We Proudly Announce the Winners of the 2023 Your Flying World Photo Contest!

Coming out on top was Philip Johnson for his "Jolley Roger in the Sky," a brilliant shot of a North American F-86 Sabre, flown by Steve Hinton. Taking home second prize was Adrien Penhoet, for their photograph entitled "Evening at KGAI" (Montgomery Country, Maryland). It's a really compelling shot of airplane silhouettes behind a long line of chain link fencing---we'll let you work out all the symbolism on your own. Finally, in third place was Kristina Rosenfeld for her shot, "West Coast Sunrise. "We like sunrises in general, but this one is fantastic.

As it has been in the past, the idea behind the theme of this year's Your Flying World Photo Contest was to open up entries to any part of this amazing activity that we all love---aviation! And this year's winners and finalists show the breadth of scope of this flying world we share and on which we spend so much time.

Here are our 2023 Your Flying World photo contest finalists!

This was an air-to-air mission with the F-86 Sabre from the Planes of Fame Museum with Steve Hinton as the pilot. We were flying along the Pacific coastline near the Santa Maria Airport.

Sony a1 with 24-70 f/2.8 GM lens     

1/3200sec at f/8 with an ISO 800

I came in from flight training and noticed the beautiful silhouettes of the aircraft. I didn't even realize that I caught the moon, too, until much later.           

iPhone 10s, Automatic

My husband and I flew out of our north coast California airport (KFOT) very early one summer morning to surprise my dad in Coeur d' Alene for his birthday. The sunrise was absolutely spectacular!         

Phone camera - Samsung SM-G960U, focal length 4.30 mm         

Shutter speed 1/1167 s, aperture F2.4, ISO 50        

No flash, auto WB, no filter, photo not edited.