For the third year running, AirSpace is offering you the fantastic opportunity to get your best image featured on the front cover of the world renowned Flight International magazine.
Last year, we had over 1,500 high quality entries and so we are really looking forward to see what this year’s admissions have to offer.
Last year's winning image by Begemont
The best image from the four categories below will adorn the front cover of Flight International's end of year edition The winner will also receive a framed copy of that front cover and £100 (GBP).
The four categories this year are:
- Big Birds – The big beasts in aviation are featured in this gallery, encompassing airliners, cargo aircraft and tankers
- Sleek Jets – From nimble and speedy fighters to the more refined biz jets, only the sleek jets need apply
- Old Flyers – An affectionate hat tip to the rich tapestry of aviation gone by, this category is for the old classics
- General Stars – This category is for the GA leading lights and other general aviation images
Here is a descrption of how you can add your image to AirSpace
To enter the Flight International Front Cover Competition:
1. Simply click on the above categories, sign up to AirSpace (which takes a matter of minutes) and post your image into the named gallery of your choice.
2. Each category will be whittled down to a shortlist of three and the shortlists for individual categories will be featured on AirSpace in December 2008.
4. The AirSpace Image of the Year will be chosen by a panel of Flight judges, including the Editors of Flight International and Flightglobal. In addition to their image being used as the front cover of Flight International, the winner will receive a framed copy of the cover of Flight International and £100 (GBP) prize money.
5. The image used needs to have a minimum of 300 DPI resolution and be at least 22cm high or wide.
For those waiting for the announcment of the 2010 Flightglobal Calendar competition, we are currently judging this and will announce the winnning images shortly.
Terms & Conditions of the Front Cover Competition:
* Competition deadline is Midnight on 6th December 2009
* The image has to be owned by the person entering the competition, no forgeries or copies allowed
* The winner will receive a framed copy of the cover of Flight International and £100 (GBP) prize money.
* There is no limit to the number of times each registrant may take part.
* No employee of Reed Business Information is eligible to enter the competition.
* The judges’ decision is final
• For details of Flight’s products and services go to www.flightglobal.com
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Flightglobal is giving you the exclusive chance to have your favourite aviation images featured in an exclusive 2010 calendar.
For the first time, we aim to highlight the best 12 images taken by you and rated by the AirSpace community, a truly unique opportunity for the amateur photographer and a great gift for aviation enthusiasts throughout the world.
To be in with a chance of winning this great prize, you must have uploaded your choice of images to a gallery on AirSpace by Monday 26 October. Remember, everyone who joins our AirSpace community has their own private gallery and an explanation of how to upload an image can be found here.
The winners will be chosen by a panel of judges from the Flightglobal team and will be selected from the top rated images on AirSpace as well as from AirSpace’s image of the week competition, which is featured each week on page 3 of Flight International magazine.
Each selected photographer will win a £100 as well as a free copy of the calendar, with the calendars being on sale in the Flightglobal shop.
For those that miss out don’t worry as we will be running our annual Flight International front cover competition straight after this competition ends.
Way back in April, i gave you some indication of some changes to expect from AirSpace this year. Well exciting news, those changes are very nearly here.
AirSpace will very shortly be getting a new and shiny update with a sleek enhanced look and new features! Below is a look at what you can expect:
What features can you expect to see from the new AirSpace?
A substantial redesign - The old purple will be a thing of the past as AirSpace gets a much needed make-over. Expect the new design to look more attuned to the rest of Flightglobal while also making use of the width of the screen.
New functionality - All of your favourite elements of AirSpace will still be here (Forums/Blogs/Images) but we will have the addition of Wikis and Groups, allowing you to create a group on any subject matter you wish.
Greater personalisation - The profile function is being expanded and being made more prominent so it follows both personal and general site activity, much like on Facebook
Improved speed/performance - Our aim is to make AirSpace much faster, with for example, a multiple image uploader allowing you to quickly paste many images at once.
