Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “A Piper waits patiently on the taxiway, prepared to takeoff from Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Sunset fighter
George Speake sent in this photo with a note: “This was an evening arrival of the F-22 for the Orlando Air Show in April 2024. There’s nothing better than a Florida sunset with an airplane in the foreground!”
Picture of the Day: Old friends
Michael Haas sent in this photo with a note: “A 1945 Boeing B-17 and a 1946 Cessna 120. Still beautiful and still flying.”
Picture of the Day: USS Yorktown
William Peters submitted this photo and note: “The USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, S.C., as seen while flying by in a Cessna 150.”
Picture of the Day: Mountain fire
Art Friedman submitted this photo and note: “Watching as the ‘mountain’ fire burns the ridge to the south of Santa Paula Airport (KSZP) in California and just across the river.”
Picture of the Day: Third generation pilot at the controls
Ben Sclair submitted this photo and note: “Brenna Sclair takes her parents, Ben and Deb, for a flight around McMinnville and Newberg, Oregon, shortly after earning her private pilot certificate in early August 2024. Brenna is the first third generation pilot in the Sclair family. Mom and Dad are so proud.”
Picture of the Day: On final
Ignatius Lippe submitted this photo and note: “My first flight to Salzburg Airport (LOWS) in Austria, with our Aeroclub Hof Piper 28 Archer III. See the Untersberg (6,078 feet) to the right, famous for its marble and clear water.”
Picture of the Day: Early and bright
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “A Civil Air Patrol Cessna soaks up the morning rays before a full day of glider operations at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia. The West Virginia Wing supports glider operations for multiple states, Delaware Wing was the lucky one this particular day.”
Picture of the Day: October sunset
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “On Lake Winnie in northern Minnesota. Our 180K is parked on a sand bar awaiting its flight back to home base.”