Susan Loricchio submitted this photo and note: “Recently, I co-organized ‘Aviation Weekend’ with Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. We were lucky enough to have the world’s first FAA certified all-electric aircraft, Pipistrel’s Velis Electro, on hand for an up lose look, courtesy of Lincoln Park Aviation.”
Photo of the Day
Picture of the Day: Alaska bush mail service
Mark Bach submitted this photo and note: “I took this photo of the de Havilland Otter owned by Taquan Air, our mail service provider. In the photo is Mark, pilot of the aircraft, and Dick Simpson, the mail pick-up and delivery man, pulling the plane up against the float plane dock in Hyder, Alaska.”
Picture of the Day: Beach City Baby
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Got to see this pretty girl at the WWII Warbirds Event at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) in Wiley Ford, West Virginia.”
Picture of the Day: My backyard
Dale Weir submitted this photo and note: “Had company for an evening flight in my Cub at Norman Grier Field Airport (S36) in Kent, Washington.”
Picture of the Day: Flying over Denver at night
Brandon Lincoln submitted this photo and note: “Flying out of Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (KBJC) over Denver.”
Picture of the Day: Taxiing Goose
Rob Stapleton sent in this photo with a note: “A 1943 G21A Grumman Goose piloted by Burke Meese, with co-pilot Steve Panone, during a high speed taxi at Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska, at the Alaska Aviation Museum’s members picnic Aug. 22, 2024. The aircraft is on exhibit at the museum and does fly-bys on special occasions from its ramp on the south shore of Lake Hood.”
Picture of the Day: Blackhawk rides
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Cadets at Civil Air Patrol’s West Virginia Wing Summer Encampment stand around a Blackhawk for a safety briefing, prior to getting a ride.”
Picture of the Day: A stunning sunrise
Rusty Eichorn sent in this photo with a note: “A stunning sunrise on the last morning of August 2024 at Northbound Seaplane Base in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.”
Picture of the Day: Hangar after the storm
John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “My friend, Greg Cardinal, gave me permission to share this photo he snapped of his hangar after a storm passed at sunset on the evening of Aug. 26, 2024, at Airlake Airport (KLVN) in Lakeville, Minnesota. Greg and his Pietenpol (classic build: No electric, hand-propped, tail skid, no brakes) are well-known in the Pietenpol community.”