Gryphon's Aeire

Pictures from 29 Jun 08

Here are some pictures from my flight.

Sky at the beginning of the flight
Looking Northeast	Looking North	Looking West

Looking at the sky as I headed west
Approaching the clouds	Almost there	You can see the flooding below the clouds
More flooding	Into the clouds

Water on the wing strut
You can see the water forming	Good thing it is too warm for icing

My instruments
I'm 119 miles from Springfield, MO

Getting ready to enter the clouds
Clouds ahead	Getting closer	And Closer
Almost there	Inside the clouds

Looking to the southwest
Out of the clouds

Fort Leonard Wood, MO
It's bigger than you think	More pictures	And more
Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field	A better picture

More clouds
Flying past	Flying under

Downtown Springfield Airport (3DW) at Springfield, MO
There is a helicopter right at the bottom edge of the picture. Its landing, made us go around.	Downtown Springfield	Downtown Springfield
More Downtown	There is actually a "High Rise"	Turning base to final for runway 29
On final for runway 29	On final for runway 29	Looking at the town as I went around the pattern
More Downtown	Ball field near the airport	Main building at the airport
A close up

The sky approaching Stockton Lake

Stockton Lake between Springfield and El Dorado Springs

El Dorado Springs Memorial Airport (87K) at El Dorado Springs, MO
Turning final for runway 22	On Downwind for runway 22	On Downwind for runway 22
On Downwind for runway 22	Turning Final for runway 22	On short final for runway 22
Almost to runway 22	Rolling along runway 22

Some lake

Some unnamed lake

Who names a lake Pomme De Terre Lake It's French for Potato Lake

Jefferson City Memorial Airport (JEF) at Jefferson City, MO
On short final for runway 30	Getting closer	Rolling down runway 30
Still Rolling	Heading for the Ramp	Rolling down runway 27 to get to the Ramp
Rolling	Rolling	The Missouri State Capital in the Distance
Planes on the Ramp	Main Building	Jefferson City Flight Service
BiPlanes giving rides	A Closeup	Another Closeup
10 more BiPlanes	Another Picture	Rolling down runway 30 for takeoff
Rolling	Rolling	Rolling
Another plane waiting to take off	Looking at the Ramp	Looking at the Ramp
All the BiPlanes lined up	Again	Roads in the area
Some big complex near the airport	Homes on the Bluffs overlooking the airport	Looking back at the airport
On last look

The Missouri River
It's still in its banks	You can see where it was out a little

Calaway Nuclear Power Plant
They have 1 cooling tower	I'm not suppose to get too close

Sky looking east towards St Louis

Hermann Municipal Airport (63M) at Hermann, MO
It was almost taken by the Flood	It was just high enough

Sky looking East
It was a pretty sky	Puffy Clouds

Some flooding near the River
See how wide spread	This house it just high enough	It stayed dry

Approaching the River

Clark Bridge in Alton, IL

It's a pretty design

Downtown Alton, IL

The garish boat is the casino

St Louis Regional Airport (ALN) at Alton/St Louis, IL
On short final for runway 29	Just before touch down	Rolling down runway 29
A G5 jet parked on the ramp	Taxiing back to Langa	The control Tower
LangaAir	Getting Closer	The control Tower again
The hangar next to Langa

Sky at the End of the Flight
Looking Northeast	Looking North

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