Sam Winslow submitted this photo and note: “I took this photo in September 2026 after flying up to Santa Rosa-Sonoma County Airport (KSTS) in California for the day. There was a touch of haze in the air from nearby wildfires and perhaps some ice in the high clouds. I saw a halo from the sun framed behind the control tower. This photo is unedited — it really looked like that.”
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Picture of the Day: Wisconsin’s Largest Weathervane
Sparky Barnes submitted this photo and note: “Though its flying days have gone by, this Cessna 150 is still aloft by the shore of Cedar Lake in Wisconsin, at Meister’s Grill and Bar. There’s a seaplane base at Cedar Lake (WI35), so folks can arrive by plane, boat, or car to enjoy great food! (Note: The seaplane base is “Private use. Permission required prior to landing.”)
Picture of the Day: Flying Through a Rainbow
Joyce and Art Woods submitted this photo and note: “Flying through a New Mexico rainbow after a welcome rain just north of Albuquerque, in our Cessna Skyhawk XP. We observed the double rainbow ahead transform to a circle below us.”
Picture of the Day: Beautiful History
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “This gorgeous 1942 Fairchild made a pit stop at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia, for fuel before taking off to finish the flight home.”
Picture of the Day: It’s Not Always About the Speed
Hayman Tam submitted this photo and note: “A gathering of exotic sports cars pose with a homebuilt Marquart MA-5 Charger recently at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California. With a maximum level speed of 126 kts (145 mph), the Charger is probably the slowest two-seater in this group.”
Picture of the Day: Some Help With The Landing
Bob Orris submitted this photo and note: “My wife and I rented a C-172 to rescue Dempsey and Hero. Dempsey was 10 months old and Hero was about a year and half old. Both puppies were great travelers during the entire trip until about 15 minutes before landing when Dempsey decided he wanted to help me land! He kept trying to get up to the front seat and was so incredibly cute that my wife took him and held him until we parked. Dempsey and I are in the picture taken by my wife Karen.”
Picture of the Day: Tennessee River Sunset
Al Trausch submitted this photo and note: “Flying my 1976 Cessna 150M, I captured the sunset on the Tennessee River between Guntersville and Huntsville, Alabama.”
Picture of the Day: Back Home
Danny Marcy submitted this photo and note: “Just returned from Stratford, Texas, pulling my Avid Flyer on its own trailer. I started this build in 1992 and finished it in 1997. In 2010 I retired and sold the Avid and our house in Illinois. We moved to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, and I had no place for the Avid at the lake. Then the flying bug bit again. I joined EAA Chapter 1254 at the Lake and decided to call the man who bought the Avid. We struck a deal. The wife and I drove to Texas to bring my Avid Flyer back home.”
Picture of the Day: Old Dog, New Tricks
Konstantinos Kalogridis submitted this photo and note: “A Cessna F172M modified with Garmin electronics.”