General Aviation: Vintage Aircraft—2018 Photo Contest

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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