Jerry Strazz submitted this photo and note: “Glacial grows and grizzlies growl, but the Otter flew us to a salmon feast safely. A delicious dinner at Taku Lodge in Juneau, Alaska, made possible by an Otter floatplane.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Let me out there
Bob Snowden submitted this photo and note: “A one-week-old Spirit SE-1 waiting to get out there before dark.”
Picture of the Day: Grandson and my Discovery flight
Jim Mauro submitted this photo and note: “My grandson Maddox, 6, and I took a Discovery flight in 2012 in a Cessna 172 out of Goldsboro, N.C. Two years later I started my private pilot flight training in Kinston, N.C., at age 71, and completed that same year. Fulfilled a long time desire. He enjoyed that and many subsequent flights with me. Best memories!”
Picture of the Day: TOP flight excitement
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “The Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182 takes to the skies above Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia. The pilot, Lt. Col. Shelton Davis, created a flight plan to the passenger’s workplace, East Hardy Elementary School. The passenger, Mr. Harclerode, takes advantage of his TOP (Teacher Orientation Program) flight after participating in Civil Air Patrol’s ACE (Aerospace Connection in Education) program. Mr. Harclerode got to fly over the school, waving to his students on the ground below.”
Picture of the Day: Early morning departure
Ian Lellyett submitted this photo and note: “An early morning departure from Sau Pan Botswana.”
Picture of the Day: The Badlands
Jim Thomas submitted this photo and note: “After landing at Spearfish, South Dakota, for the Badlands Fly-In in September 2025, a thunderstorm moved across the grass airplane parking.”
Picture of the Day: Gorgeous night
Jeff Marrero submitted this photo and note: “Flying over Chatham, New York, on a flight from Florida to Poughkeepsie.”
Picture of the Day: Mullicoupe reflections
Sparky Barnes submitted this photo and note: “The western horizon, framed and reflected by Mullicoupe’s struts and wing.”
Picture of the Day: Flying over the New Mexico desert
Harvey Martens submitted this photo and note: “I took this photo while flying in my Vashon Ranger from Mountainair Municipal Airport (M10) in New Mexico to Grants-Milan Municipal Airport (KGNT). The flat tops of the mesas are very distinct.”