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The Trip Traveling
low and slow in Cloud Chaser,
an open-cockpit, experimental aircraft t From June through September of 2003, using the rivers to guide them, the two flew over magnificent country from St.Louis, Missouri to Astoria, Oregon. (see route) Walker’s inspiring story profiles the ultimate freedom of the open cockpit and the colorful world of aviation, from urban airports to isolated dirt strips. Photographer’s Notes bring you inside the creative mind of a photographer who pilots an aircraft near stall speed while he frames compositions of landscape and wildlife. It showcases the author’s tales of encounters with high winds and tough landings on untested strips. They salute the Gateway Arch of St. Louis with a waggle of wings, beginning their odyssey and joining the millions who have migrated west from this place. Lowery and
Walker follow the explorers’ trek through rugged canyons
at the Missouri Breaks—the most remote and dangerous flying
of the trip. Facing the Rockies with their hearts in their throats,
they make a sunrise hop over peaks that tower 12,000 feet above
sea level. The pilots buck boiling thermals generated by the steep
Rockies as they attempt photographs over Red Rock Lake. Having traveled the route with state-of-the-art navigation, communications and photographic equipment, Lowery and Walker are awed at Lewis and Clark’s accomplishments of two hundred years ago. The explorers’ gift to the nation—a first look at lands, resources, and native cultures—marked the start of a new era. With compelling images and lively narrative, the photographer and author invite readers to embark on this trail. Relive the history and experience the glory of America today.
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resembles a canoe, the adventurers crossed the magnificent prairies,
winding rivers and western mountains of America along a historic
route that is still endlessly fascinating—a trip into the
"Great Unknown" as noted on Thomas Jefferson's map.|
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