2022 Aviation Week Photo Contest Editors’ Picks: General Aviation

A Diamond DA42 (left) and a DA40 from Take Flight Aviation make a sunset flight over New York.

Not only is Mika Brageot an air race pilot, he also does air show displays, notably with a beautiful Beechcraft Baron 55 modified to perform aerobatics. The picture was taken in southern France.

Electra.aero’s solar-powered aircraft Dawn One lifts off on its first flight on Sept. 9. The project is part of the SACOS, or Stratospheric Airborne Climate Observatory System, organized by MIT and Harvard.

A 1941 Aeronca 65CA Super Chief blends in with the autumn colors at Lee Bottom Flying Field in Hanover, Indiana.

A DG-800 glider presents its impressive 50-ft. wingspan against the setting Sun over Eichstatt, Germany.

The B-25J “Panchito” from the Delaware Aviation Museum climbs away from the crowd line on a cloudy afternoon at Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, on April 6. It flew one of the last missions of World War II on Aug. 12, 1945.

Matt Younkin lays a twin smoke trail with his Beech 18, chasing his shadow along the runway as he holds it low on takeoff at the 2022 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin on July 29. The handheld panning action image was made with a shutter speed of 1/80 sec.

A Piper Arrow belonging to Daedalean flies over the Aletsch Glacier—the largest in the Alps. The photoshoot team also includes pilots Louis Schreuder and Mathias Widmer and engineer-photographer Nathanael Kohler.

This air-to-air photo was shot in the Swiss Alps in Lauterbrunnen Valley. The aircraft belongs to autonomous systems maker Daedalean. The photo shoot was a collective effort of Daedalean pilots Louis Schreuder and Mathias Widmer and engineer-photographers Nathanael Kohler and de Lange.