Tom Gresham submitted this photo and note: “A Cessna 182 sits on Bernard Airstrip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area. This stop was part of a multi-day training session in backcountry flying. Many of the airstrips in the backcountry are long enough for a Skylane, but density altitude remains a constant factor.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Hoover Dam
Experience a bucket-list flight over the Hoover Dam from a Cessna 421, capturing a stunning aerial perspective of Lake Mead’s declining water levels.
Picture of the Day: Sand: Worse Than Flying Into the Clouds
Mihai Silvestru submitted this photo and note: “Flying over the Sahara Desert in our kit-built MCR 4S. This is what it looks like when you account for clouds, rain, and wind — but you didn’t account for sand?”
Picture of the Day: Dawn Patrol
Claiborne Craig submitted this photo and note: “Good morning from Ingalls Field Airport (KHSP) in Hot Springs, Virginia.”
Picture of the Day: A Top 10 Classic
Gord McNulty submitted this photo and note: “It was overcast, unfortunately, when I visited the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, recently. A de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, of Killarney Air Services, stood out at the dock on the St. Mary’s River, but fencing around the ramp made a photo more challenging. Fortunately, I had just enough space, and my telephoto lens, for a picture of the photogenic aircraft at a good angle. The iconic Beaver was first flown in 1947. In 1987, the Canadian Engineering Centennial Board named the Beaver one of the top 10 Canadian engineering achievements of the 20th century.”
Picture of the Day: Just Floating Around on a Summer Sunday Afternoon
Sparky Barnes submitted this photo and note: “This handsome Howard DGA-15P operates on floats, wheels, or skis … and is always a treat to see!”
Picture of the Day: Back on Floats
Alex White submitted this photo and note: “Back on floats for the season and ready to enjoy another year of open-door flying. A 1942 NE-1/J-3 Cub arriving back home from Surfside Seaplane Base in Lino Lakes, Minnesota.”
Picture of the Day: Cool Mist On A Hot Day
Karyn King submitted this photo and note: “We took to the skies early in the day in our Nanchang CJ to beat the heat and were fortunate to catch this fountain spraying more than 100 feet in the sky in the park below in Fountain Hills, Arizona.”
Picture of the Day: Splash Down
Mike Kincaid submitted this photo and note: “A Helio Courier splashing down on the Coeur d’Alene River in North Idaho. It was converted to a PT-6 powerplant by Ken Meines of Cascade Aircraft Conversions.”