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I’m sure by now most of you have seen those fascinating photos modified by the “tilt-shift” method that makes the subject of the photo look miniature. Someone has created a clever online tool to easily modify your own photos with this method: TiltShiftMaker.com.

I tested it out with this picture I took in 2002 at Wendover Air Field in Wendover, NV. The result is here. Pretty slick.

First Class has nothing on these “seats”.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

My uncle emailed a powerpoint to me today and I thought I would share it. It’s a presentation of pictures from the 2007 Zhukavsky Air Show in Russia. There are about 70 slides of pictures of some fantastic Russian aircraft.

You can download the presentation here in .zip format.

If you don’t have Microsoft PowerPoint installed, you can use this free viewer from Microsoft.

A C-17 Globemaster makes its superior authority known with a high-powered takeoff out of California.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

An absolutely gorgeous shot of a UPS MD-11 taking off from Ted Stevens International Airport in Alaska.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

A screen shot of the “Area 51″ ramp in Flight Simulator X after I turned off the active upon landing at the base in the ‘Janet’ flight mission.

A somewhat eerie, yet amazing long-exposure picture of a police helicopter circling the night sky.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

I think I could enjoy a nice long transatlantic flight in this seat.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

This is a rare (to my knowledge) view of a 747 cockpit undergoing refurbishment. In this case, this 747 is being modified to serve as an LCF which will transport huge sections of 787 composite fuselages across the globe during their production and assembly.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.

Someone painted an airplane on the moon! Oh…wait…

Another great moon shot here.

Picture courtesy of Airliners.net.