{"id":28355,"date":"2019-12-25T10:14:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T15:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28355"},"modified":"2019-12-25T08:16:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T13:16:12","slug":"on-this-day-40-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/on-this-day-40-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"On this Day 40 Years Ago . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christmas Day 1979, I embarked on a great adventure. At age 13, I flew unaccompanied from JFK in New York City to Mexico City to visit with my uncle Mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I exposed this view using a Leica 3A from my window on an Eastern Airlines L-1011 as it taxied for take-off at JFK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My notes on the negative strip simply read ‘Airport 1979’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exposed hundreds of black & white and color photos on this trip, although not all of them remain in my collection. I also made detailed notes, of which only a few pages survive. After takeoff, I wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There was a really good view of New York City, New Jersey, etc. We flew past Philadelphia but I didn’t see much account of the clouds”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracking the Light Looks Back!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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