Flying to Hillsboro
Oregon:
The following photos are
of our trip home from Hillsboro, Oregon, which is about 180 miles
from our home field of
Paine Field. We have been flying down
there at least once a
year for several years
and generally stay for an overnighter at the Red Lion hotel just
across the street from
the Hillsboro airport. This time, we
got into 101 degree heat and
decided to stay an extra
day in order to depart in the early AM.
We rented a car with a
good air conditioner and
did some sight seeing. This airport is
only 10 flying minutes
from Van’s home airport
of Aurora Oregon.
- Hillsboro Airport
with our Saturn ION rental car on the left side:
- Premier Jet’s
Hangar at Hillsboro Airport where we were allowed to stay overnight:
- Mt. St. Helens
Volcano and the Columbia River:
- Scappoose, Oregon
near the Washington - Oregon border:
- Kelso,
Washington next to the Colombia River:
- Approaching our
state capital of Olympia, Washington:
- Back
into the Puget Sound area now:
- Olympic Mountain
Range looking West:
- Crossing
over the Bremerton Naval Shipyards with Seattle in the distance:
- Two mile final
approach into Paine Field 34R from the South:
