Photo of the Day

Samuel Sarns found this 1947 North American Navion in Ohio in 2013. After taking her apart, he trailered her back to Traverse City, Michigan (KTVC), and made her beautiful again.

Rusty Eichorn sent us this photo, with a quick note: “Another day on a northern Minnesota lake with the Cessna 180 on Aerocet 3500 straight floats.”

Scottsdale, Arizona-based instructor Bob Littlefield encourages his students to fly early. “In June, I start flying with my students at sunrise to beat the Arizona heat,” he said In addition to instructing, Littlefield has written multiple aviation books. Learn more FlightSkills.com.

Officials at Francis Aviation, an FBO at Doña Ana County International Jetport in Santa Teresa, N.M., note that plane spotters have enjoyed an interesting lineup of aircraft that visit the jetport. “It’s been a really interesting spring with a lot of really interesting and unusual aircraft visiting the airport,” said Nicholas E. Gogolew, Jr., regional […]

Clayton Corn sent is this photo, noting, “My son Grayson and I over College Station, Texas, heading from Austin to an unmarked private airport to look at an airplane we’re considering purchasing.”

Mike Kincaid sent us photo of pilot Bill Padilla waving the flag as he flies over Lake Coeur d’ Alene during the July 4th weekend.

Daniel Tharp sent us this photo, taken at Ohio State University Airport (KOSU) in Columbus, Ohio, on the afternoon of June 19, 2017.

Frequent contributor Star Novak just sent us this photo, explaining: “This pretty little Luscombe owned by Adam Pratt from Lenexa, Kansas, was basking in a warm summer sunset at the conclusion of the VAA Chapter 16’s annual Fly-In at K34 June 24.”

Spence Gray sent us this photo, taken between Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport (KJVL) in Janesville, Wisconsin, and Davenport Municipal Airport (KDVN) in Iowa.