Frequent contributor Albert Dyer sent in this photos, noting: “This P-51 is new in every way. Jerry Calkins, a regular visitor to the American Aero Services facility has watched its progress since the first skin was made at American Aero Services.”
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Pictures of the day: Following in dad’s footsteps
Brian Ogilvie may be a little biased, but he claims “Sebastian Max Ogilvie is an exceptional 3-year-old boy” who “is crazy about airplanes.” Brian sent in this series of photos with Sebastian accompanying his dad flying a Cessna 152 from Plymouth Canton Mettetal Airport (1D2) in Michigan. “Sebastian is destined to become a pilot before he […]
Pictures of the day: The next generation
Penny Rafferty Hamilton, the AOPA Airport Support Network Volunteer at Granby/Grand County Airport (KGNB) in Granby, Colo., sent in these photos from the recent “Touch An Airplane Meet a Pilot Day” at the airport. Volunteers of the Grand County Historical Association Emily Warner Field Aviation Museum and EAA Chapter 1267 invited pre-school children, their teachers, parents and […]
Picture of the day: High-flying politics
Matt Byczek sent in this photo he snapped of the Wisconsin Capitol from the air.
Pictures of the day: Smoking’ Aerobat
Frequent photo contributor Annemarie Bain sent in these photos of Michael S. DeMita flying his smokin’ Aerobat out of Bayport Aerodrome during the 2016 Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York‘s Fly-In.
Picture of the day: A Top Cub’s mini-me
Tom Snow sent in this photo of a Top Cub and its “mini-me” RC model at the Oshkosh Seaplane Base during AirVenture 2016.
Pictures of the day: AirVenture roundup
As August draws to a close, there are still plenty of AirVenture 2016 photos we haven’t shared, so here are a few from frequent contributor Bill Walker.
Picture of the day: Waiting to depart AirVenture
Tom Snow captured this shot at AirVenture 2016 of Lex Thistlethwaite of Sunset, La., waiting on an IFR clearance at his newly-purchased Lancair Legacy.
Picture of the day: Betty Grable and the Spartan
In a story by Tom Snow on the largest-ever gathering of Spartan Model 7W Executives at AirVenture 2016 to celebrate the type’s 80th anniversary, Spartan Executives shine at Oshkosh, there was a photo of a 1940s re-enactor exiting one of the airplanes. What we just found out from Jim Savage, who coordinated the gathering, is that […]