William Peters submitted this photo and note: “The USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, S.C., as seen while flying by in a Cessna 150.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Mountain fire
Art Friedman submitted this photo and note: “Watching as the ‘mountain’ fire burns the ridge to the south of Santa Paula Airport (KSZP) in California and just across the river.”
Picture of the Day: Third generation pilot at the controls
Ben Sclair submitted this photo and note: “Brenna Sclair takes her parents, Ben and Deb, for a flight around McMinnville and Newberg, Oregon, shortly after earning her private pilot certificate in early August 2024. Brenna is the first third generation pilot in the Sclair family. Mom and Dad are so proud.”
Picture of the Day: On final
Ignatius Lippe submitted this photo and note: “My first flight to Salzburg Airport (LOWS) in Austria, with our Aeroclub Hof Piper 28 Archer III. See the Untersberg (6,078 feet) to the right, famous for its marble and clear water.”
Picture of the Day: Early and bright
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “A Civil Air Patrol Cessna soaks up the morning rays before a full day of glider operations at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia. The West Virginia Wing supports glider operations for multiple states, Delaware Wing was the lucky one this particular day.”
Picture of the Day: October sunset
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “On Lake Winnie in northern Minnesota. Our 180K is parked on a sand bar awaiting its flight back to home base.”
Picture of the Day: In all her glory
Marc Miller submitted this photo and note: “Beautiful DC-3, in all her glory ready to launch into the wild blue. My wife, Janet, and I were mesmerized with the craftsmanship of this incredible piece of history.”
Picture of the Day: Nice to be chauffeured
Ben Sclair submitted this photo and note: “Newly minted pilot, Brenna Sclair, chauffeurs Dad around in a 1946 Piper J-3 Cub. Dad still had to perform the takeoff and landing as Brenna has yet to earn a tailwheel endorsement. But still, it was nice to let Brenna handle the controls.”
Picture of the Day: A classic maneuver in a classic airplane
Jon Wilson submitted this photo and note: “Greg Koontz performs the classic hammerhead stall in his American Champion 8KCAB Decathlon at the 2024 Atlanta Airshow.”