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VAI BRIEFS POWER UP Magazine Photo Contest Open for Entries
DO YOU LOVE TAKING PHOTOS of helicopters and other vertical flight aircraft? Now’s your chance to show them off to your fellow aviation lovers! The 2025 POWER UP Magazine
Photo Contest, sponsored by VAI, wel- comes submissions from both amateur and professional photographers of any aircraft that achieves flight through vertical lift, including not only helicop- ters but also tiltrotors, cargo drones, and electric vertical takeoff and land- ing aircraft. Formerly the ROTOR Magazine
Photo Contest, the 2025 competi- tion will award one grand prize winner and six category winners, all of which will be featured in the March 2025 issue of POWER UP. Plus, the winning entries will be displayed at VERTICON (formerly HAI HELI-EXPO) Mar. 10–13, 2025, (exhibits open Mar. 11–13) in Dallas, Texas. We’ll also share your images across
various VAI media products, offering significant exposure for the talented individual behind the lens while high- lighting the innovation and importance of vertical aviation. We’re looking for high-quality, visu- ally captivating photos in the following
categories: ▪ Vertical Flight Aircraft at Work Show off aircraft in action (no AOG shots, please!).
Photographer Dianne Bond captured a pararescueman the moment he deployed from an Airbus H225. Taken during a
special-ops training exercise conducted by the US Air Force with the aid of Air Center Helicopters, this powerful image won the
Grand Prize in the 2023 ROTOR Magazine Photo Contest.
(VAI/Dianne Bond) 18 POWER UP SEP 2024
▪ Vertical Flight Aircraft in the Military Pay tribute to aircraft and aviators serving their country.
▪ People and Their Vertical Flight Aircraft Focus your lens on aircraft and the people who love them.
▪ Wrench Turners Show your maintenance crew work- ing proudly by the aircraft they help keep flying.
▪ How We Serve Display all the ways we use vertical flight aircraft to keep our communi- ties safe, secure, and prosperous— from fighting fires to keeping the lights on and more!
▪ Digitally Enhanced Photos of Vertical Flight Aircraft Flaunt your photo-editing skills! The contest closes Dec. 2, 2024.
Visit
photo.verticalavi.org to enter for a chance to win cash prizes!
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