Flying the Valley for Skycomp


Ken in C-210 for Skycomp

Ken Epstein in the back seat of Cessna 210 shooting for Skycomp @9500' msl it is cold with no windows in the plane

flying in the 210 @ 9500' msl

Flying along @ 9500'msl

We are reflected in the landing gear mirror on the wing

We are reflected in the landing gear mirror on the wing

A Southwest Airlines 737 says hello

SWA 737 makes a turn during climb out from Sky Harbor.

University of Phoenix Stadium at Sunset

University of Phoenix Stadium at Sunset

For the past two weeks I’ve been spending about 8 hours a day on Tues-Thurs flying with Skycomp, a company out of Maryland, who is doing a traffic survey for the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG). We are photographing traffic intersections along specific routes during morning and evening rush hour. We will eventually cover almost every intersection on the mile grid that is the Valley. We didn’t fly today because of the threat of a rain storm in the afternoon. I’ve included a couple of shots taken during the survey. Each pattern covers over twenty miles of intersections. 3 down and 5 to go over the next couple of weeks.

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