Jim Roberts sent in this photo with a note: “A youngster gets acquainted with the B-25 ‘Panchito’ at the 2024 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.”
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Picture of the Day: Stunning sunset
Corrie Burton submitted this photo and note: “On one of my training flights the sunset was absolutely stunning. We were in the traffic pattern in a Cessna 172 at Taylor Airport (KTYL) in eastern Arizona. My instructor took the controls and told me I should snap a photo as it was ‘too pretty to not take a picture.’”
Picture of the Day: Army black and gold
James Viola submitted this photo and note: “A 2023 Robinson R-44 Raven resting next a 2020 Harley Davidson Fat Boy after a good flight and ride at Nassau County Airport (83FL) in Florida.”
Picture of the Day: Refueling with a rainbow
Scott Silverman submitted this photo and note: “Refueling my 2020 Scoda Super Petrel LS seaplane in Negril, Jamaica, with a lovely rainbow in the distance.”
Picture of the Day: Don’t call the fire department
Frequent contributor Bill Walker submitted this photo, explaining he was flying his Cessna 180 Skywagon south of his airstrip in Marion County, South Carolina, at 1,500 feet in late March 2025 when he encountered heavy smoke. But unlike recent, damaging forest fires near the coast in neighboring Horry County, there was no need to call the fire department. Local foresters were using a controlled burn to clear out under a large growth of pines. Farmers also burn their fields to control growth of unwanted plants prior to spring planting.”
Picture of the Day: Flying a flying car
John Chirtea submitted this photo and note: “Pilots Heather and John Chirtea are a father and daughter team and one of five private owners in the country flying the BlackFly eVTOL. They fly it regularly out of their backyard without requiring a runway or a road. This flying car is being developed by Pivotal Aero in Palo Alto, California.”
Picture of the Day: Flying off into the sunset
Pete Mapes submitted this photo and note: “An 18-year-old woman finishes her check ride at Carroll County Regional Airport/Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) in Westminster, Maryland, on Jan. 15, 2025, and takes off — into the sun — to return the 1953 TriPacer she borrowed for her training. Two months later, she was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy. Photo taken from the #2 aircraft, a 1964 Mooney Master.”
Picture of the Day: Base to final
Gary Lanthrum submitted this photo and note: “A late winter/early spring flight to San Juan Island. The wide angle of my video camera caught both the harbor and the airport as I turned from base to final at Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR) in Washington.”
Picture of the Day: Admiring the Seattle downtown skyline
David Wyatt submitted this photo and note: “My wife, Heather, captured this photo as we were traveling up the waterfront of Elliott Bay in Seattle in our Cessna 182 Skylane. It’s become an iconic photo for us, framed in our living room and a great conversation starter for our adventures around the Puget Sound.”