In reply to our call for photos for The Year in Pictures, David Baldwin sent us this photo, taken by his wife, Belinda, of him taking off in his Kitfox, “with the first signs of winter showing up on the mountains at Chugiak, Alaska.”
Photo of the Day
An Italian sunset
One of the first photos to come in from our call for readers’ favorite photos of 2017 was from Piergiorgio Goldoni from Italy, who sent in this photo of a sunset at Modena-Marzaglia Airport (LIPM). “A ray of sunshine pierces the cockpit of a Piper PA 38-112 Tomahawk II of the flying school of the […]
One more demo flight before retirement
Geremy D. Kornreich was recently in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and was lucky enough to see a demo water drop by the retiring Neptune P-2V water bomber. He captured several photos. He explains: “Pilot Dave Dahl and co-pilot Joe Wattles flew two water bomber demo sorties in Neptune Aviation‘s P2V fire bomber ‘Tanker 06’ during the […]
Having fun in the backcountry
Bill Whitney of Yakima, Washington, sent us these photos of his 1952 Cessna 170B he bought in Anchorage. He notes: “180-hp Lycoming engine conversion, 31″ Alaskan Bushwheels, Horton STOL kit, VGs and many other mods make it a very capable backcountry airplane.”
Airplanes in Alaska
Hayman Tam, one of General Aviation News’ writers and photographers, recently returned from a trip to Alaska. “I just happened to take a ‘few’ airplane photos,” he reports. Translation: He took thousands. Here is just a sample of those photos. Look for much more in an upcoming post and in the print edition of General […]
Iconic Warbirds
Gordon McNulty sent us another image of Sentimental Journey, with this note: The Commemorative Air Force B-17G Sentimental Journey, seen with the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster at the museum in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2016.”
Angels on the wing?
Phil Bethell sent in these photos of an “orb” that followed him on a December flight for about 20 minutes. “We were at 17,500 feet eastbound over the Uinta Mountain Range near Salt Lake City,” he reports. “We felt it was angelic as high winds had given us a share of turbulence prior to seeing this.”
Something rare in the air
Attendees who navigated past wild fire smoke and TFRs to get to the fly-in at the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM) in Hood River, Oregon, Sept. 9-10, 2017, were treated to a unique opportunity to see four OX-5 powered airplanes in the air at the same time. Gennaro Avoliobar sent in these photos, taken […]
Winning wings
The National Aviation Heritage Invitational, held in conjunction with the California Capital Airshow Sept. 9-10, recently unveiled its winners. The Grand Champion Neil A. Armstrong National Aviation Heritage Trophy was awarded to the 1954 Grumman Albatross owned by Joe Duke of Ponte Vedra, Florida. Winners in other categories: CLASSIC: Paul E. Garber Trophy: 1944 Beechcraft D17S, Historic […]