Dear readers,
First, congratulations to the winners of our Rarely Seen Airlines photo contest! In third place we have Thomas A. with “The Best of the West!” Jamison M. takes second and first places with “Dreamlifting” and “The Polar Express” respectively. Austin W. takes the grand prize with “Don’t Nok It 'til You Try It!”
Our winners will receive the following prizes: Austin will receive a Bose A30 Aviation Headset, a $50 gift card toward merch from the Aero Crew Shop, plus, Vath Publishing is providing a copy of Airline Transition Manual (ATM) with a reservation of their yet-to-be-published book and some ATM swag. As a two-places winner, Jamison will receive the Travelpro ® FlightCrew™ 5 luggage set including a 21″ Rollaboard®, the Large Crew Cooler, Horizontal Rolling Overnighter, Crew Cooler and Flight Tote. In addition, Method Seven has provided a pair of Altitude FLT18 eyewear. He will also receive two gift cards valued at $40 and $30 toward Aero Crew Shop merch. Vath Publishing is providing a copy of Airline Transition Manual plus swag. Thomas will receive Travelpro’s FlightCrew 5 Large Crew Cooler, a $20 gift card for the Aero Crew Shop, Vath Publishing is providing him a copy of Airline Transition Manual and swag. Additionally, each will receive an 11”x17” commemorative, ready-to-frame photo of their entry.
Of course, we also extend our congratulations to the eleven runners up! Dylan H., Chris R., Nathan L., Ramon A., Brian R., Joe D., Amber R., Matthew O., Cameron B., Andrea E., and Kurt S. will each receive swag from Vath Publishing (notable for their Airline Transition Manual) and a discount coupon for the book. Additionally, each of them will receive an 8”x10” commemorative, ready-to-frame photo of their submission.
Aero Crew News would like to thank all our generous sponsors, Bose, Travelpro, Method Seven, Vath Publishing and Aero Crew Shop.
If you missed this year’s photo contest, be sure to look for the 2026 photo contest that starts in January. Every year, the staff of Aero Crew News conceives the annual theme, but this year we would like to hear your ideas for next year’s theme. We always go through our own photos for inspiration—maybe that could work for you. Please, please help us out by emailing us at [email protected] with at any ideas.
Fly Safe,
Craig Pieper
