Father's Day 2007

Father's Day
June 17, 2007

Randy invited his Dad and Uncle Henry to breakfast in Nashua, New Hampshire in honor of Father's Day 2007. Photo is taken in front of the Million Air hanger at Albany International Airport where his Commander is kept.


Aircraft Hanger

Million Air Hanger

View of the inside of the heated Million Air hanger where Randy and Don keep their Commander aircraft.


Southwest Air

Southwest Airlines Terminal

View of the Southwest Airlines Terminal from the main runway during takeoff.


Cohoes Falls

Mohawk River

View of the Mohawk River entering the Hudson River at the lower right (below the aircraft wing). You can see the Cohoes Falls of the Mohawk at the left center of the photo.


Morning Fog

Morning Fog

Extensive fog over Vermont.


Power Plant Plume

Protrusion in the Morning Fog

The exhaust from a power plant makes a plume in the uniform fog layer.


Nashua Airport

Nashua, New Hampshire

Approaching Nashua, New Hampshire's airport prior to landing.


Nashua Landing

Nashua Landing

Perfectly lined up with Nashua's main runway for a picture-perfect landing. The three green lights in a triangular pattern next to Randy's right shoulder indicate that each landing gear is locked in "down" position.


Control Tower

Nashua Control Tower

The control tower at Nashua, New Hampshire. The front of the tower says "Aviation Center, Daniel Webster College" since the airport is affiliated with the college.


Nashua Cafeteria

Nashua Airfield Restaurant

Randy is walking toward the Mid-Field Cafe (on the second story) where we were treated to breakfast, carrying a pair of chocks for the wheels of his plane.


Power Plant

Power Plant

On the way back to Albany, New York we passed over the power plant that, in an earlier photo, caused the protrusion in the fog bank.


Windmills

Windmill Power

A group of windmills on a ridge in Vermont generating electric "green" power.


Hudson River

Hudson River

Looking South: Over the Hudson River with the city of Troy to the left. The large highway crossing the river is US 7 to the Vermont border.


Troy, NY

Troy, New York from the Air

Looking back at Troy, New York.


Albany Airport

Albany Airport

Approaching Albany Airport East-West Runway for a landing.


Terminal

Million Air Terminal

Randy with his Toyota Tundra in his favorite parking place at the Million Air Terminal at the end of a "perfect day".


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