Skip the traffic and see San Diego from the sky!
Although San Diego’s traffic isn’t anything like Los Angeles, Houston, or Boston (three that I’m intimately familiar with), it still takes time to get around and see everything. Might I suggest, then, a tour by airplane?
Downtown San Diego:
San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge and downtown San Diego:
Ocean Beach in the foreground and downtown San Diego in the background:
San Diego International Airport and Harbor Island marina:
Shamu Stadium at SeaWorld San Diego. You can see one of the Shamus in the pool at center left:
Old Point Loma Lighthouse. First lighted on November 15, 1855, the lens was 462 feet above sea level, making it visible for 28 miles. Unfortunately, when the marine layer rolled in each evening, the light could not be seen, making it visible for 0 miles when it was most needed.
New Point Loma Lighthouse, built in 1891 at about 20 feet above sea level. Although you can visit the Old Point Loma Lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument, the new lighthouse is not accessible to the public.
The end of the Ocean Beach Pier, the longest pier on the West Coast at 1,971 feet.
And a 29-second video coming in for a landing at Montgomery Field after a San Diego Sky Tour:
For more about exploring San Diego from the sky with San Diego Sky Tours, see Explore San Diego…….from the sky.
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Posted on February 14, 2013, in Halls of History, History, Manmade, Out & About, Photos and tagged downtown san diego pictures, harbor island marina pictures, new point loma lighthouse pictures, ocean beach pictures, ocean beach pier pictures, old point loma lighthouse pictures, san diego international airport pictures, san diego sky tours, san diego-coronado bay bridge pictures, seaworld san diego pictures, shamu stadium pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
Thank you kind sir- I enjoyed my ride. Happy Valentine’s to you.
Thank you, and to you, too!
I love your blog! Grew up in SoCal and remember so many of the places of which you take pictures.
I used to jump off the branching ell ends of OB pier–swim in without fins…you ever try that, Double R? ‘S fun!!! (and !!!) Great shots–I am feeling nostalgic for that great bike ride out to the Lighthouse.
Happy Valentines.
I jumped off piers along the Gulf Coast in Texas when I was in college in the 1970s, but it’s illegal to jump off the piers here in San Diego County. I think it’s also illegal now in Texas.
I just got my bike fixed for the biking year now that biking weather is here and that bike ride to the lighthouse is on my list.
RR, thanks for the fly.. landing in fact
Thanks Russel
Looks great from the skies, though the landing seemed a bit scary!!
Nice photo’s but I’d be screaming my brains out.
Thank you for these beautiful photos
I wish you a nice Weekend
and again thank you for your visit on my blog
We have many piers in England but that has to be one of the longest and unusual shapes I have seen
thank you for sharing
Aaah, I feel as if I’ve been on a mini-vacation. Thanks for sharing.
Blessings ~ Maxi
Beautiful photos Russell and a wonderful border treatment around the edges Great job.
You so got your pilot’s license?
Ha!
Why does the plane honk like a bicycle when it lands? LOL
That was a bicycle trying to let the plane know that he was there and didn’t want to be run over…………..lol
Duuuuuuude… I just exhaled my coffee!!! Thanks for making me laugh though