Every year, we devote our two December print issues of General Aviation News to photographs sent in by our readers. It’s amazing the number of photos we receive showing airplanes in all their glory — from backcountry flying to a Cub sitting on a grass runway to a dad taking his daughter for her first […]
Photo of the Day
Amphib WACO YMF-5F takes flight
Peter F. Bowers of WACO Aircraft Corp. in Battle Creek, Mich., sent us this photo of the company’s new amphibious WACO YMF-5F.
Future pilots…
Fred Aleman sent in this photo, with a simple message: “Riley and Caroline Collins…someday…” Would you like to submit your favorite photo (or photos) from 2017? Use the form below:
Flying in Alaska
In reply to our call for photos for The Year in Pictures, David Baldwin sent us this photo, taken by his wife, Belinda, of him taking off in his Kitfox, “with the first signs of winter showing up on the mountains at Chugiak, Alaska.”
An Italian sunset
One of the first photos to come in from our call for readers’ favorite photos of 2017 was from Piergiorgio Goldoni from Italy, who sent in this photo of a sunset at Modena-Marzaglia Airport (LIPM). “A ray of sunshine pierces the cockpit of a Piper PA 38-112 Tomahawk II of the flying school of the […]
One more demo flight before retirement
Geremy D. Kornreich was recently in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and was lucky enough to see a demo water drop by the retiring Neptune P-2V water bomber. He captured several photos. He explains: “Pilot Dave Dahl and co-pilot Joe Wattles flew two water bomber demo sorties in Neptune Aviation‘s P2V fire bomber ‘Tanker 06’ during the […]
Having fun in the backcountry
Bill Whitney of Yakima, Washington, sent us these photos of his 1952 Cessna 170B he bought in Anchorage. He notes: “180-hp Lycoming engine conversion, 31″ Alaskan Bushwheels, Horton STOL kit, VGs and many other mods make it a very capable backcountry airplane.”
Airplanes in Alaska
Hayman Tam, one of General Aviation News’ writers and photographers, recently returned from a trip to Alaska. “I just happened to take a ‘few’ airplane photos,” he reports. Translation: He took thousands. Here is just a sample of those photos. Look for much more in an upcoming post and in the print edition of General […]
Iconic Warbirds
Gordon McNulty sent us another image of Sentimental Journey, with this note: The Commemorative Air Force B-17G Sentimental Journey, seen with the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Lancaster at the museum in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2016.”