Les Taylor sent us this series of photos, taken while he was flying his 1980 M-20K from Cody, Wyoming, direct to Martin State Airport (KMTN) in Baltimore, first crossing the Big Horn Mountains, then “right over Devil’s Tower, Madison, Wisconsin, and Akron, Ohio.” He notes they stopped once for fuel in Boscabel, Wisconsin.
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Flying over the Rockies
Shahn Sederberg sent us this photo, which depicts the Colorado State Patrol Beechcraft King Air (N205SP) flying through the Colorado Rockies and along the Sawatch Mountain Range. The mountain peaks photographed in the background (L-R) are Ervin Peak (13,531 feet), Mt. Blaurock (13,616 feet), and Rinker Peak (13,783 feet).
Aeronca Sedan makes a ‘wonderful floatplane’
Dennis Kirkwood from Brighton, Michigan, found this Aeronca Sedan in a barn in 1989. It was originally built in 1949 but was disassembled and stored for 17 years before Dennis found it. As part of the restoration — his third such project — Dennis put the Sedan on new EDO 2000’s “from the get-go.” Its maiden flight was […]
On final
Rob Stapleton sent in this photo of a Cessna 185 on final for a touch down landing on the gravel strip during the Takeoff and Landing demonstrations during the 2017 Talkeetna Fly-In.
Jack Brown’s is world–renowned
Erik Brouwer of The Netherlands sent in these photos, taken at Florida’s own Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base, which, he notes, “is a popular hot spot for pilots all over the world to spend some time during the winter season. The J-3 Cub is great for alligator spotting!”
Flying over a foggy lake
Mike Kincaid sent in this photo, with a quick note: “Searey over foggy Lake Couer d’ Alene” in Idaho.
Long Island sun sets on Gulfstream
Chris Yanaros, an A&P student working as a lineman at Long Island, New York’s MacArthur Airport (KISP), snapped this photo of a Gulfstream G4-450 as the sun set behind the plane.
Double arrival
General Aviation News contributor Bill Walker looked at his GoPro shots of a landing at Stanton’s Barbecue Fly-In Restaurant near Bennettsville, S.C., and saw double. The camera caught the shadow of his tailwheel Skyhawk ready to touch down while his aircraft was still 6 feet off the ground. It turned out to be a good arrival for the […]
What’s really at the end of the rainbow
Neal Cavalier-Smith sent in this photo, with a quick note: “Now I know what really lies at the end of the rainbow — this is my new Robin DR401 155CDI soon after delivery at Shoreham Airport (EGKA) in England and a flight through the rainbow to give her a clean.”