About 40 people arrived before dawn Saturday, March 18, 2017, for a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walk at the Greenville Downtown Airport (KGMU) in South Carolina. The airport’s Lara Kaufmann sent in these photos showing the volunteers’ dedication.
Photo of the Day
Star power
Smitty Smith, the force behind FunPlacesToFly.com, sent in this photo, explaining: “The ‘star’ of the static area — this beautiful bird flew in for our EAA Chapter 1246 First Saturday Coffee and Donuts get-together.”
Generation Gap
Frequent contributor Megan Vande Voort sent us this photo, with a quick note: “A Champ and a Cirrus stay warm.”
Taking things literally…
This photo caught my eye when it first appeared in Vermont Aviation, an email newsletter put out by the Aviation Program of the Agency of Transportation for the state of Vermont. They spotted it first on a Reddit thread.
Fun flight
Jim Hefner sent in these photos, taken March 9, 2017, during a “fun flight to Monument Valley with lunch at Gouldings Lodge (UT25). After lunch I flew to Mexican Hat, then west over the Goosenecks and Lake Powell to Page, where I stayed overnight,” he said.
Smokin’!
Smitty Smith from FunPlacesToFly.com sent in this photo with a brief note: “Viper! Smokin’! Shot taken at the Waxahachie Fly-In in Texas.”
Video: Caribbean Zenith flight taunts those stuck in the cold
As winter — and the weather — drags on, seeing this Zenith CH701 in — and above — the beautiful Caribbean waters is almost more than I can take. Amazing to see how much flex there is in the Full Lotus floats.
Mission accomplished
David Ulane, director of the Colorado Division of Aeronautics, sent us these photos with a brief note: “Elizabeth, 9, is the daughter of my co-worker at the Colorado Division of Aeronautics, and is absolutely obsessed with all things flying and aviation. When I learned that she wanted nothing more than to see the sunrise from […]
Devastation at KOJC
Frequent contributor Star Novak sent us photos of the devastation caused by storms ripping through Johnson County Executive Airport (KOJC) in Olathe, Kansas, Monday, March. 6, 2017. She writes: “These are truly the airplane photos that I hate to shoot,” she said. “To see this in person was overwhelming. There are just no words…”