SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > OXNARD FROM THE AIR

I just couldn't resist the urge to take a shot of Oxnard as we flew over. Not a bad little town.
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > TAKEOFF FROM OXNARD AIRPORT

My buddy, Don, had just gotten his pilot's license and decided he needed an airplane to go with it, so he bought himself a finel little machine an Aeronca Champ. He took me up in it one day and we flew over to Santa Paula Airport, where we hooked up with a guy who took us both up -- separately, of course -- in a de Havilland Tiger Moth. Big day for Doug!
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > HEDGE-HOPPING
Santa Paula area

On the way over, Don decided to do a little hedge-hopping, flying just above the trees and doing steep banks. Fine by me!
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > IS HE BORED?

I was wondering just what was going through his head right about now. Maybe he's just soaking up the scenery and thinking about life, but he looks awfully bored.
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > ON APPROACH
Santa Paula Airport

Well, he sure isn't bored right now -- or he'd better not be. Aside from takeoffs, this is the one time you want total concentration while you're flying, especially in a taildragger.
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > ADVANCE VEHICLE ENGINEERS (AVE) "MIZAR" [1973] N68X
Oxnard Airport - August 1973

And I even got one of the Mizar taking off! What a coup this was!!! It's too bad I had to take it with my crappy old Vivitar 90-230mm telephoto zoom lens, but I got it anyway. There are few -- if any -- shots of this thing in the air.
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > California Dreamin' >  Snowy Egret, Egretta thula taking off photo
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > California Dreamin' >  American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana in flight image
SmugMug > today's keyword > flight > Dutch swans
OXNARD FROM THE AIR

I just couldn't resist the urge to take a shot of Oxnard as we flew over. Not a bad little town.
 > OXNARD FROM THE AIR

I just couldn't resist the urge to take a shot of Oxnard as we flew over. Not a bad little town.
OXNARD FROM THE AIR

I just couldn't resist the urge to take a shot of Oxnard as we flew over. Not a bad little town.
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