Kevin Wolley submitted this photo and note: “I landed at Portland-Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) in Oregon in the red and white Cessna 172 and taxied to the FBO for fuel. Much to my surprise, a B-17 and a Bf-109 were on the ramp, staged for an air show at the nearby Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, home of the Spruce Goose, in McMinnville. I found this delightful view of my modest mount from the shadow of the bomber, and reflected on the airmen of World War II who were my boyhood heroes, and moved me to 25 years of flying at FedEx.”
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Picture of the Day: Flying over the colorful tulip fields
Jim McGauhey submitted this photo and note: “Each spring there is a tulip festival in Skagit County, Washington. NOTAM has fixed wing flying counterclockwise at 1,000 feet and rotary at 500 feet and clockwise. Note the several colors in the fields under the cowl. Flying my homebuilt Zenith CH-650.”
Picture of the Day: Never too young to do an annual
Richard Hrezo submitted this photo and note: “My 8-year-old grandson John has racked up 45 flights in my RV-7A and doesn’t hesitate to earn his keep with a screwdriver and youthful flexibility. He loves everything airplane and aviation and is a ‘good stick.’ This allows ‘Pop’ to sip coffee while those access panels come off.”
Picture of the Day: Formation flight to Fredericksburg
Greg Young submitted this photo and note: “This is a Navion two-ship flight from our base at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH) to the Navion fly-in at Gillespie County Airport (T82) in Fredericksburg, Texas, on Oct. 14, 2022. My hangar mate, Kevin Domingue, is lead and I’m flying wing to get some air-to-air shots of my new bubble canopy.”
Picture of the Day: Straight as an Arrow
James Cramer submitted this photo and note: “A Piper Arrow 180 flying in formation south of Lake Tahoe. Pilot is Jim Cramer and photographer is David Benjamin.”
Picture of the Day: Aurora Borealis
Frederic Smet submitted this photo and note: “I generally send in pictures while flying my SR20. But this time I sent in a picture from the Boeing 737 MAX I fly since the Aurora Borealis was that amazing. Flying over Greenland on the way back from Philadelphia to Brussels.”
Picture of the Day: Night over Sig Field
Michael Townsley submitted this photo and note: “Night has fallen on Sig Field, Montezuma, Iowa. That is the hangar my Champ is in. Hazel Sig Hester owns the airport. She is 101 years young!”
Picture of the Day: Back in the day
Marc Sas submitted this photo and note: “Felts Field Spokane. A bit of nostalgia at Spokane, Washington’s first airline passenger terminal at Felts Field (KSFF). Random visiting aircraft, probably for lunch at the Skyway Cafe. I was working for Western Aviation at the time doing line service.”
Picture of the Day: The Chinese Wall
Gary Lanthrum submitted this photo and note: “The Chinese Wall makes up part of the Continental Divide in the Bob Marshall Wilderness of Montana. It is an amazing geologic formation that can only be accessed by flying or by an arduous multi-day hike through the wilderness. This view is from my Maule on the way to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2022.”