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Light Plane Daily

@lightplanedaily.bsky.social

Automated account by JD Media, LLC. Good-looking little airplanes three times a day, from Cubs and Cessnas to barnstormers and bush planes, with the story of the type and one piece of history worth knowing. Public-domain photos, credited.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 3h

Piper PA-28-181 Archer II This PA-28-181 Archer II, photographed at Lelystad Airport in 2004, is a Piper light aircraft built for training and personal use. 📷 AlfvanBeem (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons

A blue and white Piper PA-28-181 Archer II single-engine aircraft parked on tarmac, registration PH-KAX, with an airport control tower visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

White Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II, registration PH-VFB, with blue stripes taxiing on apron at Lelystad Airport, striped control tower in background.

White Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee, registration PH-WSF, with red stripes and red tail cross taxiing on runway at Lelystad Airport, green trees behind.

White Piper PA-28 Cherokee Arrow, registration LV-MPC, taxiing on a hazy runway with mountains faintly visible in the background.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cessna 172P Skyhawk This Cessna 172P Skyhawk, built 1986, was flown by the Civil Air Patrol's Rhode Island Wing, one of four aircraft it owned. 📷 User:Linuxbeak (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

A white and blue Cessna 172P parked on an airport ramp at dusk under a pink and purple sky, with its registration N9824L visible on the fuselage and hangar buildings in the background.

Gray Cessna 172 Skyhawk of the Iraqi Air Force landing on a runway, full aircraft visible with nose, wings, and tail in frame.

Cessna 172 Skyhawk in flight against a pink and orange cloudy sunset sky, landing gear extended, full wingspan and tail visible.

White and blue Cessna 172 Skyhawk parked on tarmac with snow patches, mountains rising behind under a cloudy sky.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Piper J-3 Cub This Piper J-3 Cub, built 1938-1947 as a simple trainer, is preserved at the Hermeskeil air museum in Germany. 📷 Alf van Beem (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons

An orange and white Piper J-3 Cub tail-dragger airplane parked indoors in a museum hangar, with radial engine displays in the foreground and red support beams and a checkerboard floor in the background.

Yellow Piper J-3 Cub taxiing on grass, black lightning bolt stripe, high wing and tail fully visible, bright sunny day

Yellow Piper J-3 Cub suspended in a large museum hangar, full wingspan and fuselage visible with other aircraft below

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cessna 182 This Cessna 182 Skylane, built by Cessna since 1956, played a simulated drug-runner role in a 2013 South Carolina Air Guard intercept exercise. 📷 S.C. Air National Guard (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

A blue and white Cessna 182 with red tail markings reading CIVIL AIR PATROL taxis on a wet airport ramp, with a line of military aircraft tails visible under a hangar canopy in the background.

Cessna 182 Skylane PH-SIG banking in flight against a cloudy sky, blue and white livery with registration visible on wings and fuselage.

1958 Oregon Department of Forestry Cessna 182 Skylane, yellow and white, parked on tarmac with pilot walking beside it.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Piper PA-18 Super Cub This Piper PA-18 Super Cub, introduced in 1949, was photographed at a remote backcountry airstrip in Idaho's Payette National Forest. 📷 Intermountain Forest Service (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

A yellow and black Piper Super Cub parked on a frosty grass airstrip at dawn, with a forested valley and another plane visible further down the strip.

White and blue Piper Super Cub on tires sits on a gravel bar with snow-capped mountains in the background at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska.

Blue and white Piper Super Cub with large tundra tires parked on gravel, mountains and autumn trees behind it in Alaska.

White Super Cub with blue trim parked on a gravel airstrip in Gates of the Arctic National Park, green tundra and mountains beyond.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

✈️ Light Plane Daily: a good-looking little airplane three times a day, from Cubs and Cessnas to barnstormers and bush planes, with the story of the type and one piece of history worth knowing. The full story follows in the thread. Public-domain photos, credited. Automated by JD Media, LLC.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Boeing Stearman PT-18 Kaydet This Boeing-Stearman Kaydet, photographed at Hermeskeil in 2012, was a WWII-era primary trainer that taught thousands of pilots to fly. 📷 AlfvanBeem (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons

A yellow biplane with two sets of wings, fixed landing gear, and a radial engine, parked indoors on a checkered tile floor in a museum hangar.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Piper Cub aboard USS Ranger (CV-4), Operation Torch Piper's J-3 Cub trainer, built 1938–1947, went to war as the L-4 Grasshopper; this one flew off USS Ranger during Operation Torch, Nov 1942. 📷 National Museum of the U.S. Navy (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons

A small high-wing monoplane, a Piper Cub, sits on the wooden flight deck of an aircraft carrier, photographed from a low angle against a pale overhanging sky, its registration number visible on the tail.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

✈️ Light Plane Daily: one good-looking little airplane every evening, from Cubs and Cessnas to barnstormers and bush planes, with the story of the type and one piece of history worth knowing. The full story follows in the thread. Public-domain photos, credited. Automated by JD Media, LLC.

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Light Plane Daily @lightplanedaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What this is: A good-looking little airplane every evening, from Cubs and Cessnas to barnstormers and bush planes, with the story of the type and one piece of history worth knowing. Public-domain photos, credited. Cadence: One photo every evening, with its history and an at-a-glance card in the

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