Rob Stapleton sent in this photo with a note: “A 1943 G21A Grumman Goose piloted by Burke Meese, with co-pilot Steve Panone, during a high speed taxi at Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage, Alaska, at the Alaska Aviation Museum’s members picnic Aug. 22, 2024. The aircraft is on exhibit at the museum and does fly-bys on special occasions from its ramp on the south shore of Lake Hood.”
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Picture of the Day: Blackhawk rides
Diana Layton submitted this photo and note: “Cadets at Civil Air Patrol’s West Virginia Wing Summer Encampment stand around a Blackhawk for a safety briefing, prior to getting a ride.”
Picture of the Day: A stunning sunrise
Rusty Eichorn sent in this photo with a note: “A stunning sunrise on the last morning of August 2024 at Northbound Seaplane Base in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.”
Picture of the Day: Hangar after the storm
John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “My friend, Greg Cardinal, gave me permission to share this photo he snapped of his hangar after a storm passed at sunset on the evening of Aug. 26, 2024, at Airlake Airport (KLVN) in Lakeville, Minnesota. Greg and his Pietenpol (classic build: No electric, hand-propped, tail skid, no brakes) are well-known in the Pietenpol community.”
Picture of the Day: Panchito
KT Budde-Jones submitted this photo and note: “Delaware Aviation Museum’s B-25 ‘Panchito’ flying in the Wings Over Batavia air show in New York over the 2024 Labor Day weekend. Larry Kelley and Syd Jones are at the controls with Doreen Zeliff flying safety.”
Picture of the Day: Green Machine at the Spanish Peaks
Aaron Melander submitted this photo and note: “It is said that this is one of the few east/west mountain ranges in the Rockies. This picture was taken at Spanish Peaks Airfield (4V1) in Walsenburg, Colorado.”
Picture of the Day: Pesky bug spray
Matthew Baker submitted this photo and note: “A Bell 206 Jet Ranger with Polk County Mosquito Control in Florida sprays the area around the Bartow Airport (KBOW) for mosquitos.
Picture of the Day: Weigh to go
Bethwel Too submitted this photo and note: “Kenyan registered aircraft undergoing weighing procedure at Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya.”
Picture of the Day: Back in the air
John Rick Bierman submitted this photo and note: “Insurance required a flight review in my rare aircraft, a Slingsby Firefly. The trouble was finding an instructor who would fly with me in an unfamiliar aerobatic aircraft. By chance I found just the man at Oshkosh who would take the task on. Thanks to Dale Yoder, now the sky is the limit.”