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This years calendar competition is now open and will run as usual until 30th September - so its now time to get those cleaning cloths out and get those lenses polished ready for the Airshow season which is looming ahead.

The current prize offering stands as follows:

1st Prize

£150 voucher (to include p&p) courtesy of Key Publishing Ltd

Limited edition print ‘Black Hawk - Special Delivery’ (UK) (value £92) courtesy of Skipper Press

2nd Prize - £100 voucher (to include p&p) courtesy of Key Publishing Ltd

3rd Prize - £50 voucher (to include p&p) courtesy of Key Publishing Ltd

Anne Millbrooke has once again made an offering and I have a few other prizes confirmed, however there place on the prize board has not yet been worked out. I am expecting to provide at least 3 runner up places (more if possible) - further details will be announced later in the year.

For rules and to enter please visit http://www.airscene.co.uk/competitions/2011calendar.php

The Airscene Photographer of the Year competition is back once more.

Already the prizes have started coming on, and there are several more offers on the table.

Southampton based military artist Stuart Brown is offering up another copy of his print “Black Hawk - Special Delivery” towards the first prize pot. Stuart has been busy this last year or so working on commissioned pieces for various army regiments and the Air Force - to see more of his work please visit www.skipperpress.com

Ebury Publishing are providing the prizes for the first two themes… Each winner receiving a copy of the “Boys Book of Airfix” (RRP £20) written by Arthur Ward. For those who may be interested but unable to enter this years competition, more information can be found at http://www.eburypublishing.co.uk/viewbook.asp?isbn=0091928982

It has taken a little while to come up with this years themes but I finally did it. The themes are intended to be typical of the work carried out by a magazine photographer, along with a couple of creative themes thrown in for fun. The popular “Digital” and “Old Age” themes from 2008 have been included again this year.

For further information on this years competition and to take part, please visit http://www.airscene.co.uk/competitions.php

I look forward to receiving your entries,

Good Luck,

Ian

Just Flight have confirmed their prize commitment for this years competition… 2 prize winners will be able to choose any Just Flight product up to the value of £30.

This is the second Airscene competition that Just Flight have signed up to, and their contribution means that for the first time prizes are now available to all 12 winning entries in this years calendar competition.

Just Flight are a leading UK Flight Simulator add-on development company, and with the RAF and Lockheed Martin’s seal of approval, you can be assured that quality is of the highest standard.

Just Flight products include both civil and military aircraft, scenery from terrain mesh add-ons to airports and also air traffic control and mission packs too.

For more information and to view their extensive catalogues please visit http://www.justflight.com

Icom UK Ltd have generously given us another handful of 1GB Memory sticks towards this years calendar competition, these will go some way towards ensuring that all winning entries receive a prize in this years competition.

Icom are a leader in PC controlled scanners such as the PCR1500, and its more advanced variants such as the PCR2500. Icom also manufacture a cracking range of handheld scanners such as the IC-R5 and IC-R20 - these are so good at what they do; they are often advertised by suppliers as Airband Scanners, even though they in fact have full spectrum coverage. The amazing Icom IC-R3 stands alone, being the first scanner to come with a 2 inch screen for viewing live TV or wireless camera broadcasts. For more details please visit http://www.icomuk.co.uk

Further prizes are expected in the near future, so prize allocation table is incomplete and is likely to change as more prizes are received.  http://www.airscene.co.uk/competitions/2010calendar.php

The Airscene 2010 Airshow Calendar Competition prize pot is beginning to grow as Key Publishing Ltd sponsor the competition for the fourth year in succession.

In order to make more prizes available to overseas entrants Key Publishing have agreed an increase in their offering this year to include p&p in the prize offers.

The prize table is currently as follows:

1st prize          £150 to spend on books/dvd’s/magazines/software etc on Key Publishing (incl p&p)

2nd prize         £100 to spend on books/dvd’s/magazines/software etc on Key Publishing (incl p&p)

3rd prize          £50 to spend on books/dvd’s/magazines/software etc on Key Publishing (incl p&p)

To see what Key Publishing have to offer check out www.keypublishing.com

We still have the two book offers from aviation author Anne Millbrooke, but have not decided where these will go in the prize list yet. As usual the prize list is expected to change and grow over the coming months, and announcements will be made as prizes are confirmed.

I look forward to receiving your entries.

Ian

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The previous Airscene calendar competition was a success again, with the number of shortlisted entries rising to 87 (from around 200 received). This year I am hoping to achieve more than 100 shortlisted entries, and for this reason the competition is starting early.

So, the Airscene 2010 Calendar Competition is now open, and our first sponsor is on board already. Anne Millbrooke has kindly offered another copy of Aviation History, and Abbreviations, Acronyms and Alpabets of Aviation to this years competition.

I am already in talks with several other sponsors and expect to make more prize announcements over the coming months. I am working hard this year on making prizes available to all 12 winning entries, with more availabilty to non UK winners too, and I am hopeful of pulling it off.

The rules are the same as in previous years, with the addition of a “too similar” rule (rule 2). I would like to wish you all the very best of luck and look forward to receiving your entries.

For more details, visit www.airscene.co.uk/competitions.php

Airscene 2009 Calendar competition sponsor Anne Millbrooke’s latest publication has now been released.

