Brad Frederick, Michigan State Liaison for the Recreational Aviation Foundation, sent in these photos, taken by a variety of people, of the airstrip on North Fox Island in Lake Michigan. After working for many years to reopen the airstrip, RAF officials were successful in the summer of 2015. Since then, the island has become a destination […]
Photo of the Day
Somewhere under the rainbow
Brian Neidhardt sent us these two photos from the 2017 International Seaplane Fly-In held Sept. 7-10 in Greenville, Maine. If you’d like to see more of Brian’s photos from the fly-in, click here. You won’t be disappointed! Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this […]
Backcountry flying at its best
Scott Newpower sent in these photos taken by his son Tom at Schafer Meadows (8U2) in Montana of his Cessna 182 and Beech Bonanza landing at the backcountry airstrip: Want to see your photo online and in the pages of General Aviation News’ print edition? You can submit your photo online or email [email protected].
Check that off the bucket list…
Galin Hernandez, one of the forces behind Puerto Rico Flyers, sent in this photo for our Year in Pictures issues in December. He explained: “KIS Cruiser N819PR sits on the ramp at First Flight Airport (KFFA) North Carolina. Flying in to where the Wright brothers first achieved powered flight is an item I finally crossed […]
A picture is worth 1,000 words
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 […]
Amphib WACO YMF-5F takes flight
Peter F. Bowers of WACO Aircraft Corp. in Battle Creek, Mich., sent us this photo of the company’s new amphibious WACO YMF-5F.
Future pilots…
Fred Aleman sent in this photo, with a simple message: “Riley and Caroline Collins…someday…” Would you like to submit your favorite photo (or photos) from 2017? Use the form below:
Flying in Alaska
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.”
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 […]