Jason Leavitt submitted this photo and note: “My wife, Janet, and I own a 1965 Piper Cherokee 180 (blue and white) and my parents, Jim and Betsy Leavitt, own a 1972 Piper Cherokee 180. One beautiful day in the summer of 2022 we met up at Dean Memorial Airport (5B9) in Haverhill, New Hampshire, to have a picnic lunch. My father has been in aviation my entire life and in 2008 he took on the additional role of my flight instructor. Now since we live in different states, we have found this is a fun way to meet up, visit, and see new sites. As we were both preparing to depart to return to our respective home bases, my wife took this picture of the two planes sitting together.”
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Picture of the Day: Waiting on the weather
Perry Shaul submitted this photo and note: “My 1968 Cessna 177 Cardinal after fueling at Miller Field Airport (KVTN) in Valentine, Nebraska, waiting on a little squall to pass.”
Picture of the Day: Closing out another great flight
David Dickins submitted this photo and note: “The setting sun casts long shadows as our 150 gets topped off at the end of another great flight at Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY) in California. I’m always amazed at how the local FBO cheerfully brings its truck over and puts six gallons or so in our tanks after pumping a few thousand gallons into a Gulfstream or Global Express.”
Picture of the Day: Busy Beavers
Jeff DeFreest submitted this photo and note: “A busy summer GA day. I arrived in Petersburg at Lloyd R Roundtree Seaplane Facility (63A) in Alaska to pick up a southbound charter passenger for Ketchikan, just as the Scott was departing his own base on a charter elsewhere. Summer time in Southeast Alaska can be a real busy flying time, if the weather cooperates. We are moving around remote lodge guests, US Forest Service rental cabin campers, mining and exploration teams, fishermen, and government personnel, just to name a few. I love the energy of it, and the missions are different every day.”
Picture of the Day: A spectacular sight
Andrew Hesketh submitted this photo and note: “Flying my 1968 Beechcraft Bonanza V35A in late January 2022 from Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) to Litchfield Municipal Airport (3LF) in Illinois, for annual inspection. Flying north from Spirit of St. Louis Airport you cross over the Mississippi River near Grafton, Illinois, and I captured the breaking of a cold winter dawn over the river. The sun breaking through the clouds was spectacular!”
Picture of the Day: Twists and turns of the Mat-Su Glacier
David Baldwin submitted this photo and note: “Flying up the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska in my Kitfox Series 7 SLSA. The black stripes are caused by glaciers verging together under tremendous pressure, grinding up material between them as they slowly advance down the valley over the years.”
Picture of the Day: Whose wing are you under?
Kevin Wolley submitted this photo and note: “I landed at Portland-Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) in Oregon in the red and white Cessna 172 and taxied to the FBO for fuel. Much to my surprise, a B-17 and a Bf-109 were on the ramp, staged for an air show at the nearby Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, home of the Spruce Goose, in McMinnville. I found this delightful view of my modest mount from the shadow of the bomber, and reflected on the airmen of World War II who were my boyhood heroes, and moved me to 25 years of flying at FedEx.”
Picture of the Day: Flying over the colorful tulip fields
Jim McGauhey submitted this photo and note: “Each spring there is a tulip festival in Skagit County, Washington. NOTAM has fixed wing flying counterclockwise at 1,000 feet and rotary at 500 feet and clockwise. Note the several colors in the fields under the cowl. Flying my homebuilt Zenith CH-650.”
Picture of the Day: Never too young to do an annual
Richard Hrezo submitted this photo and note: “My 8-year-old grandson John has racked up 45 flights in my RV-7A and doesn’t hesitate to earn his keep with a screwdriver and youthful flexibility. He loves everything airplane and aviation and is a ‘good stick.’ This allows ‘Pop’ to sip coffee while those access panels come off.”