For more info visit: http://www.airscene.co.uk/Abbreviations%20Acronyms%20and%20Alphabets%20of%20Aviation.htm

The book is now available for purchase from any of the following locations:

http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=38579

www.Amazon.com

www.Borders.com

www.Barnesandnoble.com

or from your local bookstore.

ISBN13 Hardcover: 978-1-4363-1317-9

The final results for theme 10 “Hover” are now in and the results table is complete. The judges were almost totally unanimous this month; awarding the winner a total of 35 points. This will be slightly disappointing as that 1 extra point would have tied the winner in 3rd place overall.

Congratulations go to Adrian Glazzard who wins a ThinkTANK Pee Wee Pixel Pocket Rocket courtesy of Snapperstuff.With the close of theme 10, comes the close of this competition, and I am please to announce that the Airscene Aviation Photographer of the Year 2008 is:

Neil Darby 179 points

Neil wins the following:

Limited edition print ‘Black Hawk - Special Delivery’ (UK) (value £85) courtesy of Skipper Press (www.skipperpress.com)

Icom Document Bag, Icom hip flask and Icom Swiss Army Knife (UK) (total value around £76) courtesy of Icom UK Ltd (www.icomuk.co.uk)

20″ * 16″ print of any of your submissions + £25 voucher courtesy of Togsprint (www.togsprint.com)

1 x ThinkTANK Photo Lens Drop in Pouch courtesy of Snapperstuff (www.snapperstuff.com)

1 x ThinkTANK Photo Pixel Racing Harness courtesy of Snapperstuff

1 x ThinkTANK Photo Pro Speed Belt courtesy of Snapperstuff

FREE banner advertising on the Uradnet aviation banner network (see below for details) + Showcase on Airscene

2nd place:

Dean Feltimo 178 points

Aviation History by Anne Millbrooke (Jeppesen Publishing) - courtesy of Anne Millbrooke

16″ * 12″ print of any of your submissions + £10 voucher courtesy of Togsprint

1 x ThinkTANK Photo Bum Bag Pouch courtesy of Snapperstuff

FREE banner advertising on the Uradnet aviation banner network + Showcase on Airscene

3rd place:

Ian Hews 146 points

16″ * 12″ print of any of your submissions + £10 voucher courtesy of Togsprint

1 x ThinkTANK Photo Lens Drop in Pouch courtesy of Snapperstuff

FREE banner advertising on the Uradnet aviation banner network + Showcase on Airscene

3 runners up all win FREE banner advertising on the Uradnet aviation banner network + Showcase on Airscene:

Adrian Glazzard 145 points

Simon Thomas 145 points

Gergely Grosz 130 points

I would like finally to thank the wonderful sponsors, without whom this competition would not have been possible.

The final results are now in and congratulations one winning 1st prize goes to Steve Price from Sheffield.Simon Marston missed getting on the calendar last year after a tie with Gergely Grosz, but has made a worthy jump to 2nd place this year, which I am sure he will be happy with.

Ian Schofield and Dean Feltimo have both managed to make an appearance on the Airscene calendar for the second year in a row, and incidentally tied with 24 points apiece for 3rd runner up, in this case I have had to make a decision which entry would receive a prize.

Finally, Jon Irwin is the only entrant this year, who managed to get both of his entries onto the calendar, although did narrowly miss out on getting a prize.

Winners shall be officially notified shortly, and I am currently looking into the possibility of offering more Showcase and Banner network prizes. To see the final results please visit: http://www.airscene.co.uk/competitions/2009calendar.php

Theme 9 “The Jet Age” is closed and all results are now in. This one was a tussle between 2 entries really, with Bill Edwards and Dean Feltimo both getting a 1st and 2nd placing from 2 different judges, however Bill came out on top with another of his cracking lowlevel entries and getting himself another 33 points and his 2nd win in this competition. Bill wins a Pee Wee Pixel Pocker Rocket courtesy of Snapperstuff.

Dean Feltimo came in second with 30 points and moves to only 3 points behind the competition leader in what now looks like a bit of a scrap between the two of them. Neil will be a bit disappointed I am sure, as his (almost identical entry) was awarded 8 points less than Deans. Neil and Dean will likely begin celebrating soon, as they will almost certainly scoop 1st and 2nd places between themselves.

Gergely Grosz scored just a single point in this theme - just enough to keep hold of 3rd place for the moment, with 5 entrants hot on his heels and still in with a chance to scoop 3rd place. Gergely could still end up in a draw with Dean Feltimo for 2nd place, but this would take a miracle or two.. with Gergely needing to score maximum points and hoping that Dean scores nil!

So the battle for 1st and 2nd is on, and the battle for 3rd place will sure be interesting. Dont forget though, those not in with a chance of a top 3 place can still win the monthly prize and at the same time provide an interesting spoiler for the scraps at the top.

So the leaderboard now looks like this with just 1 theme left to go:

Neil Darby - 169 points

Dean Feltimo - 166 points

Gergely Grosz - 130 points

Ian Hews - 128 points

Simon Thomas - 124 points

Malcolm Casson - 122 points

Ian Schofield - 116 points

Adrian Glazzard - 110 points

Theme 10 “Hover” is Octobers theme, and another Pee Wee Pixel Pocket Rocket is up for grabs this month. So if you have any photos of Harriers or Helicopters that you have taken and want to cause more upset for the leaders, send in your entry and see how you get on. Note that your entry must not have been taken any earlier than January 1st 2007. Good Luck, and I look forward to receiving your entries.