Larry Portouw submitted this photo and note: “This is sunrise Jan. 1, 2020, taken by my wife, Charlotte, from our 1969 Mooney M-20C, at 11,500 feet in the vicinity of Tombstone, Arizona, and the Dragoon Mountains looking out into New Mexico and beyond. The Chiricahua Mountains are visible on the left side of the frame. The goal was to make it back down to home plate at Benson Municipal Airport (E95) and watch a second sunrise. We didn’t quite make it as it came up again in the base to final turn to Runway 10 at E95. I’ve done this before in a Tri-Pacer and it is great fun and a good excuse to practice emergency descents. The year started with this and lots of promise. Little did we know….”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Autumn sunset
Frederic Smet submitted this photo and note: “Ready for an IFR flight on a wet autumn night in my Cirrus SR20-G3 out of Ostend, Belgium, to our home base in Antwerp, Belgium. Pretty quiet on this ramp! Enjoying the beautiful sunset though, with some dew already forming on the airplane’s surfaces.
Picture of the Day: Flying on a perfect day
Bill Rodway submitted this photo and note: “With the new runway finished and inviting, a trip to the highest airport in the USA (9,934 feet) seemed inevitable. Gas at Lake County Airport (KLXV) in Leadville, Colorado, was inexpensive, and I made sure to get my ‘Certificate of Navigation’ from manager Brett Cottrell. Borrow the crew car and grab lunch at High Mountain Pies or the Golden Burro Cafe.”
Picture of the Day: The perfect plane
Gilles Roy submitted this photo and note: “My wife and I pictured with our brand new 182 on July 7, 2007. I purchased the 182 while I was learning to fly. It proved to have been a good choice of aircraft after determining the type of flight we planned. I got my private pilot certificate […]
Picture of the Day: Early morning Florida sky
Scott Golden submitted this photo and note: “Palm Beach Flight Club fleet of aircraft on the ramp at North Palm Beach County Airport (F45) in West Palm Beach in Florida after an early morning rain turns into blue skies.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit […]
Picture of the Day: A successful IFR checkride
Matthew McCoy submitted this photo and note: “Passed my IFR checkride. Pictured here with my DPE. That was a tough rating, in my opinion. Excited to get it done.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture […]
Picture of the Day: Fourth generation pilot in training
Joshua Alexander submitted this photo and note: “Sloane Alexander, who is 9 years old, has logged eight hours in a Diamond DA40 with Kate Short of the Aspen Flight Academy, her CFI in Aspen, Colorado. Sloane is following a family tradition and will hopefully be a fourth generation pilot. Her great-grandfather, Bob Alexander, was a […]
Picture of the Day: A war hero
Dave Woodcock sent in the picture with a note: “I purchased the L-4H Grasshopper 43-30430 (N9217H) in April 2020. The aircraft is a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and the subsequent push into Germany for victory. It was attached to the 30th Infantry Division, Ninth Army, seeing action from November 1944 through the […]
Picture of the Day: Laura’s aftermath
Jerry Barnhill submitted this photo and note: “This is the condition of Southland Field Airport (KUXL) in Louisiana after Hurricane Laura.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture of the Day are also considered for our […]