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Area Aerial Album from Larry Smith & Aviator A.W. Reed

Click on headline for album intro written Monday morning, September 30, 2013. Check back as more photo(s) are added

On Sunday morning, September 29, 2013, Alan W. Reed and Larry Smith took a long flight from Taylor County Airport, and took a generally counter clockwise route around Columbia - going west to Green County, south through Western Metcalfe County, down to Burkesville and Cumberland County, on to Clay County, TN and the Dale Hollow Dam on the Obey River, then back up over Ciinton County, Russell County and Wolf Creek Dam, then over Casey County, and back over Green River Lake to Campbellsville, where Larry Smith, the photographer deplaned and pilot Alan Reed flew to his homebase, Columbia/Adair County Airport.

Along the way, Larry Smith took dozens of shots, and is sharing many of the best ones in this album, and has added comments of great interest to so many of them - especially the picture of his home in Summersville.





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The Approach at Taylor County Airport, Campbellsville, KY



2013-09-29 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg. Alan W. Reed brought me home to Campbellsville Airport this morning before flying on the Columbia/Adair County Airport. We flew over Columbia, Burkesville, Dale Hollow Dam on the Obey River, and Lake Cumberland and Russell County. Above Two very distinct and fairly new landmarks in the distance at the new Campbellsville Water Tower, right of center with "Home of Campbellsville University" emblazoned on it, and fair right, the steeple on the new Taylor County Judicial Center on Main Street. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications
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Aerial view of Campbellsville University



2013-09-29 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg, 99.9 FM radio. Larry Smith writes: Alan W. Reed and I took a Sunday morning flight covering central Kentucky to the Tennessee line. This is one of the first photos I took, which shows the progress and beauty of Campbellsville University.
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Aerial view of Burkesville, KY by Larry Smith



2013-09-29 - Burkesville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg. Burkesville, KY, Sunday morning, September 29, 2013. Larry Smith, FM 92.7 The Wave and 99.9 The Big Dawg, flew over Burkesville and snapped this photo with his zoom lens. "What a pretty town. It's nestled in sort of a bowl. In the background, the tall antenna is the transmitter for WKYR radio. Closer in, the red roofed Alpine Motel complex. and in the lower section, the city of Burkesville.
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Green County Home: Summersville & Skyline Drive In



2013-09-29 - 5600 Hodgenville Road, Summersville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith. Alan Reed, flying his Piper aircraft, took us over the dearest spot in the world to me. You can see our house in Summersville, KY, where my mom, Betty Smith still lives and where she and my dad, the late F.H. Smith, raised seven children - Charles, Irene, Margaret, David, me, Dorothy, and Randall. The Skyline Drive-in, across the street at 5600 Hodgenville Road, is where I got my first job, working for Doug Ford, the owner and operator as the projectionist. The property is still in the Ford family, but Doug's son leases it to Jerry Cox of Nashville, who recently renovated it. When I was there, there were rows of speakers, and one of the big jobs was keeping them repaired and replaced. Now sound is provided by radio signals played ont he car radio. The little red roofed building is still the concession stand. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications.
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Plum Point Bridge from 3,000+ Feet



2013-09-30 - KY 551/Knifley Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The WAVE, FM 92.7 radio. The Plum Point Bridge It looks much smaller from over half-a-mile up than it does approaching it on the highway. - Larry Smith, Operations Manager, Shoreline Communications
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Wolf Creek Dam, Russell County, KY from the air



2013-09-30 - Wolf Creek Dam, Jamestown, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The WAVE, FM 92.7 radio.
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Finley Stadium, aerial photo by Larry Smith



2013-09-30 - Finley Stadium, 204 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Larry Smith, The Big Dawg. Larry Smith, FM 99.9 The Big Dawg and Alan Reed shot this photo on their long flight Sunday, September 29, 2013. HIG Baseball Field is at the bottom of the frame; Finley Stadium, 204 Tiger Way, dominates the center; just beyond the stadium is Hord Field House (HFH), 204 Tiger Way, Campbellsville, KY. From left at the very top of the picture are the Indoor Practice Center (IPC), 300 Underwood Street; then Hawkins Athletic Complex (HC), 205 Tiger Way, and the very large building at top right is Powell Athletic Center (AC), 203 Tiger Way.
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