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The Flight of Discovery stopped by my home airport (KJEF) just in time for lunch Friday in a nifty Cessna Caravan. They had a great dane with them (imagine him in a coupe!), and it was commented that for once "Langston wasn't the only one who slobbers when he eats". Artie N2666H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgia Trehey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 4:26 PM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Flight of Discovery - tracing the Lewis & Clark expedition from the air > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Hi Folks, > > I think this project is interesting and I thought some > of you would enjoy reading about it. > > Given my interest in aviation, photography, history, > the natural world, and my current job in which I'm > extensively involved in mapping and watershed > assessment and restoration, the Flight of Discovery > would be a project I would love to be involved in. I > envy the team members that were picked, not that I > would have had a whisper of a chance even if I had > known about it ahead of time! > > >From the web site at: > http://www.flightofdiscovery.com/ > > "The Flight of Discovery is a team of general aviation > pilot/scientists who will fly the river corridors and > overland routes of the Lewis and Clark expedition - > the trail of the Corps of Discovery - during the 200th > anniversary of the search for the Northwest Passage to > the Pacific Ocean. The expedition is slated to depart > from Clark County Airport (JVY) and the Falls of the > Ohio on June 1, 2004. > > The Flight of Discovery is Recipient of a Grant from > the Alfred L. and Constance C. Wolf Aviation Fund > (http://www.wolf-aviation.org) and is composed of > geologists, agronomists, botanists, ecologists and > anthropologists - most of them pilots and members of > the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and > the International Erosion Control Association (IECA). > Corps members will document and evaluate environmental > changes along the route that have occurred over a two > hundred year period by employing scientific method and > procedures, with reference to the 200-year old > historical record contained in the journals, > correspondence, notes and samples assembled from > 1804-1806 by the Corps of Discovery. > > The purpose of the expedition is to connect people on > and off the Trail with established history and their > environment through the utilization of familiar and > available technology. An aeronautical objective of the > expedition is to demonstrate the utility of general > aviation aircraft and private pilots as effective > tools for environmental assessment. Through contact > and partnering with communities, elementary and > secondary schools, flight clubs and aviation interests > enroute, corps members will encourage public > participation throughout this expedition of > enlightenment." > > > Spook > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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