Bradley Pearce submitted this photo of an Allegro flying at about 3,000 feet near Chapel Hill, N.C. “Cruising around with my 3-year-old son,” he said in a short note. The photo is also featured in our Dec. 22 print issue, which features The Year in Pictures.
Photo of the Day
Watching the sun come up
Hal Denton sent in these photos, taken during an early morning flight over Knoxville, Tenn., heading out over the Smokey Mountains.
Formation flight honors veterans
Karyn King sent in this photo — which will also be featured in our Dec. 22 print issue — of two T-34s and a T-6 flying in formation as a Veterans Day tribute. The formation flight took off from the Mentor West Fly-In out of Camarillo, Calif.
Flying high in Iowa
The winners of the annual photo contest sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation have been revealed. Since 2004, thousands of photo entries have captured aviation activities associated with Iowa. This year the results include 90 award-winning photos. As the popularity of video continues to grow, a video category was also added […]
Picture of the day: Camping at Triple Tree
Graeme Smith sent in this panoramic photo of the campground at the 10th annual Triple Tree Fly-In, held September 2016 in South Carolina. This photo will also be featured in the Dec. 22, 2016, print issue of General Aviation News, which focuses on The Year in Pictures.
Pictures of the day: The right decision
Erik Brouwer from the Netherlands sent in this series of photos of Dutchman Wilco van der Knijff’s 1980 Piper Turbo Arrow. When the pilot bought the plane, it “needed TLC badly,” so he “had it restored and refitted,” according to Brouwer. “Everything in this plane is new — interior, paint, instrument panel, prop and engine. Even the […]
Pictures of the day: Taking flight
Glen Bradley sent in this photo of a 1968 Cessna 150H flying out of Exploits Valley Airstrip, CCP2, in Newfoundland, Canada.
Picture of the day: A chilly flight
Frequent contributor Star Novak sent in this photo, which she took Saturday, Dec. 2. “This pretty little Luscombe is a frequent visitor to the restaurant at K81, and that’s exactly where he was headed on this chilly Saturday.”
Picture of the day: A fiery start
Gord McNulty sent in this photo, with a note: “It was a fiery start as flames momentarily erupted from the Merlin engine of the Commemorative Air Force P-51D Mustang, “Red Nose,” piloted by CAF Red Tail Squadron Leader Bill Shepard, during a visit to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Hamilton, Ontario, in August 2016. […]








