"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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yep - I've been kind of dumb these past few fall flights. Today
was yet another absolutely perfect flying day (today's flight is
the reason I own an airplane). I'm still kicking myself for
not having my camera.

Yup...that's a good rule. I follow it is often as I can. Bringing a
camera, that is.

I was in fact surprised that the recent article in AOPA Pilot about taking
friends on sightseeing flights assumed that the friends will bring cameras,
rather than pointing out that passengers often forget a camera.

I've found digital cameras in particular to be a wonderful solution to this
problem. It was always possible, of course, for a pilot to bring their own
camera to allow the passengers to use if they didn't have one of their own.
But a digital camera not only doesn't involve any additional cost in film or
processing, but the photos can be easily given to the passenger the same day
as the flight, if not immediately after.

Pete