John Mossotti submitted this photo and note: “The ground crew at Adirondack Regional Airport (KSLK) in Saranac Lake, New York, marshaled our Cessna 421 and parked us directly behind this Gulfstream on the ramp. Glad they weren’t leaving until the following day!”
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Pictures of the Day: Liberty Science Center celebrates aviation
Susan Loricchio submitted these photos and note: “Hot Air Balloonist Kelly Hilberth and her crew introduce kids to lighter than air flight at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City during Aviation Weekend. The event included many fields of aviation from Space Force to the first FAA certified electric aircraft Pipistrel Velis. Many organizations also came to participate and meet the general public. The day was an attendance record setter for the center.”
Picture of the Day: Flying to a feast
Jerry Strazz submitted this photo and note: “Glacial grows and grizzlies growl, but the Otter flew us to a salmon feast safely. A delicious dinner at Taku Lodge in Juneau, Alaska, made possible by an Otter floatplane.”
Picture of the Day: Let me out there
Bob Snowden submitted this photo and note: “A one-week-old Spirit SE-1 waiting to get out there before dark.”
Picture of the Day: Grandson and my Discovery flight
Jim Mauro submitted this photo and note: “My grandson Maddox, 6, and I took a Discovery flight in 2012 in a Cessna 172 out of Goldsboro, N.C. Two years later I started my private pilot flight training in Kinston, N.C., at age 71, and completed that same year. Fulfilled a long time desire. He enjoyed that and many subsequent flights with me. Best memories!”
Picture of the Day: TOP flight excitement
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “The Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182 takes to the skies above Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia. The pilot, Lt. Col. Shelton Davis, created a flight plan to the passenger’s workplace, East Hardy Elementary School. The passenger, Mr. Harclerode, takes advantage of his TOP (Teacher Orientation Program) flight after participating in Civil Air Patrol’s ACE (Aerospace Connection in Education) program. Mr. Harclerode got to fly over the school, waving to his students on the ground below.”
Picture of the Day: Early morning departure
Ian Lellyett submitted this photo and note: “An early morning departure from Sau Pan Botswana.”
Picture of the Day: The Badlands
Jim Thomas submitted this photo and note: “After landing at Spearfish, South Dakota, for the Badlands Fly-In in September 2025, a thunderstorm moved across the grass airplane parking.”
Picture of the Day: Gorgeous night
Jeff Marrero submitted this photo and note: “Flying over Chatham, New York, on a flight from Florida to Poughkeepsie.”