The stories of a soaring competition and a disappointing first solo are the winners of the 2025 Richard L. Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots.
Aircraft
Picture of the Day: Family heirloom
Scott Crane submitted this photo and note: “Our family heirloom, a 1948 Bonanza, parked in Vintage Camping at the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo and our daughter Samantha, a student at Central Florida Aerospace Academy, who wants to fly for the airlines. You can learn more about the airplane at Restoration of Bonanza N4560V on Facebook.”
Picture of the Day: Ready to attack the morning sky
Carl Martin submitted this photo and note: “The prop is turning! A T-6 warming up at sunrise to attack the morning sky on April 4, 2025, at the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo. Start and run-up on temporarily closed Runway 5. Photo by Carl Martin, volunteer member of the media productions team.”
Picture of the Day: #snf25
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo of the Mooney Anomaly parked behind the #snf25 sign, where thousands of attendees snapped photos to commemorate their visit to the 51st annual SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Picture of the Day: Fire in the sky
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this fiery shot at the end of the night air show on Wednesday, April 2, at the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Picture of the Day: A safe landing
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo on opening day of the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, which runs April 1-6 at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Florida, explaining: “This was just after he landed after his engine cowling separated mid-flight.”
Picture of the Day: SUN ‘n FUN takes off
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi sent in this photo, captured on opening day of the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, which runs April 1-6 at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Florida.
Sporty’s introduces the Flight Gear Cooler Caddy
Sporty’s has introduced the Flight Gear Cooler Caddy, a cooler, drink caddy, and iPad storage rolled into one product.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
What we have here is someone making an instructional video that has very little learning and, in fact, is very dangerous to pilots who tend to believe anything they see on the Internet.