Pilots and other guests flocked to Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wis., in early February for the annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Skiplane Fly-In, always one of the more colorful events of the winter season. Nearly 30 skiplanes participated, and roughly 750 bowls of chili were served to those who braved the cold temperatures, according to […]
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Picture of the Day: Sunset at KCRE
John Charles of Myrtle Beach, S.C., sent in this photo for Picture of the Day. “My RV-7 is pre-flighted for an evening flight,” he explains. “I had parked my car and was walking back to the aircraft when I took this shot last December.” He adds the plane was built in 2006 by Don McLendon […]
Picture of the Day: Mustang reflections
With just about a month to go before this year’s SUN ‘n FUN kicks off, Jeffrey T. Jones sent in this photo of a P-51 at the 2017 SUN ‘n FUN. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in […]
Pictures of the Day: From a Piper Cub to the Ford Tri-Motor
Chad Christopher sent in these four photographs taken at the 2018 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. “The cloud formation was perfect as this Piper Cub departed from One Nine,” he says of the first photo, but admits that the Ford Tri-Motor is his favorite one of the group. Check them all out below. Would […]
Picture of the Day: Flying into the sun
Bob Hirschfield sent in this photo for Picture of the Day of him cruising over Lake Winnipesaukee in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire in his MSquared Sprint 1000 floatplane. 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 […]
Picture of the Day: Somewhere under the rainbow
Rick Tutt of RJ Tutt Aviation at Stockton Metropolitan Airport in California, sent in this photo for Picture of the Day. He explains it is a Piper M500 waiting for its first 50 hour inspection at Petaluma Airport in front of Mangon Aircraft. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the […]
Pictures of the day: Flying GA in Italy
Picture of the Day takes us to Italy. Frequent contributor Piergiorgio Goldoni sent in these photos, taken during a flight in an Alpi Aviation Pioneer above Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park, a state-held natural preserve in northern and central Italy. He notes they took off from Sassuolo Airstrip in Modena, Italy, and flew from Cerreto Pass […]
Picture of the day: Remember Meigs Field?
Ronald Payne sent in this blast from the past for Picture of the Day, a photo of base to final at Meigs Field in Chicago. The photo was taken in 1997, six years before the airport was closed. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley had been trying to close the airport on Northerly Island since 1994 […]
Pictures of the Day: Getting the crowd to its feet
Howard J (Jim) Whaley sent in these photos for Picture of the Day, explaining: “500 square foot parachute with the American flag flying over the beach at Ocean City, Maryland. Many people stood and saluted the flag.” He adds that his ultralight is powered by a Rotax 60 horsepower engine and has a top speed […]