I had intended to fly this short stage pre-Christmas before sunset, but unfortunately, I noticed that the dark comes here once, making it difficult to recognize the places overflown and photographed. Then he added a snowfall and then just today I get back in gear. Waiting for the sun to get up, look at the map
Savanna Army Depot The area was originally used to test weapons and, later, as armory. Closed in 2000, has become part of a protected wildlife area
Maquoketa River flows into the Mississippi
Pass Savanna and the airport Tri-Township
A questo punto il fiume si restringe al'altezza di Eagle Point park e Fulton
Dopo Clinton, ecco Cordova, sede di un impianto per la produzione di energia nucleare
E' tempo di iniziare la discesa verso l'aeroporto municipale di Davenport. Prima però sorvoliamo la città. Qui l'Arsenal Island, sede del più grande arsenale negli Usa e del museo d'armi Rock Island Arsenal
Davenport
Davenport è la terza città dell'Iowa per numero d'abitanti, superando le centomila unità. È un'ampia area sulle rive del fiume Mississippi straddling the border between Iowa and Illinois, known as the Quad Cities, which includes the towns of Bettendorf, Moline, East Moline and Rock Island. In 1856 it built the first railway bridge over the Mississippi, connecting Davenport and Rock Island.
E 'seat of the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
In the final, after having covered 78 nm in 35 minutes
Bix Beiderbecke, a Davenport native, was a pianist, trumpeter, composer and cornetist jazz of the '20s. Let us listen in "Riverboat Shuffle " Hello
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