Some more pictures of what you can expect:
The images page:
For something new, look at our new Groups area:
The bad news is that for this to happen, AirSpace will be inaccessible
for period of two days and i will let you all know when this is due to happen. We are sorry for this small inconvenience but please return to see the new and much improved site in action. If you want to see a live version of a similar installation, take a look at our sister publication Caterersearch
Stuart Clarke (Maverick)
Paris Air Show is this year celebrating its 100th year and Flightglobal and AirSpace will be there in force to bring you the latest news and images from the event.
In preparation for this year's show we already have two Paris galleries, one showcasing the significant history of the show in our archive gallery and the other showing over 170 images from 2007's show.
Excitingly, this year for the first time we are
also giving you the chance to get your Paris pictures into Flight
International magazine. For the chance to get your Paris images
profiled, simply upload them to this gallery (click on the upload
button on the bottom right of this page) and we will choose the best
images for the 30th June issue of the magazine. (closing date is the 22nd June, the Judges' decision is final).
As well as images, we will also have plenty of Paris chatter, including the aircraft that are attending and the yearly orders race debate.
Hi all,
It's been a while since i wrote on this blog but i thought i would explain a few changes that you can expect to see on the site. First of all i must thank you for your continued use of AirSpace. We have been really impressed with the quality of conversation and images uploaded and we long hope this may continue.
That being said, we realise that the platform as it stands is letting us down a little bit, in look and especially in performance. We are doing two things to try and solve this. The first being a review of the platform to see if we can make any tweaks to improve the speed of AirSpace, as i realise (and as a regular user can testify to) how frustrating the site's slowness can be.
The second thing is something which is much more exciting and involves a complete upgrade to the platform.To
be brief, Community Server (the platform that AirSpace sits on) has had
a few upgrades since we installed it 18 months ago. The reason why we
didn't immediately upgrade with it is because the new developments
didn't fit in with our site's strengths (especially the images part).
The
latest upgrade however does fit in more with hopefully what you guys
want, and so early next year you can expect some new features and a
change in site design.These changes will hopefully improve performance, it will improve the look of AirSpace by making it more identifiable within the wider Flightglobal site, and it will add some cool new functionality.
- Greater personalisation - The profile function is being expanded and utilised better so it follows what you do , like on Facebook
- Groups
- This is a major step forward, as it allows you to create a mini group
on a certain subject or event and have a shared gallery,blog, wiki and
discussion area for that group. For example, we can have groups for airshows, or aircraft types, or industry areas.
- Forums - will now include Questions so you can ask a question and rank the best item
- Video - we should be able to upload video in the same way we upload images.
- Page Width - The site will make use of the full width of the screen
You can see an example of how AirSpace will look by looking at our stablemate Caterer Search. More importantly, if you have any views or wishes for how you see AirSpace working and looking (i.e. what do you think are our priorities) then please let me know by either commenting underneath or emailing me.
Kind Regards
Maverick
AirSpace broke another milestone today as the forum went past 3,000 members. We are really grateful to everyone who has signed up and hope that we can reach many more milestones in the future.
We always welcome suggestions on how to improve things as this area is for you all, so please let me know any comments you have.
At this juncture though, i want to remind you all about the multitude of things that AirSpace offers you so here is a reminder:
- An option to talk to each other about all things aviation and beyond
- The ability to add your own photos which are rated by your peers and could potentially adorn the pages of Flight International magazine. Everybody has a default gallery when they sign up to the site and this gallery has no size limit so please feel free to upload as many as you have or wish.
- The chance to have your own blog where you can discuss your favourite topics in more detail or tell us about your job on a day-to-day basis. Again every member of AirSpace gets their own blog so if you have ever fancied having a go please do so or email me with any questions you have.
- The ability to listen to podcasts and download PDFs in our downloads section, allowing you to download the latest Insight reports or listening to the latest highlights from Flightglobal with Week on the Web.
Thanks everyone!
