Pamela Moresby
Last Sunday I posted, “Reach for the Sky” here on Virily from Ardmore airport. Now I have sea below, land below and sky in front. They say you can’t have it both ways but in a way in the air, the perspective does have it both ways.
This time, I go back to my first flying lesson and here is another view of the sky from the plane.
In the distance is Rangitoto Island and we are flying over “Brown’s Island” all in the Waitamata Harbour.
“Waitamata!” means “Sparkling Waters!” often true of this place but today it is more luminous and the blues and greens merge.
It is always good to get another perspective, am I right?
Stunning picture and view.
Thanks Vidocka pleased you like the view.
Great picture. What type of plane were you in? Looks like the wing of a smaller Cessna but I am guessing.
Yes it was a small Cessna, and very small. I was allowed to take off, but Dad said, “Any fool can fly! but landing is the true art of flying!”
He also said that most pilots died in WW2 because they lost their horizon.
Thanks so much Doc for your comments..I always look forward to reading your responses….I learn so much..
I’ve heard that before, losing the horizon. People don’t always think about the concept of flying.
It is rather a very special skill.
Great picture, dear friend….I don’t like flying
Well you wouldn’t be the first who told me they didn’t like flying. I used to work on the electrical parts of aircraft a very long time ago, and when my friend and myself did our first landing lights, we were told, “Now you can fly in it!”
We went up in a Bristol freighter and wore 2 overalls because it was so cold.
They showed us a place where we could lie down and see the ground from the air through glass, it felt like there was nothing between us and the earth.
It was a magnificent experience as we flew over the Southern Alps covered in snow. I wish I had a camera that day..
I suppose flying could be frighting…
some time experience give you more great idea
Yes, its great to try new things, Thanks so much Witty Feeds
Thanks Carol for your kind comments
Not all can get such views – not me anyway. You captured it from the plane – what a view!!!
Thanks Grace, hoping to make things more interesting..
What an experience! I would love to do this Pam. What a view.
Yes, it was a great experience if I became rich I would go and train to be a pilot, it was amazing but a once in a life time.