Richard Rain sent in this photo of Adrian Petasis, who is 13 years old and dreams of flying for the Navy. Richard, who has been mentoring Adrian for the past six months, says the teen tries to fly with him as much as possible. “He has over 1,000 hours on a flight simulator,” says Richard, who notes, “Adrian […]
Photo of the Day
Picture of the day: Morning latte
Gary Lanthrum sent in this photo, explaining: “This is me enjoying my morning latte at the High Sierra Fly-in. Flying a Maule gives me enough hauling capacity that I bring an espresso machine on my airplane camping trips.” “This fly-in was held on the Dead Cow dry lakebed in northwest Nevada on Oct. 22-25 this year […]
Picture of the day: Passing on the passion
Eric Hummel, a CFI at the East Hill Flying Club at Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport (KITH) in Upstate N.Y., captured t his photo one Saturday afternoon of a club member and his son sharing a little aviation bonding.
Pictures of the day: Pilots N Paws
James Kleen of Shellman Bluff, Georgia, recently sent in these photos of two passengers he recently had aboard his RV-8 during flights for the charity Pilots N Paws.
Picture of the day: Let’s go fly!
Sylvia Brown recently sent in this photo of her grandson, Asa Lamar Flowers, taken at Peachtree Dekalb Airport in Georgia, watching planes after having lunch. “I call it ‘Let’s go fly!” she said. “He has enjoyed flying with his grandfather, Asa V. Brown, in his Swift 80999 and Navion N7BJ based at 18A.”
Pictures (and video) of the day: First aerobatic flight
Gabriele Simpson sent in these photos of her first aerobatics flight, as well as her first flight in a biplane at Springs Airfield in South Africa. “I made my own little video and uploaded it to YouTube,” she added. https://youtu.be/mQYLBwH9d6w
Picture of the day: The golden hour
Mauricio Ratti sent in this photo, taken during a recent flight, of “Buenos Aires from above at the golden hour.”
Pictures of the day: Pristine C180
Ace photographer Star Novak of McFarlane Aviation Products in Baldwin City, Kansas, sent in these photos, noting: “We had the most pristine C180 stop by Vinland Valley Aerodrome (K64) this summer on its way to the American southwest for wintering. The weather was coming in, and we rolled him into a hangar until the storm […]
Picture of the day: A great day at the airport
Ace photographer Star Novak sent in this photo, noting: “It’s always a great day at the airport when your friend picks you up in this pretty 1946 J3 Cub for a BBQ lunch!” “Putt Putt” is owned by Wings Unlimited in Olathe, Kansas.