The archive · 10 films & photo stories

Wings. Detours.
Worth keeping.

Three short flight films and a few places that made me stop and look.

Flight films

A hang-glider pilot beneath a colorful wing, flying over green fields at Padgham Hill

Hang gliding · Padgham Hill

This is why I keep making room for flying.

A cockpit view over fields and countryside from a sailplane in flight

Sailplanes · my first flight with an instructor

The first time the view looked like this.

A pilot beneath a Falcon hang-glider wing in warm evening light

On the Falcon · last light

A few seconds worth staying outside for.

Photo stories

Two people beneath paraglider canopies against a Utah sunrise

Utah · from the photo archive

The sky is a pretty good reason to get up early.

Looking out from beneath a hang glider wing on the ground

Hang gliding · a different perspective

Some ideas need a bigger wingspan.

A yellow sailplane approaching a grass airfield

Sailplanes · the learning continues

A new language. Same sky.

A winding path and green hillside looking out toward a distant river at Olana

Olana · from the travel archive

Take the long way. Notice more.

A practice harness frame against mountains and the early Utah sky

Utah · before the day gets going

The flying starts before your feet leave the ground.

Two silhouettes on a ridge against a pastel evening sky and distant mountains

Utah · the other reason to linger

Good company is part of the view.

A landscape from Keene’s road-trip photo archive

Between destinations

The detour belongs in the story.