Lincoln Benedict sent in this photo with a short note: “A September Friday provided a rare calm and clear evening around the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Two friends and myself took the Bald Eagle Flying Club’s Cessna 172 into Gorham Airport in Gorham, New Hampshire, after an hour of touring the area. With a […]
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Picture of the day: The lift from your wings…
Randall Walls sent in this shot, with a brief explanation: “A left-seat shot with an iPhone 6 of the Parker River in Northeastern Massachusetts at dusk on Oct. 15, 2016. Photo was taken at 6,500 feet MSL in the Bald Eagle Flying Club’s 1979 Cessna 172N, N4818D, on a return trip from PVC (Provincetown, Mass.) to […]
Picture of the day: A favorite Bob Hoover photo
Ace photographer Star Novak, a frequent contributor of photos to General Aviation News, sent in this photo after she heard the news about Bob Hoover. “Here’s one of my favorites from a couple of years ago. What a true class act— he will be deeply missed by all of us touched by aviation, but oh, what […]
Picture of the day: Ready for ground school
Steve Nelson sent in this photo, with a short note: “The Wings Over the Rockies Museum at Centennial Airport in Denver holds a teacher day a few times a year. It sparks their interest in aviation, and hopefully that will trickle down to the students. Two astronauts spoke, then there were plane rides in three […]
Pictures of the day: The Prescott Pusher
Our good friend Albert Dyer sent in these photos with a quick note: “EAA Chapter 241 in DeKalb, Ill., had the pleasure at one of its monthly chapter meetings of having Ole Sindberg fly in to give a talk on building, flying and maintaining the Prescott Pusher, which currently is the only airworthy example. Visually stunningly inside and […]
Pictures of the day: A new blimp takes off
On Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, Goodyear christened its newest blimp, Wingfoot Two, in Akron, Ohio. The new blimp is: Bigger: At 246.4 ft. long, Wingfoot Two stretches over 4/5 the length of a football field and is 50 ft. longer than previous blimps. Better: Since 1925 pilots of the previous generation of blimps controlled the […]
Picture of the day: Low pass
Leonel Fernandez sent in this photo with a quick note: “Super Decathlon N16BY…Low pass in Ranchito, Dominican Republic, Aug. 16, 2016.
Picture of the day: Seaplanes at Greenville
Frequent contributor Brian Neidhardt attended the Greenville International Seaplane Fly-In in early September and captured a treasure trove of photos. This Cessna 180 landing over the town of Greenville on Mooshead Lake is just one. See his entire gallery on the show here.
Picture of the day: A smokin’ Shark
Smitty Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com snapped this photo at the recent Heart of Texas Airshow in Waco, Texas, then titled it “A Smokin’ Shark!”