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      Photos from Bob Earle's peregrinations.
                
(Not necessarily in sequence, mind you.)

Hanger.JPG (123274 bytes)

Bob's hanger, back home, where the trip began.   

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I love these type of shots.  Here's Bob, setting his Air Cam down on a deserted beach to stretch his legs.  Texas Gulf Coast between Port Aransas & Galveston

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The kind of view that we all see, every day.  Right?  Not!  Here's Bob, hopping his way through the Carribean.

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This has to be the coolest instrument to lust for. Ft. Lauderdale to Nassau, Bahamas.  Then on to San Salvador and Stella Maris, and Turks & Caicos

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Self-portrait of the artist, as a crazed trans- continental Air Cam pilot. Landed on a canal levee in an unnamed western state

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Back to the inviting waters of the Bahamas. 

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Bob gets the award for setting his plane down in the most offbeat places on the continent.  Langtry, West Texas next to the Rio Grande River canyon.

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Great place to have two fans working for you.  You wouldn't get a better view from a helicopter.

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Another off airport landing, out in the desert.  Almost anywhere serves as an Air Cam landing site for Bob

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Bob's Air Cam, possibly the first plane to ever land on this particular stretch of dirt.

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A river sandbar in Arkansas where these 2 famlies were  having a fish fry.  Bob was invited to partake, but had to go.

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The view from the office, in heaven. 

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No land in sight.   No hiccups, please.

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This is the beginning of a significant over-water portion of Bob's journey.

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Running down a dry creek bed.  I don't think that Bob was contemplating landing here.

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Death Valley Furnace Creek airport.

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Using a country road as a runway.  When you fly along at 200', it doesn't take long to set it down.  Speed brakes not required.

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Straight over Mt Whitney at around 16,000.   Cold!  As soon as he went over the edge, he dove down to the warm desert floor to restore his circulation.

 

 

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At long last . . . finally back to the Seattle area after trekking 8,242 miles. What a feat, Bob. We all envy you.