Today we're launching the 2014 Daily Echo/Castle Cameras Air Festival photographic competition - and to spur you on we've collected the best images from the last five years. Can you do better?

All the details of this year's competition are here.

2009

Bournemouth Echo:

Ken Thomas

Bournemouth Echo:

Scott Chapman

Bournemouth Echo:

Paul Lee

Bournemouth Echo:

And the winner, by Mark Waugh

Junior entries

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Richard Lamb

Bournemouth Echo:

Alice Tilley

Bournemouth Echo:

David Lamb

2010

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Leslie Budzynski 

Bournemouth Echo:

Geoff Newland

Bournemouth Echo:

Nick Leonard

Bournemouth Echo:

Stephen Kitchener

Bournemouth Echo:

Anna Hodgson

Bournemouth Echo:

Nick Dardani

Junior entries

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Alice Tilley

Bournemouth Echo:

Joel Hender

Bournemouth Echo:

Tom Came

2011

2011 will always be remembered as the year Flt Lt Jon Egging died, and the entries to the competition reflected the huge outpouring of feeling in the town. 

Adult entries

Bournemouth Echo:

by Kat Rice

Bournemouth Echo:

By Ed Burke

Bournemouth Echo:

By Ian Loveland 

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Melvin Bourne.

Junior finalists

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Olivia Hunneyball

Bournemouth Echo:

By Rosalyn Fochs

Bournemouth Echo:

Tilney Gardner

2012

Adult finalists

Bournemouth Echo: Fiona Bowering

Picture: Fiona Bowering

Bournemouth Echo: Richard Stevens

Picture: Richard Stevens

Bournemouth Echo: Paul D Lee

Picture: Paul D Lee

Bournemouth Echo: Geoff Taylor

Picture: Geoff Taylor

Bournemouth Echo: Mike Pursey

Picture: Mike Pursey

Junior finalists

Bournemouth Echo: Kayleigh-Anne Pawson

Picture: Kayleigh-Anne Pawson

Bournemouth Echo: Aleasha Mallon

Picture: Aleasha Mallon

Bournemouth Echo: Matthew Le Riche

2013

Junior entries

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Ajay Coombes

Bournemouth Echo:

Alexander Miller

Bournemouth Echo:

Sophie Crossley

 

Adult finalists

Bournemouth Echo:

Esther Cano Lendinez

Bournemouth Echo:

The winner, by Guy Wood

Bournemouth Echo:

Jason Shrubb

Bournemouth Echo:

Mark Horsford

Bournemouth Echo:

Stuart Bennett

Do you agree with the judges choices? Which one is your favourite? Let us know in the comments!