Flying with Roger Roger Weber invites Eric to fly with him around the Seattle area.
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Roger owns a Cessna 205 - an airplane older than me! | | Preflighting the aircraft. |
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The cockpit. Roger let me sit in the captain's seat! | | Roger sporting his aviator glasses. |
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First we flew to Roger's house. | | Then to Eric's house! |
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Marymoor park. On the other side of the river is a popular place to walk dogs. | | Eric and Sylvia live close to the main Microsoft campus. |
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Then we flew to Snoqualamie Falls. | | An old, unused, Weyerhaeuser logging facility. |
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Mt. Si. | | Roger pointed out a biplane below us. |
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We also saw a sky diver. | | Boeing's Everett facility where 767's are built. In the distance you can see Gedney, Whidbey and Camano Islands. |
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Coming in for the landing! | | Getting really close now! |
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Touchdown! | | |