Daniel L. Berek's Photo Gallery

With two real trainers as a backdrop, this repurposed Beech 77 inspires a younger aviation clientele.

This aircraft has found a new role as a simulator to inspire the next generation of aviators at Lancaster Airport, PA.

This Grumman Tracker, Bu136536, has been transformed into a public artwork in Philadelphia.

Rescued from the boneyard, this Warthog serves as a training airframe with the Maryland Air National Guard.

The "Cheerful Chopper" welcomes young museum goers to engage in an adventure.

This former primary trainer has been shortened and now serves young pilots, offering them the chance to hone their rotary-wing aircraft piloting skills.

The front end of this early helicopter now offers young patrons at the American Helicopter Museum a place to hone their rotary wing piloting skills.

Even as a museum piece, this airplaine is still fulfilling her role as a trainer, albeit for young patrons (and not so young ones like myself) at the Piper Aviation Museum.

This homebuilt racer has been a fixture at Amelia's, north of Milwaukee Airport, for at least 20 years.

This bird adorns the roof of the Final Approach Restaurant, near the main entrance to Milwaukee's Billy Mitchell Airport (MKE).

This former Iberia DC-9 is now preserved between Terminals 1 and 2 at Madrid-Barajas, for use as a classroom by the local airport authority.

FedEx donated this aircraft to Lehigh Valley International Airport for ground training.