Smitty Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this picture, with a brief note: “Then and now. My, how things have changed.”
Photo of the Day
A favorite airplane at a favorite airport
Ace photographer Star Novak snapped this photo of a Cessna 150 owned by Scott Lyon from Wellsville, Kansas, at one of her favorite airports, Cedar Air Park (51K) in Olathe, Kansas.
Waiting for the Chief Pilot
Frequent photo contributor Megan Vande Voort sent us this photo of her son, Meyer, who is hollering for his dad to take him on an airplane ride.
Flying in a rainbow
William Smith sent us this photo, with a simple note: “1958 C172 straight tail in the rainbow.”
Oklahoma aviation captured in students’ art
The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission (OAC) recently chose artwork from nine students who placed in the Oklahoma 2017 International Aviation Art Contest, adding a new Honorable Mention category. The state-level Aviation Art Contest, sponsored by the Aeronautics Commission, encourages kids, ages 6 to 17, to reflect on aviation by designing a piece of art based on the theme “Beyond […]
A Piper in a Diamond
Jessica Belcher of Exclusive Aviation at Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM) in Eden Prairie, Minn., sent in this photo with a brief explanation: “I was shooting this DA40 XLS for our sale listings, and caught this Piper doing touch and goes right in the plane’s canopy.”
Chasing a rainbow
Dale Rogers from Mayfair, Saskatchewan, in Canada, answered our call for interesting aviation photos with a series of photos of a full-circle rainbow. He writes: “For many years I reasoned that if a person was in an aircraft when there was a rainbow that it should be a full circle. So I wanted to see it with […]
Sundowner at sunset
Dustin Carter sent us this photo, with a brief note: “Sunset In The Capital City: An after flight picture of my 1976 Beechcraft Sundowner (N2235L) at Bolton Airport (KTZR) in Columbus, Ohio.”
A sunset takeoff
Scott Taylor sent in this photo of his 1968 Beech Musketeer (N5093T) at San Carlos Apache Airport (P13) in Arizona at sunset just before takeoff.