Photo of the Day

Ronald Newburg, the force behind Niagara Air Parts, sent in this shot captured by a drone over Orillia, in Ontario, Canada. He captioned the photo: “Home is where the drone was.”

Dale Andersen sent in this photo of an early morning adventure. He describes the photo: “Two Aeronca Champs departing California’s Oceano (L52) Aerodrome heading for the backcountry to play.”

Jean-Yves Duplessis submitted this photo of Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Douglas Dakota’s Wright Cyclone R-1820 engine. “I used Corel Painter software to give it the painterly effect,” he reports.

Dale Andersen sent in this photo, which he describes as “back to the hangar after a morning flight.”

Reader Gene Lee sent in this photo of him performing a loop in his RV-7a over McKinney, Texas.

Attorney Dennis Haber sent in this photo, taken after, what he says, was a long day. “I had a hearing in Orlando on an FAA violation matter.  The photo was taken after my flight from Miami to Orlando and return after work at sunset.”

Willard Rice sent in this photo of “Daddy’s co-pilot,” his daughter Margaret, in his Cessna 150 at Collegedale Municipal Airport (KFGU) in Tennessee.

With Ohio in the grips of snow and ice, Ray Ebner recalls happier times in the air in his Piper PA-28: “This was taken over southeastern Ohio in December 2005. It was a beautiful day and my friend in his Cessna took this air-to-air shot for me.”

Mary Smith sent in these sunrise photos of the ramp at Centennial Airport (KAPA) near Denver during her pre-flight.

Walt Kahn sent in this photo he says has been in his computer for a long time. “I don’t know much about it except that it’s a fabric wing Luscombe,” he says.

Stephan Nelle sent in this beautiful shot of a Cessna 195 on floats at the Oshkosh seaplane base during AirVenture 2012.