Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “Landed on the lake in front of my house to see how long it might be before I actually get to land in the water in front of my place near Grand Rapids, Minnesota.”
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Picture of the Day: Cactus Fly-In
Karyn King submitted this photo and note: “Aviation photographer Karyn King took this cell phone photo at the 2025 Cactus Fly-In at Casa Grande, Arizona. It’s a fun gathering that draws the surrounding communities and aviation enthusiasts.”
Picture of the Day: Landing at I73
Leslie Vancil submitted this photo and note: “I was able to capture a screen shot from a landing at Moraine Air Park (I73) in Ohio.”
Picture of the Day: Taxiing at KOQN
Levi Lindsay submitted this photo and note: “I was at Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with my grandfather when I snapped this photo of a Piper Cherokee taxiing.”
Picture of the Day: Bedded down for the night
Karl Kruger submitted this photo and note: “On my way from Helena, Montana, to Jamestown, Tennessee, in my RV-7A, I stopped over in Kirksville, Missouri, one of my favorite places to take a break. Nice folks at the FBO and pretty sunsets.”
Picture of the Day: Surreal mountains
Scott Crosby sent in this photo with a note: “The photo was taken from my 1978 Cessna 182Q, on a flight home to Donaldson Field Airport (KGYH) in Greenville, South Carolina, from Reading Regional Airport/Carl A Spaatz Field (KRDG) in Reading, Pennsylvania. The actual location where the photo was taken is somewhere near Roanoke, Virginia, about half-way into the four-hour flight.”
Picture of the Day: The reward of flying
Bill Gansemer submitted this photo and note: “The reward of flying — a transcendent experience of the magic of a sunset with its changing colors from 3,000 feet — where there is no past or future. I’m flying over North Central Iowa in my 1982 Piper Archer in early February 2025.”
Picture of the Day: Early Spring
Terry Hayes submitted this photo and note: “Enjoying California’s High Sierra lakes in early spring 2025.”
Picture of the Day: Mt. St. Helens
Jim Stack submitted this photo and note: “For 26 years we flew from Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) in Washington to Pine Hollow Airport (32OR) in Wamic, Oregon, on the southeast side of Mt. Hood. Took this photo on the way down one day and didn’t realize I captured Mt. St. Helens not only out the window but also reflected under the wing of my 1958 Cessna 175.”