John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “Commemorative Air Force members Ron Bombeck, crew chief Dan Bombeck, and pilot Jeff Knutson inspect the Pratt and Whitney R-985 on the nose of the Minnesota Wing’s Oshkosh-award-winning BT-13 in the hangar at South St. Paul Airport (KSGS). Winter maintenance has begun, and it’s an excellent time to see the warbirds, with inspection panels off, as crews of volunteers prepare the airplanes for another air show season.”
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Pictures of the Day: SeaReys fly around Devil’s Island
Hal Roberts submitted these photos and note: “A long anticipated trip finally happened with weather cooperating. Tom Platner with wife Janet and Wes Tanaka and I and my wife Joan had hoped to fly to Madeline Island in Wisconsin for a weekend stay early September 2023. To land on Lake Superior water requires an unusually low wind day but we were lucky! After landing at the Beach Club beach in La Pointe on Madeline Island we had lunch then took off for a tour around the Apostle Islands. One of the most picturesque of the Apostles is Devil’s Island with a lighthouse that looks like a rocket ship. Flying formation with three SeaReys around the Apostles was surrealistic. Credit my wife Joan Angelis with this amazing shot out the right seat of Wes in the foreground and Tom and Janet in the background.
Picture of the Day: Love the view
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Coming in for a landing at Grant County Airport (W99) in Petersburg, West Virginia.”
Picture of the Day: A Spartan Executive at Triple Tree
Eric Parks submitted this photo and note: “One of the few remaining Spartan Executives at the 2023 Triple Tree Fly-In in South Carolina.”
Picture of the Day: The opportunity of a lifetime
Steve Rush submitted this photo and note: “The Commemorative Air Force left its B-17 ‘Sentimental Journey’ on the ramp at Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) in Washington, one Saturday, and I just couldn’t pass up the photo opportunity of a lifetime to get my RV-8 in the same photo.”
Picture of the Day: Marquart Charger at Sunset
Jeff Scott submitted this photo and note: “A sunset photo of my Marquart Charger at Mt Vernon Airport (KMVN) in Illinois taken during a visit to the 2023 KR Gathering. Photo by Adelina Vasakova-Sadiku.”
Picture of the Day: Bucket list done
David Morris submitted this photo and note: “At age 16 I flew with my older brother, who was a CFI for gliders. He flew out of El Mirage Field (99CL) in California’s Mohave Desert. At age 80 I made plans to fly again, one more time. I located a great group of people at the Piedmont Soaring Society in Farmington, North Carolina. We were towed to 3,000 feet and were able to climb to 5,800 feet. We flew for 45 minutes. We could have done more, but others were waiting for a ride. It was all I remembered. Thanks to Ed White, my pilot who took this photo, and Bob Hull, another member of the club.”
Picture of the Day: Hanging out in the EAA Chapter 25 hangar
John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “Some members of EAA Chapter 25 meeting at the chapter hangar in Airlake Airport (KLVN) in Lakeville, Minnesota, at 7 p.m. on a warm Wednesday night in September 2023. A Pietenpol, a Gusty, a Hatz biplane, and a model of Bert Sisler’s trimotor design, the “6-Pack” (one of his last designs), are visible. The photo was taken by Ken Tuvman, the presenter that night, who shared stories of his father’s B-17 World War II service.”
Picture of the Day: Sunrise flight
Neal Wright sent in this photo his wife, Rose, took, with this note: “My neighbor, John Bouyea, and me taxiing for takeoff on Sept. 17, 2023, for a flight in my Piper Comanche from Olinger Airpark (OR81) in Oregon to Brookings Regional Airport (KBKX) in South Dakota.”