John Rick Bierman submitted this photo and note: “Insurance required a flight review in my rare aircraft, a Slingsby Firefly. The trouble was finding an instructor who would fly with me in an unfamiliar aerobatic aircraft. By chance I found just the man at Oshkosh who would take the task on. Thanks to Dale Yoder, now the sky is the limit.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Soaring fun
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “The view from Civil Air Patrol’s West Virginia Wing glider cockpit while under tow above Petersburg, West Virginia.”
Picture of the Day: Adventure with a little Fury
Gord McNulty submitted this photo and note: “It was a delightful surprise when I recently saw none other than a 3/4-scale replica of a vintage Hawker Fury, displayed as part of a popular rope climbing attraction in Trenton, Ontario, Canada.
Picture of the Day: Early morning
Gwain Streed submitted this photo and note: “A beautiful sunrise caught on my flight to Beagle Sky Ranch (OR96) in Southern Oregon from Table Rock Airport (OG06) for ‘St. T’s’ — my 1962 Piper PA28-180 — annual.”
Picture of the Day: First flight
Victor Harwood submitted this photo and note: “Ezra Harwood, 10, taking his first flight in a Piper Cherokee 180 from flight school Six 1 Fly at Portland Municipal Airport/ Douglas Hunter Field (1M5) in Tennessee. Ezra has been interested in aviation for several years now after attending The Great Tennessee Airshow. He plans to continue his aviation dreams by obtaining his private pilot certificate at age 17 and wishes to join the Air Force, continuing his family tradition of serving his country.”
Picture of the Day: Mt. Baker at 12,000 feet
Jim Robertson submitted this photo and note: “A photo of Mt. Baker in Washington state I took from a Cessna Stationair at 12,000 feet.”
Picture of the Day: Happy to help
Robert Stapleton submitted this photo and note: “Volunteers who helped out at the Alaska Aviation Museum’s 2024 Fly-By Festival gather in front of a Grumman Goose with a long history of flights by many pilots in Alaska. Despite overcast skies and rain the whole day, more than 500 folks attended the festival, which included aircraft fly-bys, exhibits, live music, food trucks, and a fundraiser raffle. Photo Courtesy of Phyllis Kilgore.”
Picture of the Day: At the seaplane base
Rob Stapleton sent in this photo with a note: “A Cessna 185 floatplane sits moored to the east shore of Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska, Sept. 1, 2024. Autumn is quickly coming with glorious skies, cooler temperatures, and dwindling daylight evenings.”
Picture of the Day: A great little airport
James Good submitted this photo and note: “Returning from a three-day trip with my wife, Diane, we stopped for fuel at Tulelake, California, a great little airport in far North California. The Ercoupe is a 1948 E model, one of the last ones built at the original Maryland factory.”