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  • Best Planespotting Photos of 2012: The Finalists

Best Planespotting Photos of 2012: The Finalists


An F-18 parked at FRG's American Airpower Museum for the Jones Beach Airshow. (Photo by Cary Liao)


An Air China 747-400 zooming overhead. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren) (*Judge, not eligible to win)


An Etihad A340-600 by a nose! Passing a JFK AirTrain. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


Air Force One leaving Richmond. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


Southwest 737 taxiing. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren) (*Judge, not eligible to win)


An F-22 departing FRG over the Blue Angels. (Photo by wunaladreaming)


A new Lufthansa 747-8i at IAD. (Photo by Gordon Gebert Jr.)


NASA's Aero Spacelines's 377SGT Super Guppy taxis past a fresh 787. (Photo by Brandon Farris)


AH-64 Apache. Not the friendliest angle to look at such an aircraft. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren) (*Judge, not eligible to win)


A B-52 with flaps down flyby. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


Colombian Air Force KFIR photo, the 2012 winner of the military category. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


B-17 Flying Fortress at Norwood, Mass. (Photo by Rich Barnett)


British Airways 777-200 departing Boston. (Photo by Rich Barnett)


Boeing 747 Drealifter showing off its sexy rivets. (Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren) (*Judge, not eligible to win)


Dassault Falcon 7X N771RS with a gorgeous matte black paint job. (Photo by RWB)


EA-6B Prowler. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


Southwest 737 at sunset. (Photo by Gordon Gebert Jr.)


A new Lufthansa 747-8i at IAD. (Photo by Gordon Gebert Jr)


LAN Chile 787 in a tight turn. (By Brandon Farris)


F-35 Lightning II in great light at AFW. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


An a World MD-11 jumped over the moon. (Photo by Nick Peterman)


Two Blue Angels maneuvers at once. (Photo by Stephen Furst)


Nice looking 727. (Photo by Christopher Dolan)


Egypt Air 777 among many other JFK aircraft. (Photo by Jason Rabinowitz)


Steep climb on a very faded SBA 757-200. (Photo by Jason Rabinowitz)


Emirates A38-. Photo by


Proper welcome for Space Shuttle Enterprise at JFK. By


Nice angle and background haze behind this Harrier shot. (Photo by Stephen Furst)


Beautiful sepia edit on this vertical Space Shuttle Enterprise image. (Phtoo by Eric Dunetz)


Pratt and Whitney 747SP test-bed, seen at BDL. 2012's VIP/Special aircraft photo winner. (Photo by Stephen Furst)


B-1 Bomber underside. (Photo by Greg_NY)


Nice shine on this B-1. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)


This shot of Enterprise being hoisted off of the 747 SCA at JFK came very close to winning VIP of 2012. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)


Special paint on this F/A-18. (Photo by Greg_NY)


Underside of a Cargolux 747-8F. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)


Full belly with bomb bay doors open on this F-22 Raptor. (Photo by Eric Dunetz)


Great angle on this B-2. (Photo by Joe Ogden)


Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 at IAD. (Photo by Mark Hsiung)


Singapore A380 touching down at JFK. (Photo By Eric Dunetz)


A new Southwest 737-800. (Photo by Sergio Cardona)


Space Shuttle Enterprise passes JFK Tower. (Photo by John Musolino)


F-18 Sound Barrier vapor. (Photo by John Musolino)


2012 Commercial aircraft winner: A pretty US Airways Express Dash-8. (Photo by John Musolino)


Gorgeous United 757 passing the moon. (Photo by Woz)


Two F-4 Phantoms and a P-51 Mustang in this heritage flight at Atlantic City. (Photo by megatop412)


Mig-17 tail. (Photo by just_lucas)


Mitsubishi A6-M Zero look like he brought his DSLR to World War II!  (Photo by John Klos)


Horizon Q-400 landing on LAX's runway 24R. (Photo by Zee71)





 
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