Jeff DeFreest submitted this photo and note: “A Cessna Skywagon on Edo 2960 floats moored at the historic West Turner Lake Cabin in the Tongass National Forest in remote Southeast Alaska. This US Forest Service cabin and many others are available for the public to rent.”
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Picture of the Day: Moon and Mt Rainier at sunset
Tom Cornatzer submitted this photo and note: “During an evening flight from Pierce County Airport-Thun Field (KPLU) in Puyallup, Washington, my wife and I saw the rising moon with Mt Rainier in the glow of a winter sunset.”
Picture of the Day: Me-Own field maintenance
Chet Leach submitted this photo and note: “Me-Own backcountry field (1NM0) mowing and maintenance by the New Mexico Pilots Association, while Recreational Aviation Foundation member Ron Keller, a Bearhawk 4-place (N1685) pilot, stands fire watch.”
Picture of the Day: A field of pickle grass
Justin Jones submitted this photo and note: “A modified Bushcaddy L-164C in a field of pickle grass not far from Anchorage, Alaska.”
Picture of the Day: Ski flying
Eric Dumigan submitted this photo and note: “Arjan Dekeyzer enjoying some winter flying in his 1941 Taylorcraft at Warren Field in Ontario, Canada.”
Picture of the Day: Socked in on Kook Lake
Jeff DeFreest submitted this photo and note: “A Cessna Skywagon on Edo 2960 floats in remote Southeast Alaska. After being socked in a few days at Kook Lake on the Tongass National Forest, the weather was finally lifting enough to enable safely taking off and climbing to altitude to contact the nearest FSS and get a weather briefing for the flight home.”
Picture of the Day: Breakfast flight
Rich Nelson submitted this photo and note: “Morning flight to Stillwater, New York, for breakfast.”
Picture of the Day: A 1940 Funk returns home
Dan Mersel submitted this photo and note: “This 1940 model B75L Funk, N24170, which has now been owned for two years, had been previously restored on the West Coast. The original plan was to fly it to its new home at Sawyer County Airport (KHYR) in Hayward, Wisconsin. Because of its limited range, resulting from a fuel tank with only 13 gallons of useable capacity, and due to the higher terrain that the flight would have traversed, it was instead disassembled and transported by truck to KHYR. During its restoration, the engine, which was a 75-hp Lycoming G0-145, was upgraded to a Continental C85.”
Picture of the Day: Winter bird
Harry Fenton submitted this photo and note: “Our white Champ resting at Bob Hilbert’s airstrip near Marengo, Illinois, after a day of skiplane flying. Some of the best flying of the year is during the middle of the winter with the plane on skis. Landing on frozen lakes and open fields next to farm homes are off-airport fun that can only be experienced during the winter. Despite the cold, if the sun is out, the radiant glow of the sun makes for some ‘warm’ winter days that only northern people understand.”