Maverick
We are currently in the process of moving images from our old Flight Collection to AirSpace. As you can appreciete this is quite a large job, but today we can reveal some new fascinating images which have been released on the site.
The selection of images are range from pre and post 1914, to air races and historical prototypes. The full list is below:
We will be adding more historical images to the site and will keep you updated as we do.
We have also added some more images to our museums and collections area, where you can add your favourite images from the collections you visit.
As well as the exclusive Flight International front cover competition, AirSpace is giving you another exclusive photographic competition.
As many of you know, Flight this year purchased JP Fleets, the highly respected and informative yearly guide on fleet data. In the production of the 2009 edition, we thought that it would be a great idea to get you guys involved, both in the collection of data and in the images that are chosen to feature in the annual book.
So with this in mind, today we are launching the JP Fleets front cover competition, a chance for you to have your images on the front cover of the 2009 JP Edition.
Simply choose your best images, upload to this gallery (here is an explanation of how to upload images) and we will hand pick the best shots to use for the 2009 edition. The winner, as well as knowing that their image will be used, will also receive a free copy of JP Fleets 2009.
*A look at the current edition of JP Fleets
To give you an idea of the kind of shots we are looking for, above is a copy of the front cover of the current edition of JP Fleets. We need a selection of current and historical tail (multiple tails) shots, with plenty of colour and variety. It must also be at least 300 DPI. This competition will close on the 31st December so get posting.
If you think you can help in data collection, why not help contribute in our JP forums area , where you can help create the data for next year's edition.
This can include:
Terms & Conditions:
- Competition deadline is Midnight on 31st December 2008
- The image has to be owned by the person entering the competition, no forgeries or copies allowed
- The winner will receive a copy of the 2009 JP Fleets book.
- There is no limit to the number of times each registrant may take part.
- The judges decision is final. Winners will be contacted and expected to provide a high quality resolution (300 DPI or above) original of the image
- For details of Flight’s products and services go to www.flightglobal.com
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AirSpace is offering you another fantastic opportunity to get your best image onto the front cover of Flight International magazine.
After the success of last year's competition, where Boxer 03 came out victorious (see below), this year's expectations are extremely high, with six new categories to tempt your photographic abilities:
**AN EXPLANATION OF HOW TO ADD AN IMAGE TO THE COMPETITION**
The best image
from the above six categories will adorn the front cover of Flight International's 16th December issue.
The winner will also receive a framed copy of that front cover and £100
(GBP).
To get you in the mood, here are last year's categories and some visual highlights from last year:
Power and Glory | Aviation and the Environment | Frontiers | Veterans | The Need for Speed | Technology in Action
As well as this exclusive competition, Flightglobal is also giving the the opportunity to have your image on the front cover of the 2009 edition of JP Airline Fleets book.
To enter the Flight International front cover competition:
- Simply click on the above categories, sign up to AirSpace (which takes a matter of minutes) and post your image into the named gallery of your choice.
- Each category will be whittled down to a shortlist of three and the shortlists for individual categories will be featured on AirSpace in December 2008.
- The Flight International cover to feature the AirSpace image of the year will be the 16th December 2008.
- The AirSpace Image of the Year will be chosen by a panel of Flight judges, including the Editors of Flight International and Flightglobal.In addition to their image being used as the front cover of Flight International, the winner will receive a framed copy of the cover of Flight International and £100 (GBP) prize money.
- The image used needs to have a minimum of 300 DPI resolution and be at least 22cm high or wide
Terms & Conditions:
- Competition deadline is Midnight on 7th December 2008
- The image has to be owned by the person entering the competition, no forgeries or copies allowed
- The winner will receive a framed copy of the cover of Flight International and £100 (GBP) prize money.
- There is no limit to the number of times each registrant may take part.
- No employee of Reed Business Information is eligible to enter the competition.
