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As a young woman born in the Beaver-Cleaver era of the 1950’s, my dream of flying my own plane was not normal. And who had the money for the training anyway? What to do? Hey, I know. I’ll join the military and let them pay for my training.

So with the ink still wet on my college diploma from an all-girls’ school, I joined the Navy, hoping for paid training as a hot-shot pilot. Turns out it was illegal to train women to fly Navy planes when I signed up during the Vietnam War.

These days I leave the flying to my retired Naval-aviator husband. Mel is my own private pilot, flying us both off into the wild blue, in our Cessna-150 Aerobat, for weekend adventures. He flies. I shoot.

Living around Washington, DC post -9/11, we won’t be flying our small plane over the District any time soon to snap some nice pics of the Cherry Blossoms near the Lincoln Memorial.

Still, there is a lot of air space we can cover outside of that 10-mile-radius exclusion zone centered on Reagan International Airport.

Here are a few pictures from my flying travels around the larger DC area. I’ll post more pictures here in days to come as time and adventures allow.

Travel-Buff

MeLinda: My Aerial-photo Platform. Pilot-husband Mel is pushing our plane
to the tie-down.

(MeLinda = Mel + Linda, my legal name. Cooler than Mel + Buff = MelBuff…)

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TWO BRIDGES: Annapolis, Maryland seen from the air

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GO NAVY: Naval Academy Football Stadium

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HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ANNAPOLIS CITY DOCK

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NAVAL ACADEMY, WATERFRONT VIEW
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BANCROFT HALL: The Naval Academy’s only dorm

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FLYING AROUND THE NAVAL ACADEMY

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NAVAL ACADEMY

Notice the Naval Academy Chapel with the green dome, Bancroft Hall on the left, track and practice field, and academic buildings.

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BOATING AROUND THE NAVAL ACADEMY

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SAILING ON THE SEVERN

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SAILING AS SEEN FROM THE AIR
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