Skychick Ramona Cox and photographer Hans Li caught these photos of Lakeland, Florida, Mayor Howard Wiggs as he prepares to do loops and rolls with the AeroShell Aerobatic Team, compliments of Honda Generator who is a sponsor of the team and SUN ‘n FUN. At first apprehensive, the mayor later said that he thoroughly enjoyed […]
Photo of the Day
Picture of the day: Sunrise camping at #SnF16
Photographer Jason McLemore captured this shot one morning at SUN ‘n FUN .
Picture of the day: Enjoying the air show
SUN ‘n FUN Photographer Phil Burmeister captured this shot on opening day of this week’s fly-in of a father and son enjoying the air show.
Picture of the day: Valiant at #SnF16
Ace photographer Matt Genuardi snapped this photo of a 1942 Vultee BT-15 Valiant on opening day of SUN ‘n FUN in Lakeland, Florida.
Picture of the day: Floatplane Heaven
George Weaver sent in this photo of “an anxious J3 on Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska — Floatplane Heaven. Nearly everything ever adapted to floats can be found there.” “Some work every day, some wait for better weather,” he notes. “Time was you could just walk along the shore and breathe it all in. Harder now, but worth it […]
Picture of the day: Back in the air
Frequent contributor Mike Kincaid sent in this photo, simply titled “Back in the air for another season!” The photo documents Glenn Smith’s annual trailer launch of his Piper PA-12 to begin seaplane instruction with Coeur d’ Alene Seaplanes in Idaho for the 2016 season.
Pictures of the day: A Stearman in flight
Annemarie Bain, a frequent contributor to this site, recently sent in these photos, taken during a flight in a Stearman, of another Stearman, flying out of Bayport Aerodrome in New York, where the Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York (AACGNY) is based. Making the flight over Fire Island, The Great South Bay and Long Island […]
Picture of the day: Over Maroon Bells
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson over Maroon Bells wilderness area west of Aspen, Colorado, in the fall after one of the first dustings of snow.
Picture of the day: A brief ray of backcountry sunshine
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo, explaining: “A Husky and Maule M7 enjoying a brief ray of sun in the Idaho backcountry.”