Photo of the Day

Alan Staats submitted this photo and note: “A King Air 350 being prepared for a sunset departure at Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) in Arizona.”

Barry Munsterteiger submitted this photo and note: “On an IFR day skipping across the tops, Mount Hood in Oregon was just tall enough to peek the peak.”

Tom Martin submitted this photo and note: “Perfect summer days in the Pacific Northwest are best spent flying to small airfields in remote locations. On this day we flew “Ginger,” a 1973 Cessna Skyhawk 172M, to W10. Whiskey Ten, as it’s known to local pilots, is a tight strip nestled inside a forest on Whidbey Island near Langley, Washington. This aviation paradise is close to Seattle but feels like another world. There are bicycles available for rides into town, and a wonderful bakery coffee shop on the field for a quick bite before the next flight. Taking off from W10 is best done to the south and the trees make every departure exciting.”

Matthew Keane submitted this photo and note: “A beautiful 1986 Bonanza, piloted by Matthew Keane, captured during sunset over Santa Cruz, California. Fresh out of annual and all cleaned up, an air-to-air photo shoot was in order. Photo by Marcus Davidson, with Ben Hoover piloting the chase plane.”

Sid Pinney submitted this photo and note: “After an afternoon of detailing, both my Stearman and I are dreaming of the dancing…”

Guido Bouckaert submitted this photo and note: “An exhausted dove landed at the airport in Ostend, Belgium. It turned out the owner lived on the other side of the country. As an empty flight was due to fly to an airport near the dove owner’s home, the dove was taken along in a DA-62 to home sweet home.”

Randy Sharp submitted this photo and note: “Flying back in my TB21 Socata from Medford, Oregon, after dropping off my brother-in-law when I saw this unusual cloud topping the peak of Mount Shasta in California. Headwind was > 30 knots at 10,500 feet. There was no turbulence, which was unusual for the winds aloft.”

Matthew Baker submitted this photo and note: “A Piper Seneca II flying at sunset over Lakeland, Florida.”