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I had become many eons ago a traveling literary gnome, inquisitive about places I had and had not visited,
walking the same paths of peoples from the past, through places once grand and still grand,
photographing images that now show me the places about which I still dream . . .

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

To and From Foxtrot Fourteen

I tagged along with MyMrMallory today, or rather, he tagged along with me to Marble Falls, serving as PIC (Pilot in Command). I sat in the right seat taking pictures of runways along the way.
Foxtrot 13 runway. See the amazing image Frances took here: FEK Photography
Graham (KRPH) Airport Runway 21.


Around Possum Kingdom Lake we spotted several airports, including a grass runway.


We flew over the private runway (19) at Quahadi Ranch. 


       Along the way we saw a few wind turbines. Guys, these turbines pollute our country air and damage our grasslands because they require specialized eighteen-wheelers to transport their massive parts to their location, roads to reach them, and more trucks to drive to them to maintain them. Think about that when you want of feel proud of your greeness. Plus, not only do the turbines kill birds and bats, they hurl chunks of ice at homes and people. In the meantime, when you are thinking green and feeling proud to subscribe to a wind turbine energy company, I, a country dweller, thank you a lot for making me choke in the fumes of the trucks. 

Burnett Airport (BMQ) near Marble Falls, TX.
An Air Evacuation Helicopter landed at Burnett to re-fuel. He landed so nimbly and confidently that I know think of him as the crotch-rocket of helicopter pilots. Wheelees? Sure! 


Runway 01 at Burnett and summer clouds that meant a bumpy flight returning to F14, bouncing from one thermal to another. But that's a part of flying during the summer season.


Tom Danaher Airport.


Wichita Valley Airport. (This photo would look less blurry if we hadn't bounced around so much in the thermals, but still, it shows the airport as it looks from the air.)




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2 comments:

  1. Ben JacobiAugust 19, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Great series Elisabeth. I think the shot with the windmills is my favorite, though. Nice perspective and a great use of leading lines and patterns.

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  2. Elizabeth B HawleyAugust 19, 2010 at 4:17 PM

    Thanks, Ben. Since we cannot ask the pilot, "Hey, turn about 40 degrees west so that I can get a better angle!" we have to do what we can with what we see. So the fun part is letting the route of the airplane factor in choosing your images.

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