Category Archives: Window seat

Clinch Mountain

December 2018 – The vibrant red of the engine nacelles of a Virgin Atlantic airplane contrasts with the grey and white of the Appalachian mountains 35 000 feet below. The predominant ridge (the third from the left) is Clinch Mountain, … Continue reading

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Sunlight for dinner

May 2004 – Sunlight mountains provide the perfect backdrop for dinner, upstairs on a British Airways 747-400 on the way from Seattle to London Heathrow.

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The tip of the Golden Horseshoe

July 2007 – On a flight from Boston to Chicago O’Hare we got a great view over the western tip of Lake Ontario, the crest of the Golden Horseshoe area in Ontario, Canada. The Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) follows the … Continue reading

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Faiyum

January 2020 – On a flight from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi the city of Faiyum, west of the river Nile sparkled in the Dark. The road leads to Cairo.

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