General Aviation: Vintage Aircraft—2018 Photo Contest
January 29, 2019
Credit: Brent Taylor, Ottumwa, Iowa
A rare 1932 Curtiss-Wright Speedwing (Model B-14-B) with smoke on approaches low over the hangars at Antique Airfield near Blakesburg, Iowa.
Credit: Brent Taylor, Ottumwa, Iowa
This 1929 Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing looks as if it is ready for the night mail run once again. The picture was taken at Antique Airfield, near Blakesburg, Iowa.
Tam Hayman, Belmont, California
A Douglas DC-3 undergoes maintenance at Marana Airport in Arizona.
Credit: James Pittman, Charlotte, North Carolina
A Skybolt begins its takeoff roll from the 2018 Miller Airpark Fly-In in Mooresville, North Carolina, on Sept. 22.
Credit: James Pittman, Charlotte, North Carolina
A Piper PA-18 Super Cub on amphibious floats departs the Miller Airpark Fly-in in Mooresville, North Carolina, on Sept. 22.
Credit: Kurt Gearhart, Chandler, Arizona
Three wingmen execute a turn toward Imperial, California, for gas, while returning to Phoenix from the Allen Airways Stearman Fly-In 2018.
Mitch Bowers, Englewood, Colorado
It was a beautiful evening for an air-to-air photo shoot near Longmont, Colorado, with this stunning DC-3.
Perry Doggrell, Cantonment, Florida
A PBY Catalina awaiting restoration at the Alaska Aviation Museum on Lake Hood, near Anchorage Airport.
Credit: Richard Whobrey, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Three-year-old Ethan Swanzy attends his first air show, in Stuart, Florida, on Nov. 4, 2017. His family has a long aerospace history beginning in the early 1950s.
Credit: Stephen Wolf, Antony, France
The beautiful Red Bull P-38 is seen in profile at Duxford, England
These vintage aircraft harken back to the early days of aviation, when air mail was a novelty and barnstormers flew from town to town, thrilling crowds below.
