Jay Carpenter, secretary and past president of the Texas Aviation Association, sent in this photo, with a brief note: “While in a foreign territory, the RV-7 ‘Odette’ finds shelter from the storm thanks to a local Air Tractor pilot at Dimmitt Municipal Airport (T55). West Texas hospitality at its best!”
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Picture of the day: A snowy takeoff
Ron Perkins sent in this photo of his friend “taking off after a good snow.”
Pictures of the day: Much to be thankful for
Esta-Ann Elliott sent in these photos, taken just before a flight in the family’s Piper Arrow departing from Alexandria Field in Pittstown, N.J. She notes that her husband, Jack, is still climbing into the Arrow at the age of 93.
Picture of the day: A chilly start to 2018
Rob Stapleton sent us this photo, taken at sunset at Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska, in the early days of January 2018. “We have been having lots of ground fog and what you see on the prop of this Mooney is hoarfrost from the fog,” he explains.
Picture of the day: Simply wonderful
Jonathan Milne of Sidney, Maine, sent in this photo. “Each year volunteer pilots meet at the Lighthawk.org annual fly-in. 2017 found many of our pilots (and planes) at Basin Harbor, Vermont. This photo was taken early in the morning on Oct. 23, 2017, just as the sun was rising over the 3,000′ grass strip on […]
Picture of the day: The sun rises on a new year
Not daunted by a poor forecast, Ken Killian launched skyward to “get in a little air time before the ‘big storm’ moved in. Clouds are what can really make a photo and these were perfect. Usually they would obscure Mt. Rainier, but on this morning they did not.” While Ken didn’t bring his camera, he […]
Picture of the day: Sonex at sunset
Robbie Culver of Naperville, Illinois, sent in this photo, taken from a tail-mounted GoPro of his Sonex landing at the Rock Falls, Illinois, airport at sunset.
Picture of the day: Greeting the sun
Joshua Boyd of Greenville, S.C., sent in this photo, explaining: “My Piper Arrow at Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) right before a morning flight.”
Picture of the day: Twins (sort of)
Megan Vande Voort, whose husband, Shane, owns Classic Aviation at Pella Municipal Airport (KPEA) in Iowa, sent us this photo, taken last summer of traffic headed to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture. She labeled it simply “Twinning.”