Gary Lanthrum submitted this photo and note: “A late winter/early spring flight to San Juan Island. The wide angle of my video camera caught both the harbor and the airport as I turned from base to final at Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR) in Washington.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Admiring the Seattle downtown skyline
David Wyatt submitted this photo and note: “My wife, Heather, captured this photo as we were traveling up the waterfront of Elliott Bay in Seattle in our Cessna 182 Skylane. It’s become an iconic photo for us, framed in our living room and a great conversation starter for our adventures around the Puget Sound.”
Picture of the Day: RV bliss
Pete Gutmann submitted this photo and note: “Preparing to launch on a long cross-country back to the midwest from Spokane, Washington, in September 2024. A perfect morning with cool temperatures, no wind, beautiful skies. RV bliss.”
Picture of the Day: An unexpected surprise
Karyn King submitted this photo and note: “Pilot Joe Griffith with copilot/photographer Karyn King landed their Nanchang CJ at the airport in Marana, Arizona, for breakfast. Delighted and surprised to see a beautiful North American T-6 parked beside us as if it was a mini air show display!”
Picture of the Day: Clearing the cane fields
Dave Cohen submitted this photo and note: “Sugar cane is a major agricultural product of Palm Beach County, Florida. Once it’s harvested, the remaining stalks are burned to clear the field. From 2,500 feet in my 1967 Cessna 172, “Lily,” near Lake Okeechobee, the smoke almost resembled lenticular clouds over mountains.”
Picture of the Day: The quiet before the crowds
Ron Cox submitted this photo and note: “Two days before the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo takes off, all is quiet as we watch the sunset by our Cessna 182N.”
Picture of the Day: Fuel stop
Sebastien Heintz submitted this photo and note: “Roger Dubbert, demo pilot for Zenith Aircraft Company, maker of the backcountry STOL CH 750 Super Duty sport utility kit airplane, fuels up the Zenith STOL during one of several stops on his way home from the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, to Mexico, Missouri, home of Zenith Aircraft Company. You can watch the hour-long video of the 12-hour flight home on YouTube.”
Picture of the Day: Buzz job
David Steele submitted this photo and note: “David Steele flying a North American AT-6 at the annual Crown Royal Ranch Fly-In at Mazza Airport (VA73) in Virginia. Photo by Ricardo Von Puttkamer.”
Picture of the Day: First solo souvenir
Lindsay Petre submitted this photo and note: “I was a tattoo buff before I got bit by the aviation bug, so what better commemoration for a first solo than this? I followed up with four more aviation tattoos. Photo by the New Haven, Connecticut, tattoo artist who goes by Zee.”