2024 Aviation Week Photo Contest Editors’ Picks: General Aviation

The pilot of this De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver prepares for takeoff on Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, as the Sun sets over the Adirondack Mountains.

A Short SC.7 Skyvan executes a landing at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida.

Pilot Tony Higa puts his diminutive Pitts Special S1S aerobatic biplane through the wringer to the delight of the crowd at the Apple Valley Airshow in California.

Two PZL-Mielec An-2 biplanes depart together for another round of scenic passenger flights over Budapest, Hungary.

This Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, nicknamed “American Dream” and flown by Thom Richard, performs a demonstration flight at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II Weekend gathering in June.

Children sit above the crowd to catch a view of the sunset flights at the Paradise City area of the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo.

P-51 Mustang “Crazy Horse” flies low as the Sun sets in the background. 

Lift Aircraft's Hexa eVTOL platform demonstrates flight at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida.

Leland Kracher and Tom Braymer of the NextGen Eagles team fly their Christen Eagles at the 2024 Wings Over Cowtown Airshow at NAS Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth.

This classic World War II-era P-51 Mustang flies at dusk during the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, on April 13. The aircraft, named “Crazy Horse,” is adorned with historical markings, including the iconic invasion stripes and a U.S. star-and-bars insignia on its side.

This Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, named “Beach City Baby,” faces into the sunrise in Wheeling, West Virginia.