Adrian den Hartog sent in this photo, explaining: “Sunrise view from a Cessna 172 flying along the Colorado river downstream from the Hoover Dam.”
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Picture of the day: Flying a legend’s plane
Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo of a Meyers OTW that belongs to Captain Chuck Downey, the youngest Naval Aviator in World War II. The photo was shot near Classic Aviation in Pella, Iowa, over the Red Rock area. While Downey is still living, he’s no longer able to fly his Meyers.
Picture of the day: Ready to roll
William Dubois sent in this photo, which he titled “Winter in Santa Fe, New Mexico!” “The Plane Tales 1947 Ercoupe Racer ready to roll on snowy ground,” he added.
Picture of the day: Documenting 2016’s first flight
Patrick Alexander sent in this photo of the first flight of 2016 with his son. He notes: “@3500 enroute from El Monte to John Wayne Airport in SoCal airspace.” Read more here.
Pictures of the day: Training the next generation
Richard Rain sent in this photo of Adrian Petasis, who is 13 years old and dreams of flying for the Navy. Richard, who has been mentoring Adrian for the past six months, says the teen tries to fly with him as much as possible. “He has over 1,000 hours on a flight simulator,” says Richard, who notes, “Adrian […]
Picture of the day: Morning latte
Gary Lanthrum sent in this photo, explaining: “This is me enjoying my morning latte at the High Sierra Fly-in. Flying a Maule gives me enough hauling capacity that I bring an espresso machine on my airplane camping trips.” “This fly-in was held on the Dead Cow dry lakebed in northwest Nevada on Oct. 22-25 this year […]
Picture of the day: Passing on the passion
Eric Hummel, a CFI at the East Hill Flying Club at Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) in Upstate N.Y., captured t his photo one Saturday afternoon of a club member and his son sharing a little aviation bonding.
Pictures of the day: Pilots N Paws
James Kleen of Shellman Bluff, Georgia, recently sent in these photos of two passengers he recently had aboard his RV-8 during flights for the charity Pilots N Paws.
Picture of the day: Let’s go fly!
Sylvia Brown recently sent in this photo of her grandson, Asa Lamar Flowers, taken at Peachtree Dekalb Airport in Georgia, watching planes after having lunch. “I call it ‘Let’s go fly!” she said. “He has enjoyed flying with his grandfather, Asa V. Brown, in his Swift 80999 and Navion N7BJ based at 18A.”