Ace photographer Megan Vande Voort was gracious enough to send us a bunch of photos she took this summer. We’ll post them all eventually, but this one stood out…
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Pictures of the day: Flying without an engine
Frequent photo contributor Albert L Dyer sent in these photos, taken at Hinckley Airport in Illinois, just outside of Chicago O’Hare airspace. “It is surrounded by farmlands rich in green crops,” he begins. “It’s a peacefully quiet airport. Hinckley is an airport with golf course smooth turf that primarily operates a glider operation. There are plenty of […]
Picture of the day: Dog days of summer
Capt. Hal Denton sent in this photo of his 1-year-old Australian shepherd, Molly, in a Cessna 182 RG. He notes: “While she will not wear a headset on the ground, as soon as the engine is started, she leaves them on. Then after landing, when the engine is shut down she will pull them off. “As […]
Picture of the day: Landing at ATL … in a piston plane
Hal Denton, known by many at Captain Hal, sent in this photo, with a brief explanation: “When I knew I had a meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Atlanta, I thought ‘what a great time to put my license to good use.’ If I could land at ATL, I could walk to my meeting. However, […]
Picture of the Day: Life’s a beach
Texas is not always know for its beaches, but Port Aransas is a general aviation friendly beach. Ken VeArd of Pilot Partner takes off and flies over the beach on the way back home in his Bonanza A36TC.
Picture of the day: Passing on the aviation bug
Daniel Brian sent in this photo with a short note: “Here’s a photo of my son and I taking advantage of a perfect evening in our 1946 J-3. Doing my best to pass along the aviation ‘bug’ like my dad did for me. By the way, this is using a flightflix strut mount and GoPro.”
Picture of the day: A little rain doesn’t stop the fun
Regular contributor Penny Hamilton submitted this photo and report from the annual fly-in and community breakfast held earlier this month at Granby/Grand County Airport-Emily Warner Field in Granby, Colo. She reports: “Rain grounded aircraft, but there was plenty of community support as almost as many pancakes were served up as last year and the silent […]
Picture of the day: Stunning sunset
Andrew Smith sent in this photo he titled “Warnervale Sunset,” taken at the Warnervale Airport in New South Wales, Australia.
Picture of the day: Only in Alaska…
Jordan Buness sent in this photo with a simple note: “Stikine River Hot Tubs Slough. Southeast Alaska, late June 2016.”