Susan Loricchio submitted the following photo and note: “C47s and T-6 Texans pay tribute to Liberty, flying the Hudson River, past the Statue of Liberty, as a practice formation flight, a day before beginning their journey to England. To mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the D-Day Squadron met up with other C47s and Dakotas […]
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Picture of the Day: Pitts fly-by
Robbie Culver submitted the following photo and note: “This Pitts fly-by was captured at the 2019 Cavalcade of Planes on June 2, 2019. Every year, the city of Bolingbrook, Illinois, sponsors this event at the Clow International Airport (1C5).” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit […]
Picture of the Day: Timeless
Larry Snyder submitted the following photo and note: “My airplane, built 43 years after the first powered flight, visits the site of that historic, albeit brief, flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Photo taken 71 years after the Ercoupe was built. Aviation seems timeless.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the […]
Picture of the Day: Summer sunset at Lenhardt’s Air Park
Dale Weir submitted the following photo and note: “Summer sunset at Lenhardt’s Air Park in Hubbard, Oregon.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture of the Day are also considered for our new Page 4 photo […]
Picture of the Day: Canadian D-Day Dakota returns to the sky
Eric Dumigan submitted the following photo and note: “On June 3, 2019, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum performed the first post-restoration flight on the museum’s D-Day veteran C-47 Dakota RCAF FZ692.” “With CWHM CEO David Rohrer at the controls and museum pilot Bill Craig in the right seat, the C-47 flew flawlessly. On June 6, […]
Picture of the Day: That’s All Brother
Jim Roberts submitted the following photo and note: “Early morning engine run for “That’s All Brother,” the lead “Pathfinder” C-47 for the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. Photo was taken at SUN ‘n FUN 2019. “This aircraft, operated by the Commemorative Air Force, will once again drop paratroopers over Normandy as part of the D-Day […]
Picture of the Day: Looking forward to Oshkosh
Bob Hayes submitted the following photo and note: “Archer N6063H after a day of flying, tied down and campsite set up at Oshkosh. Looking forward to 2019.” EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is set for July 22-28 at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Wisconsin. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? […]
Picture of the Day: Ready for takeoff
Steve Harris submitted the following photo and note: “A takeoff in a Progressive Aerodyne Searey from one of the lakes in Canandaigua, New York.” Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in for Picture of the Day are also considered for […]
Picture of the Day: Born to fly
Trent Palm submitted the following photo and note: “Sun setting in the backdrop in western North Dakota as we are ready to take to the sky. Sunset flight with myself and my wife out of Mandan, N.D. (Y19) with our family 1969 Cherokee 6 300. It’s the family traveler.” Would you like to have your […]