Best of Aviation

Shortly after departing Georgetown, Delaware, we are just about to cross a stretch of water enroute to southern New Jersey. LEEAH is the next intersection along our route.

A regular route from the Boston area takes us southwest over Calverton (aviation identifier: CCC) on Long Island.

Flying up the Conneticut coastline, headed east with Westerly State airport in Rhode Island off the nose.

Headed southbound out over the water just after departure from the Groton-New London airport in Connecticut. Taken from about 800 feet.

One of the most beautiful and serene times to fly is when the day slowly turns to night. This was taken south of Allentown, PA and is looking north toward our destination of Wilkes-Barre, which provides 24/7 service.

Enroute to Penn Yann airport in northern New York state, we pass by what is known as the finger-lakes region.

On an instrument approach to Penn Yan airport we parallel one of the finger lakes. We encountered rain and some low clouds on this approach, but landed with good visibility.

As flight simulators become more sophisticated, they play an increasingly important role in the training of pilots. Pilots can learn procedures to handle emergency conditions that would be unsafe to duplicate in the real airplane.

On departure from Ocean City, New Jersey, we begin a turn on course only to find a boat mimicing our flight path.