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    • ICE AND SNOW 1
    • GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
    • TAHOE WATER
  • VIDEO
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    • OCEAN/REEF/PAINT
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Out the window, almost there

Out the window, almost there

AERIAL VIEWS….A SELECTION:

September 26, 2013
Flying over around 4:00pm

Flying over around 4:00pm

I suppose my fascination with all things aerial began when I was a teenager on my first Eastern Airlines flight from Kennedy to Miami Beach… The magic of being up in the clouds and seeing those abstract patterns of light and shadow and color hooked me and still does.

We have been blessed with almost perfect weather for all our flights over Norway. And there have been quite a few since flying out of Oslo on Sunday September 15th. On the 16th there was our flight West over Svalbard to Ny-Alesund.

On the 17th the flight I took all afternoon with Jack and his crew had perfect weather…

About to take off in our Squirrel AS35O

About to take off in our Squirrel AS35O

Approaching Kronebreen

Approaching Kronebreen

Another view of front

Another view of front

A lake on Kronebreen

A lake on Kronebreen

About to land

About to land

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