Frequent contributor Mike Kincaid sent in this photo, simply titled “Back in the air for another season!” The photo documents Glenn Smith’s annual trailer launch of his Piper PA-12 to begin seaplane instruction with Coeur d’ Alene Seaplanes in Idaho for the 2016 season.
Photo of the Day
Pictures of the day: A Stearman in flight
Annemarie Bain, a frequent contributor to this site, recently sent in these photos, taken during a flight in a Stearman, of another Stearman, flying out of Bayport Aerodrome in New York, where the Antique Airplane Club of Greater New York (AACGNY) is based. Making the flight over Fire Island, The Great South Bay and Long Island […]
Picture of the day: Over Maroon Bells
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson over Maroon Bells wilderness area west of Aspen, Colorado, in the fall after one of the first dustings of snow.
Picture of the day: A brief ray of backcountry sunshine
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo, explaining: “A Husky and Maule M7 enjoying a brief ray of sun in the Idaho backcountry.”
Picture of the day: A backcountry sunrise
Veteran backcountry pilot Bob Bement, still flying at 81, recently sent us this photo, snapped by a passenger as Bob flew down Hells Canyon, along the Snake River in Oregon, early one morning in his 1959 Cessna 182.
Picture of the day: Hidden splendor
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson sitting at Hidden Splendor in Backcountry Utah under the desert sun.
Pictures of the day: Flying over the Alps
Alex Rufi from Bitburg, Germany, sent in these photos, snapped during a flight in a Cessna T310R over the Austrian Alps at St Nikola in Austria. The second photo was taken during the same flight upon landing in Osterhofen/Straubing, South Germany.
Picture of the day: Backcountry camping
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo of a couple of Maules and a Stinson 108 at camp in the backcountry. See more of Patrick’s photos in the March 10 print issue of General Aviation News.
Picture of the Day: A witness to fall
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson sitting in Marble, Colorado, with the Aspen Mountain changing in the Fall.