Geoff Pritchard, who flies out of Vernon Regional Airport (CYVK) in Vernon, British Columbia, sent along this picture of his newly restored 1930 Fleet Model 2. “The test flight was on Oct. 5, 2017, and apart from a slightly heavy left wing, all went well, including the Kinner R 56 that ran like a top,” […]
Photo of the Day
Pictures of the Day: Fort Worth Alliance Air Show
An estimated 120,000 people attended the Bell Helicopter Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 28-29, 2017. The air show featured the Blue Angels, the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team, the Trojan Phlyers, David Martin, Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Sean D. Tucker, a U.S. Air Force Heritage Flight, Bob Carlton, Michael Goulian, Gene Soucy, and Wing Walker […]
Picture of the Day: The golden hour
Gary Lanthrum of Port Hadlock, Washington, sent in this photo in reply to our call for reader’s favorite photos of 2017. “My Maule MX7-180C on the grass at Lands Inn Ranch Airport (49OR) in Oregon where my wife and I flew for the eclipse this August. It was a wonderfully intimate gathering with only 12 […]
Flying over the Golden Gate Bridge
Mitch Naegle of Santa Rosa, California, sent us this photo in response to our call for favorite pictures of 2017. He took the photo of himself flying a Cessna 172 over San Fransisco Bay on Oct. 23, 2017. Would you like to submit your photo for favorite pictures of 2017? You can on the form below […]
Pull of dry lake bed too strong to pass up for pair of Zenith
Zenith CH 601 XL-B builder Steve Smith snapped this photo and noted a “Quick stop on a dry lake bed on the way to the Copperstate Fly-in. We could not pass up the opportunity to land on this dry lake bed in Western Utah on the way to Arizona.” The high-wing plane is a Zenith […]
Scenes from the Copperstate Fly-In
Glenn Brasch of AirportCourtesyCars.com was at the 2017 Copperstate Fly-In, held Oct. 27-28 at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona, and sent us these photos taken during the show:
Send us your favorite picture from 2017
Every year, we devote our two December print issues of General Aviation News to photographs sent in by our readers. It’s amazing the number of photos we receive showing airplanes in all their glory — from backcountry flying to a Cub sitting on a grass runway to a dad taking his daughter for her first […]
Visiting the boneyard
Geremy Kornreich sent us this series of photos of the aircraft graveyard and storage space at the Davis Montham Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona which, he says, “is one of the most impressive and saddest places I’ve ever seen.” “Thousands of aircraft are in various stages of dismantlement, with a small percentage in resurrectable […]
Wintering in Arizona
Geremy Kornreich sent us this photo of the Goodyear Blimp “Wingfoot Two,” as it gets tethered down at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson, Arizona, on Oct. 24, 2017. “The blimp is occasionally there during the winter season, and certainly makes the airport easy to find,” he reports.