Untitled, photo by prakope.
This is one of a great set of photos that offers a unique perspective on the Mackinac Bridge. I had a hard time choosing which one to post and I think you’ll probably enjoy the slideshow. If you’re too busy for that, be sure to at least check out this view of the massive concrete supports.
If you’re interested in flying the skies over the Mighty Mac, Mackinac Island and the Straits, check out Carolina Barnstormers.
Wheres Waldo?, photo by "CAVE CANEM".
Cave Canum writes:
There used to be this wonderful place nearby called the Yankee Air Muesum that kept these great WWII planes. Last summer some degenerate burned it to the ground destroying these beautiful birds and ending a great air show!!!
Other than offering a nice set of photos, I guess we could look at this as a PSA to remind folks who are thinking of burning down irreplaceable things to take up knitting or something.
I was also wondering if that Yankee Air Museum was reborn as this Yankee Air Museum based out of Ford's Willow Run Airport in Belleville. The answer is, "Yes!"
On October 9, 2004, the Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Airport suffered a terrible fire that destroyed the historic hangar housing the museum. Through the heroic efforts of a few members, the beautifully restored B-17, C-47 and B-25 aircraft were moved out of the building before the fire reached them, thus saving the heart of the collection. In addition, all the historic aircraft on display outside of the main building were untouched by the fire. The museum did, however, lose virtually all of the tooling, equipment and spare parts for all of the aircraft plus all of the office and display fixtures and equipment totaling well over $1,000,000 in replacement value. While thousands of irreplaceable artifacts, photos and books were also lost in the fire, the Volunteers at the museum are thankful that the aircraft collection remains largely intact. Only a small number of non-flyable aircraft that were in restoration inside the hanger were lost.
Visit their site for much information including their big Thunder Over Michigan event held August 5 & 6, 2006 at Willow Run Airport in Belleville. Looks like an amazing collection of aircraft and aerial displays.
South Haven Pier, photo by Paladin27.
This is one of a great set of aerial photos of South Haven and Van Buren State Park. If you're wondering what this would look like from WAY above, here's a link to the geotagged location on Google Maps!
UPDATE: Here's part 2 of a 2 part video from Eric's flight on YouTube!
We're headed way up north and 9 years back in time for some amazing aerial photos of ice on Lake Superior above the Keweenaw Peninsula, Whitefish Bay, Marquette and Isle Royale. The photos were taken February-April 1997 at altitudes of 600-1400 m above the lake (some as high as 3000 m) with hand-held SLP cameras using slide film. Most of the photos were taken by Mike Bohn and you can see a whole bunch of shots in the Great Lakes Ice Group Archives at Michigan Tech.
the long hike back, originally uploaded by weaving major.
Today’s photo is one in a series of Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) photos from this UP photographer. She has several other ones that made it hard to decide, especially this one.
According to the Flickr Kite Aerial Photography Group, KAP is basically taking photos with a camera suspended from a kite. The group has links to kites, rigs and more KAP information than you could probably ever digest.
I have no idea WHERE in the UP this photo was taken, but it strikes me that a photo from an unknown place in the wilds of the UP is about as far as you can get from Super Bowl XL. While I much enjoyed the extended stay in the Motor City, I’m happy to be back out in the rest of Michigan!
Michigan in Pictures 