a short flight

As I've mentioned before, I've been working on a project involving the Los Angeles River. Last week a friend of mine was kind enough to give me a short ride over the mouth of the river and the port of Los Angeles.

His airplane is a small US made job called a Citabria. It seats two, for and aft, has wings made of cloth painted with aircraft dope, and generally feels like your driving an old Morgan with wings. Very cool.

Here are a few images that came out of the flight.

Early evening looking right at the mouth of the river. You can just make out the dome built to cover Howard Hughes' Spruce goose on the left...

Looking back up the river, the City of Los Angeles is poking out of the mist at the upper left of the frame...

Some of the big boys hanging out at the mouth of Los Angeles harbor...See if you can spot the Goodyear blimp...Catalina Island with an oil rig...

Catalina and the Oil Wells

This last has nothing to do with the LA River project. However there will be a show of some of the river project images (none seen here) opening at the Calumet Gallery on Highland Ave. in Hollywood on August 8th. I hope you can make it.

Best, Ding