Kevin Short submitted this photo and note: “Ramp photo of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Ford Tri-Motor at Sumter Airport (KSMS) in South Carolina.”
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Picture of the Day: Alaska Range from an Otter’s POV
Josh Maher submitted this photo and note: “An aerial tour of the Alaska Range in a de Havilland Otter via Talkeetna Air Taxi.”
Picture of the Day: Time to rest
Kurt Winker submitted this photo and note: “Time to rest after a day of flying Young Eagles. This is the world’s oldest Cherokee-235 and has flown a lot of kids for the program. Nothing better than a peaceful evening on the ramp at home at Mid Valley Airpark (E98) in Los Lunas, N.M.”
Picture of the Day: Picturesque foggy morning
William Vergonet submitted this photo and note: “While the morning fog rolled into Elliot Field (09GE) in Georgia, this happened.”
Picture of the Day: Got my white whale!
Hayman Tam submitted this photo and note: “A relatively uncommon Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise turboprop twin applies power moments before departure from San Carlos Airport (KSQL) in California. I had seen this aircraft at my local airport for many years, always tied down and secured, but it would change orientation so I knew it was being flown. This aircraft became my ‘white whale’ with me vowing to see it airborne at some point in my life. Today was that day, while I was photographing an event at the Hiller Aviation Museum I could hear the run-up of an unfamiliar engine. Sure enough it was the MU-2 on the other side of the runway, prepping for departure. Now to find another whale…”
Picture of the Day: Sunset at the airport
Alysha Winter submitted this photo and note: “Sunset at Hudson Valley Regional Airport (KPOU) in New York.”
Picture of the Day: Where’s that extra seat cushion?
Tom Curran submitted this photo and note: “Patrick Curran, 2, needs a little more boost to see over the dash in Dad’s 1953 Cessna 170B at Elmdale Airpark (82TS) in Abilene, Texas.”
Picture of the Day: Ready to start the day
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “Ready to start the day at The Cherry Pocket in Lake Wales, Florida, winter home of Minnesota’s Adventure Seaplanes, in a Cessna 172 on Aerocet floats.”
Picture of the Day: A Mountain Air morning
David Hayes submitted this photo and note: “Early morning at the highest airfield east of the Mississippi, Mountain Air Airport (2NC0) in Burnsville, North Carolina. At 4,432 feet field elevation, with a runway that’s 2,900 feet long at 50 feet wide, it is a special place!”