Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Civil Air Patrol’s West Virginia Wing Encampment is the place many cadets get their very first Blackhawk ride. This photo shows a flight of cadets taking off from Camp Dawson.”
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Picture of the Day: Doc readies for flight
Jonathan Toker submitted this photo and note: “One of just two flying B29s visited Camarillo Airport (KCMA) in California, for a few days in October 2024.”
Picture of the Day: A modified Lockheed Lodestar
Todd Schultz submitted this photo and note: “A Howard 250 over Bakersfield, California.”
Picture of the Day: Glider in tow
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “A photo of a Civil Air Patrol Cessna taken from the glider cockpit during glider operations at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia.”
Picture of the Day: On the horizon
Anh Tran submitted this photo and note: “In Viet Nam we bought a seaplane. Our first flight was in the afternoon and was very beautiful.”
Picture of the Day: A dance floor on Mars
Cheryl Goodwin submitted this photo and note: “My husband and I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with the “Hawaii Mars” and her crew on Sproat Lake in August 2024. The event was a few days before she was flown down the coast of Vancouver Island to enter the next phase of service on static display at the BC Aviation Museum. The experience was a once in a lifetime opportunity that had us dancing on the water bomber’s massive wing prior to high speed taxiing along the lake’s shoreline.”
Pictures of the Day: A pair of Wacos
Jim Stevenson sent in these photos he took of a pair of recently restored Wacos taken at the Midwest Antique Airplane Club Grassroots Fly-In in Brodhead Wisconsin in September 2024. Both the UPF-7 and the YKS-7 were restored by Trevor Niemyjski.”
Picture of the Day: Rare sighting
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “An Osprey landed at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia, late in the evening, it was an amazing sound and sight to witness.”
Pictures of the Day: Red Arrows
Gord McNulty sent in these photos with a note: “The famous Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, recently visited the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. The famous Royal Air Force aerobatic team, flying nine BAE Systems Hawk T1 trainers, visited Canada as part of a ‘Maple Hawk’ tour to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force in 2024. The team received a warm reception at the museum before departing for a fly-past over Niagara Falls. The Red Arrows have displayed almost 5,000 times and in 57 countries since the team’s opening year of 1965. This year marks the diamond season (60 years) of the team.”