What a great vacation! Fly a floatplane and then head to Oshkosh… Glenn Brasch, developer of the Airport Courtesy Cars app, sent in this photo, taken during his vacation in Montana on the Flathead River near Bigfork after a flight in this floatplane. Glenn’s now in Oshkosh, preparing for AirVenture, which kicks off Monday, July […]
Photo of the Day
Picture of the day: Ready for takeoff
Ace photographer Megan Vande Voort was gracious enough to send us a bunch of photos she took this summer. We’ll post them all eventually, but this one stood out…
Pictures of the day: Flying without an engine
Frequent photo contributor Albert L Dyer sent in these photos, taken at Hinckley Airport in Illinois, just outside of Chicago O’Hare airspace. “It is surrounded by farmlands rich in green crops,” he begins. “It’s a peacefully quiet airport. Hinckley is an airport with golf course smooth turf that primarily operates a glider operation. There are plenty of […]
Picture of the day: Dog days of summer
Capt. Hal Denton sent in this photo of his 1-year-old Australian shepherd, Molly, in a Cessna 182 RG. He notes: “While she will not wear a headset on the ground, as soon as the engine is started, she leaves them on. Then after landing, when the engine is shut down she will pull them off. “As […]
Picture of the day: Landing at ATL … in a piston plane
Hal Denton, known by many at Captain Hal, sent in this photo, with a brief explanation: “When I knew I had a meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Atlanta, I thought ‘what a great time to put my license to good use.’ If I could land at ATL, I could walk to my meeting. However, […]
Picture of the Day: Life’s a beach
Texas is not always know for its beaches, but Port Aransas is a general aviation friendly beach. Ken VeArd of Pilot Partner takes off and flies over the beach on the way back home in his Bonanza A36TC.
Picture of the day: Passing on the aviation bug
Daniel Brian sent in this photo with a short note: “Here’s a photo of my son and I taking advantage of a perfect evening in our 1946 J-3. Doing my best to pass along the aviation ‘bug’ like my dad did for me. By the way, this is using a flightflix strut mount and GoPro.”
Picture of the day: A little rain doesn’t stop the fun
Regular contributor Penny Hamilton submitted this photo and report from the annual fly-in and community breakfast held earlier this month at Granby/Grand County Airport-Emily Warner Field in Granby, Colo. She reports: “Rain grounded aircraft, but there was plenty of community support as almost as many pancakes were served up as last year and the silent […]
Picture of the day: Stunning sunset
Andrew Smith sent in this photo he titled “Warnervale Sunset,” taken at the Warnervale Airport in New South Wales, Australia.