Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “West Virginia Wing Civil Air Patrol cadets participate in glider operations at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg.”
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Picture of the Day: Glider Ops
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Civil Air Patrol glider operations at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia. The West Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol conducts glider operations for many states throughout the year.”
Picture of the Day: High Five
Kevin Quinn submitted this photo and note: “Kash man, my 10-year-old, giving the world a ‘High Five’ as he rides in the family Stearman for the first time, asking for one loopty loop after another.”
Picture of the Day: Any port in a storm
Dan McCully submitted this photo and note: “A twin engine aircraft lands before a squall at Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (KTNT) in the everglades of Ochopee, Florida.”
Picture of the Day: Citabria on final
John Garrett submitted this photo and note: “A Bellanca/Citabria 7GCBC on final at Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) in Washington. John Garrett, pilot, Paul Bergman, passenger. Photo by Terry Green.”
Picture of the Day: Gentleman Jim
Jim Jazdzewski submitted this photo and note: “The Warbird area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 contained many fascinating aircraft. One of my favorites is the P51D named Gentleman Jim. I was trying to get a good reflection off the wing. This was the best I could do. It was a busy day of great planes, stories, and air shows.”
Picture of the Day: Summer storms
David Bernacki submitted this photo and note: “My observer Willam Ballard caught a beautiful image of a single pop-up thunderstorm off of Edisto Beach, South Carolina, during a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Maritime Observation Flight. I was piloting a Maule M-5-210C at 1,000 feet about five miles off the coast as part of our mission.”
Picture of the Day: D-Day drop
Jim Jazdzewski submitted this photo and note: “The C47 Skytrain ‘Wild Kat’ performs a World War II D-Day airborne drop demonstration during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, a very solemn and humbling tribute commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The overcast and gray sky seemed appropriate for this picture.”
Picture of the Day: Oshkosh night glow
Gary Moore submitted this photo and note: “With a full moon overlooking the Vintage Aircraft campground, our polished 1946 Globe Swift reflects the evening colors from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024.”