane Base in Anchorage, AK - Fall shot with the Chugach Mountains in the background.
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### Author:  [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/18 "2024-08-24T20:32:11Z")
Meanwhile…in more southern latitudes.
[ ](https://imgur.com/7lWhK7x)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/19 "2024-08-25T14:00:18Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/Tjem50J.jpeg)
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)
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### Author:  [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302/20 "2024-08-25T20:10:21Z")
Approaching OSH:
[[Album] imgur.com  ](https://imgur.com/a/kizCdGD)
(click to see more)
Brian
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