Ray Thomas submitted this photo and note: “I took this photo of this Cessna 180 with amphib floats just after midnight from our cabin at Butterfly Lake in Alaska. We spent over 20 years flying into this beautiful lake from Anchorage, Alaska.”
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Picture of the Day: The Flying Toy
Jan Nademlejnsky submitted this photo and note: “This is my flying toy, a motorized hang glider trike, the Apollo DeltaJet2. It’s made in Hungary and powered by a Rotax 912 UL 80-hp engine. I cruise comfortably at 70 knots while burning about 3.96 USG per hour of regular auto gas, giving me about 3.5 hours of endurance. A trike is the easiest aircraft to fly and to learn, with only a single control point for steering. My home airport, CYKA in Kamloops, British Columbia, sits in the heart of remarkable natural beauty. The landscape here is endlessly diverse no matter where you fly or where you look. In this open cockpit, with roughly 270° of unobstructed view, I can fully appreciate my surroundings.”
Picture of the Day: STOL Landing
Harvey Martens submitted this photo and note: “A highly modified Cessna 180 performing a STOL landing at Carrizozo Municipal Airport (F37) in New Mexico.”
Picture of the Day: A Famous Hangar
Bruce Walters submitted this photo and note: “On my way back from Oshkosh a number of years ago with a group of flyers, the nice folks at the Rock Springs FBO convinced me to put 3WW, my RV-7, in their “famous hangar” for the night. It was made famous, apparently, since Amelia Earhart hangared there on her way to the West Coast. Light coming in the next morning was just right.”
Picture of the Day: Matching Colors
Karyn King submitted this photo and note: “Karyn King and pilot Joe Griffith flying over the Skagit Valley in Washington. The mustard bloom seemed to match the beautiful colors on our Nanchang CJ. A beautiful sight!”
Picture of the Day: Throwback Thursday
Stuart Bain submitted this photo and note: “A T-6 and a Stearman at Bayport Aerodrome in New York. A throwback to World War II and the airplanes that made all of those pilots.”
Picture of the Day: The Last Best Airspace
Richard Wissenbach submitted this photo and note: “Return flight from the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness in Montana, just north of Yellowstone and Dutton Ranch. Truly the Treasure State. TU206C piloted and owned by Brian Hawkes, photo by Richard Wissenbach.”
Picture of the Day: Tight Formation
Paul Spanbauer submitted this photo and note: “Red Bull’s rare DC-6 and P-38 do a fly-by during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026.”
Picture of the Day: Early Start to the Day
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo and note: “Just after sunrise, a pair of 180 Skywagons owned by Dave Clark and Rusty Eichorn quietly await their fly out to fishing adventures for the day while parked at the dock at Rusty Eichorn’s cabin on Fog Lake in Northwest Ontario, Canada.”