| An aerial survey of the field work site helps to identify areas that are most promising to explore and suitable points for camps. While flying, these points are marked on a map. After landing, 4WDs, logging trucks followed by a boat ride and trecking can be used to access them. The other fascinating use of the aircraft is island hopping in the tropics, particularly in the Caribbean where islands are in comfortable "flying distance" apart, like the Bahamas or the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Here, most runways are loctaed at or near the shorline so a close-look is possible before landing to decide if the beach is worth a stop or not. |
If yes, then comes the landing, two hours or so beachcoming, takeoff and de javu untill there are islands with airstrip. If the beach does not look promising, then the aircraft is turned to the next island. At night, the aircraft is towed to the grass, and sleeping is under the wing in a sleppeng bag. When not in the field, flying around New York City keeps skills updated. Shown: Manhattan from 1000 feet under the Class Bravo airspace; en route Bahamas over the Great Bahamas Sand Bank; en route Grand Canyon over the Mojave Desert; aerial survey in Ecuadorian Amazonas. |
