Photo of the Day

Rachel Lietzke submitted this photo and note: “After flying a demo in the Friday air show at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, Scott “Scooter” Yoak got down on one knee and proposed to me. He coordinated everything with the Air Boss, announcers, and other air show friends. Best day of my life! Oh, and Happy Birthday Scooter! (Photo by Camden Thrasher).”

General Aviation News Photographer Megan Vande Voort sent in this photo with a note: “On Wednesday, July 23, during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, a crazy weather system rolled past Oshkosh. High winds had campers battening down the hatches.”

General Aviation News columnist Frederick A. Johnsen sent in this photo from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, noting: “A crowd packed around 100-year-old USAAF P-51 pilot Lt Col. Joe Peterburs — and a replica Me-262 jet like he downed in 1945.”

General Aviation News columnist Frederick A. Johnsen sent in this photo from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, with a note: “A wartime Beech AT-11 bombardier trainer shares its secrets with AirVenture visitors on Tuesday, July 22. Meticulously detailed restorations use vintage hardware to bring old aircraft back into military configuration for viewers to appreciate.”

General Aviation News columnists Frederick A. Johnsen is on site at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 and sent in this photo: “It’s not just about camouflage in the Warbirds area at EAA AirVenture. From pink to navy to digital grays and blacks, and complemented by a bright yellow, red, and blue postwar scheme on a TBM Avenger, the bustling Warbirds campus stages its own quiet riot of color.”

General Aviation News Photographer Gregory Menton sent in this photo with a note: “Nathan K. Hammond uses his modified de Havilland Super Chipmunk for graceful aerobatics during the air show at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025.”

General Aviation News Photographer Megan Vande Voort captured this photo at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, explaining: “The Boeing Stearman and 747 were on display together on the Boeing Plaza on opening day of AirVenture. Aviation has come a long way in a short amount of time.”

General Aviation News Photographer Greg Menton sent in this photo with a note: “The only Privateer currently flying frames a skywriter at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 on Monday, July 21. AirVenture prides itself in being an eclectic collection of one-and-onlys and firsts.”

General Aviation News Photographer Greg Menton sent in this photo with a note: “A bristling B-17G greeted early bird visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 on Friday, July 18, as the warbirds area shaped up. The B-17, owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association, is an icon of the European air war during World War II.”