- The judges decision is final
• For details of Flight’s products and services go to www.flightglobal.com
Part of
Reed Business Information Ltd T: +44(0)20 8652 3500 Quadrant House www.reedbusiness.co.uk The Quadrant Registered in England, No 151537 Sutton, Surrey SM25AS A division of Reed Business
Since AirSpace was launched over a year ago, we have aimed to make improvements to the photo side of the site both in terms of how they look on the photos page and the process you go through to upload them. We have improved the photos page to improve the most recent/most commented and most viewed, and today we are pleased to announce our first change to the number of images you can upload at once. We are pleased to announce that from today, you will be able to upload up to 10 images at a time to AirSpace.
To do so is very simple. You simply go through the same process as before (add a new photo/enter your galleries control panel (see below) and in the common tasks area you will notice an upload multiple photos option.
When you click on this option you will get 10 boxes (as highlighted in the image below). Simply browse to your image and give it a subject title, before giving the relevant set of tags at the bottom of the screen. Then press save and all the images will be uploaded at once.
Once you have pressed save, you will be able to edit all the pictures as you wish.
As we progress, we hope to make further improvements to make uploading and tagging your images easier (e.g. uploading to multiple galleries, mulitiple tagging etc) but as an initial step this i hope is some improvement.
If you experience any problems with this,please email me or write a comment below or in our F&Q area.
As some of you may have noticed, last week we enhanced a couple of features on the site and here is a little quick description of what the main changes are:
- Firstly and perhaps the most obvious change, we have doubled the amount of Recent Photos/Posts on the homepage, utilising the white space and making sure that your great posts/photos stay on the homepage for a longer period
- The photo page now has a limiter on it so it counts only the last 2 weeks of data. This will mean a more refreshed page with all the latest and most relevant images coming to the front of the photo page. Unfortunately it also means we lose the Ryanair girls from that page
- Finally, we have added a see more link to each of the four photo areas, so you can see in a paginated list all the latest/highest rated/most commented and highest viewed list.
See examples of this here:
I hope you like the changes we have made, any comments please either
contact me or comment in this post.
We have introduced a new ranking system on AirSpace that will enable you to win prizes and fun stuff while enjoying the community. Very simply, this is based on the number of posts, and is ranked in the following levels:
Ground Crew - New users welcome, with a little patience you will soon be riding up the AirSpace chart
Cabin Crew - A step up the ladder in becoming an AirSpace veteran. Still someway to go but with a little luck...
Engineer - Reach this level and expect a wondrous prize (well a prize anyway). If you are already at this level, let me know
First Officer: Very near the top, you are close to the top of AirSpace tree and only require a little more effort to it.
Captain: You are at AirSpace Everest. Well done, you are a top dog of the community where moderation access awaits you.
Before anybody asks, the reason for picking these as levels is not to offend anybody so if you do work in cabin crew you are as essential to us as captain, we just needed a level barometer and we were sick of using Top Gun references 
Hi All,
AirSpace, like the rest of Flightglobal, is always trying to improve, and so we get released updates from time-to-time. Some of these developments you can see (E.G. the photos page changes) others you can't (i.e. backend improvements). One of these updates happened today and with it has come an unexpected problem that you should all be aware of.
For the moment, when you go into an individual thread or photo, it will appear that you are logged out (your name will disappear and it will seem like you will need to sign in). You are still logged in though, so you can do all the things you should be able to, but it may just seem you are logged out.
We aim to get this problem fixed as soon as possible and will let you know when it is. We can only apologise for this and we are endeaving to fix this problem as soon as possible.
If you have any problems,please contact me.
Regards
Maverick
The numorous nominations for the 100 Greatest in association with Bombardier have been collated and argued over (luckily with no fisticuffs involved), to produce a shortlist of 100 that you can now vote for.
The winners and categories will be announced at Farnborough Air Show, but meanwhile, why not vote for your chance to win a Sony Camcorder.
A big congratulations to Paul M, who was the lucky winner of an IPOD Nano, during our April competition.
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