From a Flight on Sunday, May 3, 2015...

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Today's flight was, how shall I say it, well...BUMPY !!!
Despite a golden day with light and variable winds at ground level,
we were being tossed around over the Pocono mountains at
about 3,000 feet.  Regardless, the flight was memorable and the day
was enjoyed immensely.  Oh, and I managed to shoot
several aerial photos as well.

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

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#1 - Pocono Raceway in
Long Pond, PA

#2 - Circular Smoke Ring near the
Pocono Raceway

#3 - Skyhaven airport (76N) with the
town of Tunkhannock, PA
in the distance

#4 - Skyhaven airport

#5 - United States Penitentiary,
Canaan in northeastern PA

#6 - Nature's veins, or so it
resembles, located in
Sussex County, NJ

#7 -Farm Tractor Corn Maze,
this one located in northern NJ

#8 - Large estate home in
Sussex County, NJ

#9 - And now for a closer look
at that same estate home

#10 - Town of Newton, NJ
(the County Seat of Sussex County),
looking south

#11 - Town of Newton, NJ

#12 - First Presbyterian Church
of Newton, NJ

#13 - The Old Parsonage
(1770 House) on Dunn Place
in Newton, NJ

#14 - The Old Parsonage
(center of photo)

#15 - Spring Festival in
Hackettstown, NJ, adjacent to
Centenary College

#16 - Spring Festival in
Hackettstown, NJ with a nice
assortment of carnival rides

#17 - Wedge-shaped housing
development in Port Murray, NJ

#18 - Wedge-shaped housing
development in Port Murray, NJ,
with picturesque, tree-lined streets

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See you after the next flight...

From a Flight on Sunday, June 10, 2012...

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This is Part 2 of an incredible weekend of aviating.  Today, June 10th, 2012, I was flying southeast to Robert J. Miller Airpark in Toms River, NJ to take my Mom for a flight around the area.  Next was to fly back northwest to Trenton-Robbinsville airport and take Pops (my Dad) for a flight around the area as well, finally returning home in the late afternoon before the thunderstorms crept in.  The air was very calm/still and this lasted for most of the day; a rarity indeed...

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

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#1 - Town of Princeton, NJ,
with the University on the right

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These next (6) photos are of

Princeton University in Princeton, NJ

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#8 - Solar field under construction
adjacent to Princeton University

#9 - The newly completed
University Medical Center of Princeton
located at the intersection of Route 1
and Scudders Mill road in Plainsboro, NJ

#10 - New Exit 8 interchange of the
New Jersey Turnpike as they expand
it by adding truck lanes on both the
north and southbound sides

#11 - I thought the brownish/yellow field
contrasted nicely with the row of pines
bordering it and the green grass
around the homes near Jamesburg, NJ

#12 - A lush shrub and tree nursery
near Jamesburg, NJ

#13 - St. Aloysius church in Jackson, NJ

#14 - The town of Lakewood, NJ, looking
north with lake Carasaljo to the left

#15 - Minor league baseball stadium
in Lakewood, NJ

#16 - Lakewood airport, NJ,
looking northeast

#17 - Operations area and aircraft tie-downs
at Lakewood airport

#18 - Hangars 5 and 6 at Lakehurst
Naval Base in Lakehurst, NJ

#19 - Interesting shapes cut so cleanly in the
woods behind Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ

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These next (10) photos are of

Six Flags Great Adventure and

nearby Hurricane Harbor

water park in Jackson, NJ

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#21 - The Hurricane Harbor water park
sporting a packed parking lot

#22 - Folks cooling off in the wave pool

#23 - Colorful, aren't they !!!

#24 - Back to Great Adventure theme park,
one of Nitro's trains climbs the lift hill

#25 - Sawmill Log Flume (upper-left)
and El Toro wooden coaster (center)

#26 - Green Lantern coaster (green track)
and Superman: Ultimate Flight coaster (red track)

#27 - This and the next (2) photos are
of Sky Screamer, Great Adventure's
newest Family Thrill Ride

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#30 - Immaculate horse track and
fields near Allentown, NJ

#31 - Exit 7A of the New Jersey Turnpike
under construction as new
Truck Lanes are added

#32 - Samuel J. Plumeri, Sr. Waterfront
Park Stadium on the Delaware river
in Trenton, NJ

#33 - Notice how Route 29 (John Fitch way)
passes underneath Waterfront Park
in Trenton, NJ

#34 - Waterfront Park extends the entire
length of the Route 29 underpass

#35 - The most colorful mini-golf course
I have ever seen is near Langhorne, PA

#36 - Trenton-Robbinsville airport
in Robbinsville, NJ, adjacent to
the Miry Run golf course

#37 - Many solar collectors doing their job
atop a multitude of warehouses near
exit 7A of the New Jersey Turnpike
near Allentown, NJ

#38 - The architect(s) who laid out
these office buildings surely received
an A+ in geometry

#39 - Traffic circle along Route 1
in Princeton, NJ as it crosses
Route 526 and 571

#40 - I didn't have a headache at the time
I flew over, but I always knew where to find some
GIANT Bayer Aspirin tablets, which were
unmistakably storage tanks near Hopewell, NJ

#41 - Princeton airport, midway between
the towns of Rocky Hill and Princeton, NJ

#42 - Round Valley State Park
recreation area and beach (looking south)
in Lebanon, NJ

#43 - Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility
in Lebanon, NJ

#44 - This correctional facility is really
a beautiful campus

#45 - Custom Alloy in High Bridge, NJ

#46 - Historic town of Clinton, NJ

#47 - Many tourists love to stroll around
this lovely, historic town of Clinton in
Hunterdon County, NJ, complete with
its own Mill museum and grounds

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See you after the next Flight...