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If you love aviation photography, Skies is your magazine.
We pride ourselves on publishing only the best, and each year our readers amaze us with their contributions to our annual photo contest.
Once again, we put out a call for the best of the best. Once again, our readers responded with some of the most jaw-dropping aviation images we’ve ever seen—and that’s saying something.
Our photography is what makes us different and keeps you, the reader, turning the page to see what’s next!
We were particularly pleased to see that this year’s contest submissions reflected the universal nature of aviation. The photos showcased aircraft of all sizes and stripes, including military, general aviation, airlines, warbirds, business jets and helicopters.
The 2016 Skies Photo Contest was open to both amateur and professional Canadian photographers over the age of 18. Photos were submitted in four categories: Airshows, Commercial, Military and General Aviation. Once the contest closed on Aug. 5, the Skies team had the difficult task of narrowing down the entries in each category.
Then, we called in our nine contest sponsors. Representatives from Cascade Aerospace, Columbia Aircraft Sales, Daher Socata, FlightPath International, Innotech-Execaire Aviation Group, Levaero Aviation, Lockheed Martin, Universal Avionics Systems Corporation and Vector Aerospace voted for their favourite photos in each category, as did MHM Publishing staff. Ballots were cast by email address, to ensure each person had only one vote, and were tallied automatically.
Our 2016 Grand Prize goes to Jason Pineau, a Harbour Air pilot who submitted a breathtaking early morning photo of DHC-2 Beavers warming up at the dock in Sechelt, B.C., in preparation for a busy day ahead. Congratulations on winning our grand prize, Jason!
While it’s impossible to print all of the stunning photos we received, we hope you enjoy the winning selections.
The Skies team thanks all photographers for their submissions. Of course, we also recognize and thank our contest sponsors for supporting the third annual Skies Photo Contest.
