Gary Lanthrum submitted this photo and note: “On final to Ryan Field (2MT1) in Montana, you want your engine to be happy. There really aren’t any viable options if you can’t land on the airport’s grass runway.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Fly Bridge
Kenneth Hetge submitted this photo and note: “Neighbor Jarod Jestice came for a visit and used our creek bridge as the perfect setting to show off his newly installed high performance landing gear. Jarod competes in the ArkanSTOL competition using his modified KitFox and was using this perfect flying day to check things out.”
Picture of the Day: Dreams of flight
Martin Harris submitted this photo and note: “One of our EAA Chapter 534 Aviation Youth Program members in the Mini-Max we just restored. I caught him just sitting there lost in space. How many of us have done the same thing!”
Picture of the Day: New-found friends
Glenn Brasch, the man behind AirportCourtesyCars.com, sent in this photo with a note: “Les Tugaw departs Ryan Field (2MT1) in Montana in his Cessna 180 back to Washington state after a few days with new-found friends at the backcountry airstrip owned by the Recreational Aviation Foundation
Picture of the Day: Airplanes everywhere
General Aviation News photographer Megan Vande Voort captured this photo of a pilot wearing a T-shirt with an airplane on the back taking his own photos of airplanes at the 2022 Antique Airfield Association’s annual fly-in in Blakesburg, Iowa, over Labor Day weekend.
Picture of the Day: A shiny Silvaire
General Aviation News photographer Megan Vande Voort took this photo at the 2022 Antique Airplane Association annual fly-in, which was held Aug. 30-Sept. 5 in Blakesburg, Iowa. She captured many photos, including this one of a Luscombe 8 at Antique Airfield (IA27).
Picture of the Day: A magical place
Gary Lanthrum submitted this photo and note: “My Maule MX7-180 at Sullivan Lake (09S) in northeast Washington State. I flew over from the Seattle area for a fantastic night of camping at this magical place. This is one of the best backcountry strips out there!”
Picture of the Day: An AirVenture adventure
Stephen Seidel recently submitted this photo taken through the nose turret of a B-25 during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022.
Picture of the Day: Saying bye-bye to a lovely friend
Santiago Arbelaez submitted this photo and note: “Amelia, 3, has a special relationship with our C182RG, HK4965G. Here she is saying bye-bye to her in Las Acacias, Colombia, (SKAI), 8,500 feet, in the eastern branch of The Andes range.”