Thomas Civin submitted this photo and note: “Piper Turbo Arrow IV and crew sleeping peacefully under Orion at 3 a.m. on a frosty full moon night at a grass strip fly-in at Thomas Memorial Airport (76V) in Glendo, Wyoming, in early September.”
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Picture of the Day: Mountain rescue
Derek Prendergast submitted this photo and note: “Mountain rescue operating Blackhawks out of Aspen-Pitkin County Airport/Sardy Field (KASE) in Colorado. Photo taken by Davey Mowrey.”
Picture of the Day: Mountain flying fun
Terry Hayes submitted this photo and note: “Johnny Rankin enjoying his flight in a C-180 over Glacier Park, Montana.”
Picture of the Day: Alaska night flight into the Blood Moon
Rob Stapleton submitted this photo and note: “I was leaving Lake Hood after a photo shoot and took a back access road to Lake Hood from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and noticed the moon rising over the Chugach Mountains. After positioning my vehicle on the tie-down ramp in Echo parking I grabbed a few frames of this Cessna ascending into a moonlit evening. This was the first frame of a motor drive series of three frames taken with a Canon 5DSR and a 100-400mm zoom lens.”
Picture of the Day: Our newest family member
Dave Cohen submitted this photo and note: “Our first flight in the newest member of our family, Lily, a 1967 Skyhawk. Carolyn and I got to our lunch destination in central Florida thanks to the skilled pilotage of our dog, Gabby!”
Picture of the Day: Getting ready for a Yak attack
Julius Bjorn Thorolfsson submitted this photo and note: “Young aviation enthusiast Thorolfur Mani going on a flight from Tungubakkar Mosfellsbae Airport (BIMS) in Greenland to Reykjavik Airport (BIRK) in Iceland with excitement and interest with aerobatic display and Icelandair Captain Snorri Bjarnvin Jonsson. The Yak-52 TF-BCX was performing aerobatic displays at an annual Wings & Wheels event at BIMS.”
Picture of the Day: End of the day at Blue Grass Airport
James McCormick submitted this photo and note: “The B-29 ‘FiFi’ after its visit to the Aviation Museum of Kentucky in Lexington.”
Picture of the Day: Camping at Triple Tree
Robert Butterfield submitted this photo and note: “My camp site at Triple Tree Aerodrome (SC00) in South Carolina. The first flight over the Blue Ridge Mountains to this pristine airport. With the back seat removed in my 1956 Piper Tri Pacer, a tent, sleeping bag, and electric scooters made a trip well appreciated.”
Picture of the Day: Beautiful start to the day at KGPZ
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “A new 2022 Cirrus waits to take to the skies from Grand Rapids/Itasca County Airport-Gordon Newstrom Field (KGPZ) in Minnesota, located just 70 miles west of where the Cirrus factory is in Duluth, Minnesota. Cirrus is now the largest employer in the city of Duluth, with more than 1,200 people working there today.”