Photo of the Day

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…”

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.”

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.”

William Spencer submitted this photo and note: “I was flying my Vashon Ranger in the East Bay of San Francisco in early February 2024. The rains were expected later that day so I went up early. When I noticed the beautiful sunrise I held up my phone and snapped one picture then put the phone back down. After landing I checked the photo, and wish I had taken more. (That’s a GoPro mounted on the tie-down).”

Peter DeLoof submitted this photo and note: “The RV-4 owned by Peter DeLoof outside its hangar at Tecumseh Mills Airport (22T) near Tecumseh, Michigan, and about to go flying. The military livery was done by the prior owner to honor his father who was a crew chief on a P-51 in World War II.”

Anitra Goddard submitted this photo and note: “Katie Waito and I took her 1949 Piper Clipper sandbar hopping in the Arkansas River and let the dog frolic in the sand.”