Flying Over the Grand Canyon: Part 2

Phil — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:20:47 +0000

Approximately an hour after taking off from Deer Valley Airport in North Phoenix, our flight approached the Grand Canyon. While the scenery was nothing short of stunning, what really caught my attention was the sight of the rim. From the air, it is amazing. As Jeff, our pilot mentioned, can you just imagine coming up to it through the forest and seeing this for the first time?

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Visiting Grand Canyon: Part 1 Landing at Grand Canyon Airport

Phil — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:20:48 +0000

Grand Canyon National Park is located in Northern Arizona, approximately 175 miles north of Phoenix. On a recent visit by my daughter to Phoenix, I found she had never seen the Grand Canyon! I had only seen it once before myself. This past December 12, we took off from Deer Valley Airport with Westwind Tours and had a fantastic trip to one of the the seven wonders of the world.

I have to thank my brother Scott and his wife Melanie for gifting us the tour. It was a very memorable way to see this national park.

We arrived at the Westwind Tour building at Deer Valley and met our pilot, Jeff Larson. He explained our itinerary. It was going to be about an hour and a half flight which included flying into and over the Grand Canyon. I was thinking this sure beat the five plus hour drive it would have been just to get to the South Rim!

We took off just before 8 A.M. Our group was just my daughter Beth, me, Jeff, and Sue, a visitor from Canada. Here is our arrival into the airport at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It was a great flight.

Part 2 will include some of the highlights from the flight.

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Flying Over the Grand Canyon: Part 2

Visiting Grand Canyon: Part 1 Landing at Grand Canyon Airport