From the Sky
   
 
FlyBack_mountain.jpg (32164 bytes) 1998, December 12 - Seattle to Charlotte
A Cascade volcano... Photo-Journal...
 
JetView_Return.jpg (23791 bytes) 1999, November 16 - San Francisco to Charlotte
Over California... Mono Lake from 35,000 feet... a landmark spotted on many flights in and out of San Francisco... Photo-Journal...
 
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Charlotte3.jpg (102003 bytes)
1999, December 5 - Dallas to Charlotte
1st shot: Descending into Atlanta.
2nd shot: Charlotte on the approach.
Photo-Journal...
 
TakeOff_2.jpg (82742 bytes) TakeOff_Law.jpg (86099 bytes) TakeOff_MS.jpg (83346 bytes) 2000, April 7 - Charlotte to las Vegas
Out of Charlotte... looking down on Microsoft. My building is in the 3rd pic - the 3 story in the middle...
 

 
2000, August 25 - Seattle to San Francisco
 
Mt_St_Helens.JPG (22272 bytes) Oregon_Peak.JPG (35435 bytes) My flight went from Seattle to Salt Lake City then on to San Francisco. Just after leaving Seattle we flew over Mount St. Helens and several Oregon peaks... Photo-Journal...
 
Great_Salt_Lake1.JPG (14910 bytes) Great_Salt_Lake2.JPG (30818 bytes) Great_Salt_Lake3.JPG (34404 bytes) Great_Salt_Lake4.JPG (32027 bytes) The Great Salt Lake on the approach to Salt lake City, Utah...
 
SF_air.JPG (11263 bytes) San_Mateo_Bridge.JPG (11032 bytes) Approaching San Francisco...
 

 
2000, August 28 - San Francisco to Seattle
 
SF_Airport14.JPG (21514 bytes) take-off from San Francisco... Seattle, via Salt Lake City... Photo-Journal...
 
Oakland_Airport.JPG (42020 bytes) Bay_Area.JPG (97584 bytes) Bay_Area4.JPG (61181 bytes) CA_central_valley.JPG (34010 bytes) Over the Oakland airport and the East Bay, over the infamous Altamont Speedway, and on across California's central valley...
 
Utah.JPG (20934 bytes) Utah2.JPG (28182 bytes) Utah3.JPG (23735 bytes) Utah_pit_mine.JPG (42804 bytes) Over Utah...
 
Salt_Lake_City1.JPG (62134 bytes) Salt_Lake_City3.JPG (79034 bytes) Salt Lake City...
  

  
2000, September 23 - Seattle to Denver
 
Seattle_shipyard.JPG (72012 bytes) Seattle_downtown.JPG (49742 bytes) Seattle_Space_Needle.JPG (46724 bytes) Seattle_bridge.JPG (59769 bytes) Over Seattle... that's the I-5 Bridge and University Bridge over the Lake Washington Ship Canal in the 4th shot...
   
Mt_Rainier.JPG (25450 bytes) Mt_Rainier2.JPG (32116 bytes) Tem minutes out of Seattle, Denver bound... Photo-Journal...
 

  
2000, October 18 - Seattle to Charlotte
 
Seattle_airport_takeoff2.JPG (44812 bytes) Sea-Tac... leaving Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
Columbia_River.JPG (117094 bytes) The Columbia River just north of Wenatchee, Washington...
 
western_river.JPG (142931 bytes) western_river2.JPG (132327 bytes) western_river3.JPG (141289 bytes) The Columbia River... Eastern Washington...
 
des_moines.JPG (147802 bytes) Over Des Moines, Iowa...
 

 
425_Gatwick_takeoff10.JPG (31640 bytes) 2000, November 2 - London to Charlotte
Just after take-off from Gatwick Airport... Photo-Journal...
 

 
2000, November 4 - Charlotte to Seattle by way of Cincinnati
 
november_2-4_2000_13.JPG (94689 bytes) november_2-4_2000_14.JPG (145829 bytes) november_2-4_2000_15.JPG (125659 bytes) A bridge and power plant in Kentucky, on the Ohio River...
Photo-Journal...
 
november_2-4_2000_16.JPG (111092 bytes) Cincinnati, Ohio...
 

 
2000, November 6 - Seattle to Dallas
 
Seattle_Puget_Sound.JPG (49562 bytes) Between Sea-Tac and Seattle... Puget Sound in the distance... Photo-Journal...
 
Mount Rainier...
 
Mt_Rainer2.JPG (23414 bytes)  Mt_Rainer3.JPG (30135 bytes)  Mt_Rainer4.JPG (32378 bytes)  Mt_Rainer5.JPG (39098 bytes)  Mt_Rainer6.JPG (41462 bytes)  Mt_Rainer9.JPG (87999 bytes)
 
snow_mountains.JPG (53370 bytes) snow_mountains3.JPG (40680 bytes) The Rockies...
 

 
Dallas_Ft_Worth_Airport2.JPG (35866 bytes) Dallas_Ft_Worth_Airport3.JPG (45314 bytes) 2000, November 18 - Dallas to Seattle
Take-off from Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport... Photo-Journal...
 
Mt_Rainier.JPG (17796 bytes) Cascades_Washington.JPG (21079 bytes) Canada.JPG (41839 bytes) German_clouds.JPG (33298 bytes) 2000, December 1 - Seattle to Prague
1st shot: Washington State - Mount Rainier.
2nd shot: Northern Cascades - Washington State.
3rd shot: Canadian Rockies.
4th shot: Clouds over Germany.
 

 
2001, February 18 - Seattle to Charlotte to hilton Head
 
Cascade_Mountains.JPG (34606 bytes)  frozen_Montana.JPG (38808 bytes)  frozen_Montana2.JPG (74948 bytes)  frozen_Montana3.JPG (34527 bytes)  Appalachian_Mountains.JPG (33375 bytes)
 
Charlotte.JPG (176067 bytes) Approaching Charlotte...  Photo-Journal...
 
Mandan_North_Dakota.JPG (41252 bytes) Mandan_North_Dakota3.JPG (58425 bytes) 2001, February 26 - Return Leg - Charlotte to Seattle
We crossed (at 37,000 feet) the Missouri River in the vicinity of Bismarck, North Dakota, just south of where the Missouri makes its big turn south from the west. This is the land where Lewis and Clark constructed Fort Mandan and spent the winter of 1804-1805 amongst the Mandan Indians. I reached this same locale by land on July 31, 2000 on my cross-country drive to Seattle from Charlotte.
 
Rockies.JPG (61474 bytes) Rockies2.JPG (60401 bytes) Rockies4.JPG (45796 bytes) Rockies5.JPG (51811 bytes) The Rocky Mountains... Montana...
 
Columbia_River.JPG (39693 bytes) Cascade_Mountains.JPG (68775 bytes) The Columbia River, and the Cascade Mountains...
 
Seattle_EastSide.JPG (48670 bytes) Seattle.JPG (22897 bytes) Approaching Seattle...
 

 
2001, May 4 - Seattle to Charlotte
Take-off from Sea-Tac and the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
Atlanta.JPG (268611 bytes) 2001, May 7 - Charlotte to Seattle
1st shot: Over Charlotte
2nd shot: Over Atlanta...
Photo-Journal...
 

 
2001, August 2
Ten minutes into a flight out of Seattle to Reno. The first 2 shots are of Mount Rainier, the third of Mount St. Helens...
Photo-Journal...

 
2001, December 24 - Seattle to Charlotte
 
Sea-Tac_departure_Olympics.JPG (27413 bytes) Sea-Tac_departure4.JPG (69741 bytes) Seattle.JPG (79589 bytes) Seattle2.JPG (72638 bytes) Up from Sea-Tac and over Seattle... Photo-Journal...
 
Over the Cascades and the Rockies...
 
Cascades.JPG (78948 bytes)  Cascades2.JPG (79049 bytes)  Cascades3.JPG (95345 bytes)  Rockies.JPG (70600 bytes)  Rockies2.JPG (61871 bytes)  Rockies3.JPG (53437 bytes)
 
Missouri_River.JPG (50697 bytes) East of the Rockies... I believe the river to be either the Yellowstone or the upper Missouri...
 
Chicago.JPG (99640 bytes) Approaching Chicago...
 
2002, January 5 - Charlotte to Seattle
 
On the Charlotte tarmac and over Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
 

 
2002, January 25 - Seattle to San Jose
 
Up from Sea-Tac... Photo-Journal...
 
Over San Francisco and down to San Jose...
 
         
 
         
 
       
 
2002, January 28 - San Jose to Seattle
The Bay Area lights fade...
 

 
2002, June 7 - Seattle to Reno
 
Over south Seattle... the Duwamish River... Photo-Journal...
 
Mount Shasta...
 
Nevada... down to Reno...
 
       
 
   
 

 
2002, December 13
Five minutes out of Seattle on a cross-country flight to North Carolina... as we broke through the cloud layer the top of Mt. Rainier became visible... like an island in a sea of clouds. Photo-Journal...
2nd shot: Landing at Chicago O'Hare for a connecting flight to Charlotte...
 
2003, January 5 - Charlotte to Seattle by way of Chicago
 
I-485_at_Wilkinson_Blvd.JPG (209484 bytes) Lake_Wylie.JPG (154787 bytes) bye-bye_Charlotte.JPG (161160 bytes) Lake_Norman.JPG (291379 bytes) Up from Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
2nd shot: Mountain Island Lake.
3rd shot: Downtown Charlotte.
4th shot: Lake Norman.
   
Chicago.JPG (228252 bytes) Chicago3.JPG (207566 bytes) Landing in Chicago (connecting to Seattle)... Photo-Journal...
   

   
2004, June 24 - Seattle to Charlotte
    
Connecting at Chicago Midway... Charlotte bound... Photo-Journal...
   
Arrival at Charlotte... Photo-Journal...
   

   
2004, June 29 - Charlotte to Seattle
   
Pete gave me a ride to the Charlotte airport for my long flight back to Seattle... Photo-Journal...
   
Connecting at Chicago Midway... Photo-Journal...
   
On to distant Seattle... Photo-Journal...
   

   
In progress...