Gerrit Jordaan submitted this photo and note: “My wife and I both fly Bonanzas and we love doing flying safaris or fly-aways in South Africa. Nothing compares with flying formation over the Savannah plains with your friends. Flying in South Africa and Botswana is uncomplicated, but well organized. Some of the best flying weather. Game watching from the air!”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: First solo at 14
Jerry Cornwell submitted this photo and note: “James Garmin turned 14 in November 2020 and completed his solo flight. The picture shown here is him flying a Schweizer 1-26 sailplane known as the little racer. Photo was taken at Herlong Recreational Airfield. James is a member of the North Florida Soaring Society in Jacksonville, Florida.”
Picture of the Day: Maiden flight
Carl Warner submitted this photo and note: “The maiden flight of my 1952 PA20 after a 10-year restoration.”
Picture of the Day: Evening flight
Eugene Riggs submitted this photo and note: “Evening flight in the 170B. Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) in Washington.”
Picture of the Day: A bird of a different feather
Claudio Pedraita submitted this photo and note: “Took this gorgeous shot of a young red-shouldered hawk at Naples Municipal Airport (KAPF) in Florida.”
Picture of the Day: Teaching the next generation
Ted Luebbers sent in this photo, with a note: “A&P Frank McCutcheon shows Squadron 534 aviation youth member, Emily Lininger, how to make a repair to EAA Chapter 534’s Zenith 701 aircraft in the hangar at Leesburg International Airport (KLEE) in Florida.”
Picture of the Day: A not so normal way to see Santa Cruz
Dr. Joe McMurray submitted this photo and note: “Flying my Super Decathlon over Santa Cruz, California.”
Picture of the Day: B-17 has baby Waco
Patrick Conroy submitted this photo and note: “The Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport in Michigan has the flying B-17 overshadowing the WacoYMF on the ramp.”
Picture of the Day: The essence of grassroots aviation
John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “A Pietenpol, the essence of grassroots, self-reliant, aviation, landing at sunset on a summer evening in Minnesota (home of designer Bernard Pietenpol!).









