May 2022 POTM Competition

[reaper493]

Squadron prints have been on line this month, but I've still not had a reply if they are happy to provide prizes still - winners please contact them when the time comes
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 - May 2022, 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 6th June 2022 (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.

Good luck everyone!

[reaper493]

Does nobody want to enter this month??

[Dave934]

Shusssssshh....keep quite, if no one enters I'll post this on the last day and win by default
IMG_9703xxx by Dave Allen, on Flickr
Dave.
Edit for spelling.

[James Cutting]

Tree is out of focus!

[Pete Da Bear]

One from a long and very busy day at the Heath, 18th May.
Untitled by Peter Jackson, on Flickr

[111blackmike]

Lockheed C-5M Galaxy 86-0023 departing Prestwick airport as RCH222 on the 01/05/22

Lockheed C-5M Galaxy 86-0023 RCH222 by Kieran McAuley, on Flickr

[lynothehammer]

Gulfstream S102B arriving at FAB Sunday 22nd May 2022.

Gulfstream 4SP (S102B) - Swedish Air Force - 102002 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

[Pune]

Pair of F35's recovering to Lakenheath on the 9th..
F35 Pair recovering Lakenheath 09_05_2022 by Paul Tursner-Upcott, on Flickr

[DeanW]

This Tunisian C-130H popped in to Luqa on 12th May to pick up some freshly printed money to take back home..

[Seacat192]

Finley departing from Portland on 3 May:

IMG_0295_Portland_03-05-2022 by Roger - Thanks for 2 Million Views, on Flickr

[Matt 5b]

A relatively rare outside appearance of the 'Yorkshire Air Museum' based reconstructed Handley Page Halifax Mark III, LV907 'Friday 13th'.
Elvington 6th May 2022

Friday Fax by Matt Fisher, on Flickr

[1marshn30]

2 Canberra's and 2 Buccs at Kembel

[F3]

Taken on a visit to the EMA Aeropark y'day (28/05 as a tribute to those who died on board the Shiny Sheff during the Falklands War.

EM Aeropark - Lynx + Vulcan 75% by Michael Britton, on Flickr

[ChrisGilligan]

Taken on the 8th of May, a pair of Royal Navy Merlin Mk4/4As plying their trade as support to the annual Ten Tors event within Dartmoor National Park...not that the locals minded!

DSC_6471 by Chris Gilligan, on Flickr

[aenstrop]

It’s May. A certain film has just been released (very good in my opinion). Why not?

by Alan Paterson, on Flickr

Taken 8th May at Palm Springs Air Museum, California.

[Part Timer]

DSC_4233 by A M, on Flickr

Mildenhall 05/05/22

[Wallyinoz]

My first foray into the Lakes to capture some Low Flying action.. I was very lucky with an impressive overhead pass by a pair of F-35s.. was a great 70th birthday present (taken at Ullswater 19th May 2022 two days before my birthday.

[scorpont]

30/05/2022, a last minute decision saw me at the mound at Prestwick for the 104th FS arriving with their A-10C Thunderbolt IIs

20220530 TREND55 A10C 78705 EGPK Arriving by Keenan Carr, on Flickr

[Jorge Ruivo]

Hello from Portugal

Last 12 May I was at Monte Real air base and I had a lucky with a F-16 flight test. Always amazing the sound and the speed

JorgeRuivo1236 Foto2aaa by Jorge Ruivo, no Flickr

[andygolfer]

one of only two military aircraft that I photographed in May, MM6935 Lockheed F-104S ASA-M Starfighter preserved at Lugo di Romagna, Italy taken on 27-05-2022

MM6935 Lockheed F-104S ASA-M Starfighter Lugo, Italy 27-05-2022 9081. by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

originally posted here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=220391
Andy