Helicopter Bday tour...Campbell River, B.C.

 “Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.---" Leonardo da Vinci 

 Birthday Present from Friends Denise and her son, Stephen, for Morgan's 28th birthday May 11th. Up up and away yesterday afternoon.....

 49thNorth Helicopter Tours. Campbell River, B.C.

 Morgan waits with Stephen on the tarmac.

 Photo ops with Denise

 “There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings.”Wilbur Wright, 1905 

 Sky was perfect. A bit of cloud. A bit of sun. Calm winds.

 With the pilot, Bastien, learning about safety

 Ready to go....

 Can feel the wind whipping up from the blades.

 And we have liftoff.

 “Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.”Igor Sikorsky 

 Looking towards Discovery Passage.

 Down there. Close by. Is our house.

 Green Space.

 Looking towards Campbell River, South.

 Island Hwy.

 Quadra Island (above).

 Turning back towards Vancouver Island

 Along the hwy.

 Teeny Tiny.

 “The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”Anon 

 Green forest as far as the eye can see.

 Heading towards the airport of 49 North

 Coming in for a landing at the edge of Campbell River, North

 “There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings.”Wilbur Wright, 1905 

 Photographs 2018