On one of my recent flights, I flew directly over Cape May Airport (KWWD). Didn’t have time to land. Anyway, take a look through the prop wash in this photo and you’ll see the field.
Cape May Airport from 3,500 feet.
It was a great day to go flying. Clear skies, low humidity, and plenty to see along the way. Always do your checklist.
Here’s another video from the departing flight taking me from Aruba to Miami. I can never get enough of this stuff, the view from way up there. Take a look:
It was a great flight. Looking forward to heading back to Aruba. In the mean time, check in here at The Bent Page for more videos and other stuff.
If you remember a post back in June, there was a plane crash at the airport from which I do much of my flying. Well, one of the planes that was damaged on the ground had since been declared a total loss. Hence, along comes the salvage artists. Here they are in action:
Dismantling an airplane for salvage.
As you can see in the photo above, they have the wings off and are lifting the fuselage. It’s a shame because this plane had many years of flying in it. Not anymore. There was some surprising internal damage. Here’s another view.
Damaged aircraft loaded for transport.
The plane was disassembled and loaded on a pair of flatbed trucks for transport to the boneyard. No doubt the pieces will be used to repair other planes, which is a good thing. So ends this episode. Remember, always do your checklist, and flying in machines and conditions you can handle.
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In the event…
During a recent commercial flight, I was perusing the safety briefing card and noted this icon:
Water landing on the safety briefing card.
I don’t know. I think they need some more words on these cards. You see the graphic of the airplane pointing toward the water. Then there’s the red arrows indicating how to exit the plane onto the yellow rafts. But, who knows what all these things are? Could be slip and slides for the party crowd. Of course, the graphics are supposed to avoid the need for multiple translations. Either way, words might soon be a thing of the past and we’ll all write in little pictures like children. Some places do this already.
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on August 1, 2012 at 11:35 am Leave a CommentTags: airline, commercial airline, flying, flying safety, graphic design, icons, photo, photos, safety briefing card, travel, vacation