January 2019 Photo of the Month Competition

[Zymurgy661]

Photography Competition Rules

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry.
2. The photograph must have been taken during the month and year in question. The date the photo was taken MUST be included in the post.
3. The photo can be of any subject you like, as long as there is some military aviation connection.
4. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not (cutting and pasting the moon into the shot, for example). HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.
5. The competition will remain open until 23.59 on the 1st February 2019 (UK time), to enable anyone with last minute entries some breathing space
6. The voting will be carried out by you, the members of FC, by a poll which will be created at the closing of the competition.
7. Moderators/Administrators will not be exempt from the competition, but cannot vote for their own entry.
8. The decision of the moderating team is final.
9. All images must be posted in line with the usual FC posting rules
10. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.
11. Please do not comment on entries other than your own.

Prizes –
First Prize
Your choice of two prints from Squadron Prints website - Squadron Prints

Second Prize
Your choice of one print from Squadron Prints website - Squadron Prints

Third
No actual prize but the kudos of coming third!

Many thanks to our sponsors, http://www.squadronprints.com, for very generously agreeing to provide the competition prizes again.

Thank you Gill and Team, it is very much appreciated.

Good luck everyone!

[Adam Palmer]

IWM Duxford 5/1/19

IWM Duxford B17 by Adam Palmer, on Flickr

[acw367]

WL345 rear fuselage and WL360 cockpit Gloster Meteor T.7 RAF Wycombe Air Park 4 January 2019

WL345 WL360 Wycombe Air Park 4 January 2019 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[James Cutting]

RAF Tornado GR4 "MARHAM35" returns on 14.01.19 in the late afternoon light, casting a silhouette on the aircraft.

RAF Tornado GR4 landing in the afternoon sun by James Cutting, on Flickr

[id2770]

494th FS, F15E low flying in a snowy LFA7 17.01.19

DSC_0868 by Iwan Davies, on Flickr

[IMarsh]

Chinook returning to RAF Benson in the late afternoon on 17 Jan 2019

DSC_0007 by Ian Marshall, on Flickr

[XWP29]

Panavia Tornado GR4 ZG752 MRM35 RAF MArham 25th of Jan 19 Tornado Farewell.

Panavia Tornado GR4 ZG752 IX & 31 Sqn MRM35 RAF Marham by XWP29, on Flickr

[JONLITE06]

Going vertical!! Coningsby 08/01/19.
tiff100 by Jon Cross, on Flickr

[Nick Thompson]

Tornado GR4, ZG752, backtracking following the Marham Tornado Special sortie on 23/01/2019

Panavia Tornado GR4 - ZG752 - Marham Wing -Royal Air Force - RAF Marham by Nick Thompson, on Flickr

[robmac]

_DSC9369 by Frontline Fighters.com, on Flickr

[ChrisGilligan]

Toasty Tornado. 23rd January, RAF Marham

Toasty Tornado by Chris Gilligan, on Flickr

[Mark]

Pretty sure one of the Tornado shots will win this one, but I didn't go and its rare for me to get out at all these days so here's a chinook shot from Exercise Faraday Field at Altcar Rifle Range from the 17th..

ZK553 by Mark Holt, on Flickr

[DeanW]

Unsurprisingly another Tornado. RAF Marham 25.01.19.

[wezgulf3]

The final visit by a JASDF Boeing 747-400 to the UK

Heathrow 13/1/19



Wes...

[DJBTQ6]

ZZ227 Apache AH1 AAC by David Bown, on Flickr

Apache ZJ227 departing BRNC Dartmouth on Jan 18th you can see the exact time on the clock! I took this picture from my garden 3/4 of a mile away.
Been living here 5 years and never seen an Apache in this part of the world, so a big surprise!

[Dan214sqn]

25th January 2019 - RAF Marham

Panavia Tornado GR4 ZA613 '075' by Dan Foster, on Flickr

[Allymcmurdo]

352nd SoW 67th SOS Beach landings at Pembrey Sands 30.01.19

MC-130J of 352nd SOW, Mildenhall conducts Natural Surface Landings at Cefn Sidan sands, Pembrey by Ally McMurdo, on Flickr