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As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above !!!
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Today's photo flight is a first after a 15 month hiatus after the
passing of my father on September 24, 2016 due to losing
the battle with cancer. This loss was devastating to me after
sharing our love of flying together for most of my life. First, with
my cousin and I in the backseat of my father's and his brother's
1946 Fairchild F-24R and then, for the past twenty years,
with my father as co-pilot in my own Cessna 172E Skyhawk.
Each opportunity to fly was enjoyed to the fullest with long flights
and numerous photographs to capture some astounding views.
I am happy to share with you a selection of photos
from this flight over central New Jersey
and The Jersey Shore.
We were the best of friends and talked aviation
continuously both in the cockpit as well as whenever
the opportunity arose. I so very much miss talking with
him on a daily basis about any and everything, including
aviation and the like. He will be, and for the past year,
has been sorely missed !!!
* To You Dad (Pops), I dedicate this Post *
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#1 - Trump
National Golf Club,
Bedminster,
NJ, adjacent to
Interstate 78 (looking northeast) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#2 - Trump National Golf Club,
Bedminster, NJ
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#3 - Trump National Golf Club,
Bedminster, NJ
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#4 - Trump National Golf Club,
Bedminster, NJ
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#5 - Trump National Golf Club,
Bedminster, NJ
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#6 - Trump National Golf Club,
Bedminster, NJ, adjacent
to Interstate 78
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#7 - Cornfield “message” adjacent
to Trump National
Golf Club,
Bedminster, NJ
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#8 - Sri Venkateswara
Hindu
Temple, Bridgewater, NJ
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The next (7) photos are of the
city of New Brunswick, NJ, along
the Raritan River
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#9 - Raritan River and
the city of New Brunswick, NJ (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#10 - City
of New Brunswick, NJ (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#11 - City
of New Brunswick, NJ
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#12 - City
of New Brunswick, NJ
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#13 - City
of New Brunswick, NJ
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#14 - City
of New Brunswick, NJ
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#15 - Raritan River and the
city of New Brunswick, NJ
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#16 - Heliport at the
Johnson and Johnson Museum
along Route 18 in New Brunswick, NJ
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#17 - Office complex along
Cedarbrook Drive in Cranbury, NJ
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#18 - Brigadier General
William C. Doyle Memorial
Cemetery in Wrightstown, NJ (this is where my dad is interred)
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#19 - Sprawling tree/shrub
nursery near Cream Ridge, NJ
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#20 - Six Flags Great Adventure
Theme Park and Safari,
Jackson, NJ
(looking northeast) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#21 - Enormous paved area
along Bismark road and
adjacent to I-195, Jackson,
NJ
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#22 - Veterans Memorial on
Jackson
Mills Lake,
Jackson, NJ
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#23 - Clearing in the Pine
Barrens
for the Brick Wall Corp.
Specialty Products, Forked River,
NJ
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#24 - Berkeley Township/Toms River
and Island Beach
State Park along
The Jersey Shore
(looking south) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#25 - Toms River and
Seaside
Heights along
The Jersey Shore
(looking east) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#26 - Toms River, Barnegat
Bay and
The Jersey Shore (looking northeast) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#27 - Barnegat Bay and
The Jersey Shore
(looking northeast)
(shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#28 - Island Beach State Park
begins abruptly at
Seaside Park along
The Jersey Shore
(looking north) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#29 - The Jersey
Shore and
Seaside
Park/Heights (looking northwest) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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The next (10) photos are of
Seaside Heights Boardwalk and
Amusement Pier(s) along
The Jersey Shore
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#30 - A transformed
Seaside Heights after
Hurricane
Sandy along
The Jersey Shore
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#31 - Seaside Heights and
Route 37 bisecting Pelican Island
(looking west at Barnegat Bay)
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#32 - Seaside Heights boardwalk
along The Jersey Shore
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#33 - Seaside Heights boardwalk
along The Jersey Shore
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#34 - Casino Pier in
Seaside
Heights along
The Jersey Shore
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#35 - Casino Pier in
Seaside
Heights along
The Jersey Shore
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#36 - Casino Pier in
Seaside
Heights along
The Jersey Shore
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#37 - Former Funtown Pier
(post Hurricane Sandy and
devastating fire) in
Seaside Heights along
The Jersey Shore
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#38 - Former Funtown Pier
(post Hurricane Sandy and
devastating fire) in
Seaside Heights along
The Jersey Shore
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#39 - Former Funtown Pier
(post Hurricane Sandy and
devastating fire) in
Seaside Heights along
The Jersey Shore
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#40 - Beach cottages in
Lavallette along The Jersey Shore
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#41 - Herbert Street bridge in
Mantaloking along The
Jersey Shore (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#42 - During Hurricane Sandy,
this is where the
Atlantic Ocean
breached The Jersey Shore
at the Herbert Street bridge and
spilled into
the Winter Yacht Basin
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#43 - Point Pleasant boardwalk
and Manasquan Inlet
along
The Jersey Shore (looking northwest) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#44 - Point Pleasant, Lake Louise
and the Manasquan
Inlet
along The Jersey
Shore
(looking northwest) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#45 - Town of Manasquan
and
National Guard Training
Center/Militia Museum
along The Jersey Shore (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#46 - Intersection of I-195,
Route 34 and the
Garden State Parkway
in Wall, NJ (looking west) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#47 - Monmouth Executive Airport
along Route 34 in
Belmar/Farmingdale, NJ (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#48 - WWII aircraft on display
(left to right; P-51,
B-25, B-24, B-17)
at Monmouth
Executive Airport, NJ
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#49 - WWII aircraft on display
(left to right; B-17,
B-24) at
Monmouth Executive Airport,
NJ
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#50 - Former Asbury Park
Air Terminal
airport along Route 66,
Neptune
City, NJ
(note a
portion of the runway
still exists between the trees,
just to the left of the small lake)
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#51 - Naval Weapons Station
Earle ammunition depot
near Farmingdale/Colts Neck, NJ (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#52 - Former Preston/Marlboro
airport in Marlboro, NJ,
adjacent
to the Henry Hudson multi-use trail
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#53 - New Jersey
Turnpike and
Tamarack Golf Course,
East
Brunswick, NJ
(looking south) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#54 - Former Johnson and Johnson
company between the
northeast
corridor rail line and Route 1,
North
Brunswick, NJ (looking south) (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#55 - Former Johnson and Johnson
company between the
northeast
corridor rail line and Route 1,
North
Brunswick, NJ
(looking southeast)
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#56 - Former Belle Mead Depot,
Hillsborough Township, NJ,
with a portion being
transformed into sports fields (shot with a GoPro HERO 3+)
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#57 - New sports fields at the site of
the former
Belle Mead Depot,
Hillsborough
Township, NJ
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See you after the next flight...
