Want to add an inspirational flair to your 2016 holiday greeting cards? Now available from the Commemorative Air Force’s Red Tail Squadron are holiday cards that share the inspiration of the Tuskegee Airmen. All proceeds go to support the squadron’s education and outreach programs, including its Rise Above traveling exhibit.
Photo of the Day
Picture of the day: Cessna 175
Glen Bradley recently sent in this photo of a Cessna 175.
Picture of the day: A bird’s eye view of the harvest
Bob Martin sent in this photo, snapped during a flight Sept. 25, 2016. He writes: “The fall harvest was proceeding at a rapid pace on Sunday, Sept. 25, in Mason County, Ill. The horizon was filled with dozens of dust devils created by combines chewing up the landscape at a dizzying pace.”
Picture of the day: Fall flying
Smitty Smith, our friend over at FunPlacesToFly.com, sent in this photo, captured last fall during a flight over Lake Murray in Oklahoma. “You just can’t see this kind of beauty from the ground,” he notes.
Pictures of the day: A different kind of power
Adrian den Hartog sent in these photos, captured during a flight last October in a Cessna 172M. The first is of a windmill farm near Mojave, Calif., while the second is over Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, also in Mojave.
Picture of the day: An aggressive T-28
Frequent contributor Star Novak recently sent in this photo with a quick note: “An aggressive looking T-28 sits on the ramp at Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport (KEOS) in Missouri during the Neosho Fly-In and Flour Drop held this past May.”
Pictures of the day: Waiting out the storm
Jim Stevenson sent in these photos, which were both taken during a trip to Idaho at the beginning of September. “One picture is of the planes on the ground at Wilson Bar waiting out a storm passing to the north,” he relates. “The other picture is of the C170B on departure from Wilson Bar.”
Picture of the day: Back in the air
Patrick Weeden sent in this photo, explaining: “Almost 19 years to the day since it last flew, this 1928 Stearman C3B returned to the skies over Brodhead, Wisconsin, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. The aircraft is owned by the Kelch Aviation Museum at Brodhead Airport.”
Picture of the day: Miss Ellie
Star Novak recently submitted this photo showing Matt Younkin taxiing to the participant’s hangar his Beech 18 “Miss Ellie” after his performance at the Defenders of Freedom Open House and Air Show at Offutt AFB in July 2016.