From a Flight on Saturday, June 9, 2012...

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What a weekend (June 9th and 10th),

with both days dedicated to flying.

Saturday morning was spent 5,000 feet over the

Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania with the intent of

shooting a complete array of photos featuring the remains

of the Bethlehem Steel Works and the relatively new

Sands Casino and Hotel built adjacent to the

Steel Works plant, among other areas of interest

that looked appealing.

As always, I hope you enjoy "The View from Above"

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#1 - Many Delaware river crossings
between Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ

#2 - The vast Lehigh Valley
(Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton),
PA, looking northeast

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These next (7) photos are of the

Sands Casino and Hotel in Bethlehem, PA

#3 - Overall view looking west with
the "Sands" Casino in the center

#4

#5

#6 - Sands Casino (left) with
Defunct Bethlehem Steel (right)

#7 - A remnant of the Bethlehem Steel
plant; an iron truss, now used to
hold the "Sands" sign

#8

#9

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#10 - The Lehigh river as is winds
around Bethlehem, PA

#11 - Rail yard near Allentown, PA

#12 - Looks like a Railroad Turntable
once existed at this location
near Allentown, PA

#13 - Intersection of Route 22,
Route 378 and Airport Road
in Bethlehem , PA

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These next (2) photos are of

Lehigh Valley International Airport in Bethlehem, PA

#14

#15

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#16 - Corporate offices adjacent to
Lehigh Valley airport and Route 22
in Bethlehem, PA

#17 - An unknown complex of buildings
near the Lehigh river
in Bethlehem, PA

#18 - An unknown complex of buildings
near the Lehigh river
in Bethlehem, PA

#19 - High rise building near
Lehigh Valley airport in
Bethlehem, PA

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These next (2) photos show what's left

of the Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, PA

#20

#21

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#22 - A rail yard on the site of the former
Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, PA

#23 - Former Bethlehem Steel corporate
offices on a hill in Bethlehem, PA,
overlooking the plant

#24 - School bus yard in Allentown, PA

#25 - Queen City airport in Allentown, PA

#26 - The vast Lehigh Valley of PA,
looking northeast from Allentown

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These next (4) photos are of Dorney Park

in Allentown, PA

#27 - Overview of the park
looking southeast

#28 - Monstrous helix of the
Steel Force coaster (red track)

#29 - Talon coaster (yellow track)

#30 - Hydra: The Revenge coaster
(lime green track)

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#31 - A church in Emmaus, PA

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See you after the next flight !!!

From a Flight on Sunday, October 10, 2010...

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The following photos were all shot within

the state of Pennsylvania

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above !!!

#1 - Center Valley Golf Club in Center Valley

#2 - Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station
on the Susquehanna River in Middletown

#3 - Harrisburg International Airport
in Middletown

#4 - Harrisburg International Airport
in Middletown, with the with the Three Mile Island
Nuclear Generating Station in the distance

#5 - Harrisburg International Airport
in Middletown

#6 - Capital City Airport in New Cumberland

#7 - Some disheveled looking fields near Carlisle

#8 - Carlisle Airport

#9 - Carlisle Airport with an adjacent mobile home

park in close proximity to the runway

#10 - The Home Depot in Carlisle

#11 - West Shore Country Club in Camp Hill

#12 - Harrisburg's numerous Susquehanna
River crossings

#13 - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's State Capital,
looking north

#14 - Looking north at the many Susquehanna
River crossings with Harrisburg city center
on the right

#15 - Harrisburg Transportation Center,
with the State Capital visible at the top of the photo

#16 - Harrisburg Transportation Center
in more detail

#17 - Pennsylvania State Capital
complex in Harrisburg, looking northwest

#18 - Looking west towards Harrisburg and
the Susquehanna River

#19 - Interchange of I-81, Route 22,
and Route 322 in Harrisburg

#20 - Wastewater treatment plant with a unique

blue cupola, which is probably only

a holding tank of some sort

#21 - The Great Bear coaster (light blue track)
at Hershey Park, looking east

#22 - An overview of Hershey Park, looking north

#23 - The former Hershey Chocolate factory

#24 - Attractive shrub arrangement at Hershey

#25 - Millard Airport in Annville, now closed

#26 - Wastewater treatment facility,
with an architectural array of holding tanks

#27 - An overview of eastern Pennsylvania,
just north of Reading

#28 - Kutztown Airport, now closed, with its
looming quarry on the approach end
of the paved runway

#29 - Queen City Airport in Allentown

#30 - Railyard in Allentown

#31 - The new Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem

#32 - The new Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem

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There you have it, a smorgasbord of life in

east-central Pennsylvania on this fall day,

and a unique day at that (10/10/10)

See you after the next flight...