Title Amarillo flights : aerial views of Llano Estacado country / Paul V. Chaplo ; introduction by Walt Davis

Edition First edition Published College Station, Texas : Texas A&M University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (214 p.) Series American Wests, sponsored by West Texas A&M University American Wests. American Wests, sponsored by West Texas A&M University Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- The Llano Estacado and Surrounding Lands -- Foreword -- Photographer's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Flying behind the Storm: Rain and Teardrops of the Caprock Canyons -- 1. Flying behind the Storm -- 2. Clearing over Caprock Canyons -- 3. Sun Beaming on Eagles Point -- 4. A Trail from Rails -- 5. Pronghorn -- 6. Quitaque Peaks -- 7. A Scar in the Earth -- II. Puerto de los Rivajeños: Natural On-Ramp to the Plains -- 8. Traces of Puerto de los Rivajeños -- 9. Port of the Plains -- 10. Gypsum Star -- 11. Puerto Reverse 12. La Ceja -- 13. Scalloped Canyon -- 14. Park Hill Precipice -- 15. Park Hill Vista -- 16. Facing the Llano Estacado -- 17. Garcia Lake -- 18. The Scrapings, Tierra Blanca Creek -- 19. Cattle Feed Lot -- 20. Golden Hour over the Llano Estacado -- III. Water, Wine, and Ransom: Following Yellow House Draw -- 21. Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge -- 22. The Plague in Paradise -- 23. Approach to Casas Amarillas -- 24. Casas Amarillas Overview -- 25. Yellow House Ranch -- 26. The Devil's Inkwell -- 27. Fields of Double Gold -- 28. Pastores' Wall -- 29. Wine and Ransom -- 30. Ransom Canyon High 31. Cotton Harvest -- 32. Fields of White -- 33. No, It's Not Snow -- 34. Ranger Camp -- 35. Blanco Canyon Edge -- 36. Bassanca -- 37. Golden Playas -- 38. Downburst Thunderstorm -- 39. Gail Mountain -- 40. Mushaway Peak -- IV. Trailing the Comanches and Goodnight: Passage through Horsehead Crossing -- 41. Signal Peak and Moss Creek -- 42. The Big Spring -- 43. Permian Oil Wells -- 44. Castle Gap toward Horsehead Crossing -- 45. Across Castle Gap -- 46. Looking toward King Mountain -- 47. The Graveyard of Settlers' Dreams -- 48. Horsehead Revisited -- 49. The Smell of Water -- 50. Bosque Redondo 51. Flag over Fort Sumner Site -- 52. Acequia Madre -- V. Swinging Low into Palo Duro and Tule Canyons: Flying Southwest from Amarillo -- 53. Capitol Peak, Palo Duro Canyon State Park -- 54. Hoodoo Magic -- 55. Spanish Skirts -- 56. The Razor's Edge -- 57. Lighthouse Peak -- 58. Canyon Jewel -- 59. Valley of Light -- 60. North Cita Canyon -- 61. Red River War Battlefield -- 62. High over the Tule Canyon Narrows -- 63. Ross Canyon -- 64. Into the Narrows -- 65. Electric Transmission Towers -- 66. Upper Tule Double Rainbow -- 67. Overview, Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River 68. JA Ranch HQ "Big House" -- 69. JA Ranch Grassland -- 70. Goodnight House with Bison Herd -- VI. Roadside Wonders: Surprises beyond the Guardrail -- 71. Cadillac Crop -- 72. POW Camp -- 73. POW Chapel -- 74. First In, Last In -- 75. Timber Bridge, Route 66 -- 76. Modern Restrooms, Route 66 -- 77. Monahans Sandhills -- 78. Mystery in the Sands -- 79. Pump Jacks at the Beach -- 80. Giant Cross -- 81. The Bomb Train -- 82. Forgotten Airfield -- VII. Mescalero Escarpment: Flying from Clovis, New Mexico -- 83. The Blackwater Draw -- 84. Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark Summary "Visitors to Texas and New Mexico have marveled for centuries at the immensity of the Llano Estacado and the surprising contrast as, at the edges of the great mesa, the flat ground gives way suddenly to such spectacular formations as the Palo Duro and Caprock Canyons. In the introduction to Amarillo Flights, artist and naturalist Walt Davis chronicle the history of this region-what Paul Chaplo calls the "Llano Country"-and of those artists, mapmakers, and travelers who have tried in various ways to capture its spirit. Working in "the vast studio of the sky," aerial photographer Chaplo has battled high winds, turbulence, dust, ice, near-miss bird strikes, wildfire smoke, and a host of aircraft problems to show the Llano Country from a place most of us will never be. Covering more than forty thousand square miles, he explores the incredible beauty and rich cultural history of the Panhandle and the surrounding landscapes, from canyons in New Mexico and Texas to hills and plains in Oklahoma. With the help of daring pilots, numerous aircraft, and a remarkably steady hand, Chaplo manages to capture in more than 100 striking photographs the shapes, textures, and colors of the rugged landforms that cannot be perceived fully from the ground. Sharing in his unique view from the southwestern sky, readers will experience from afar-and sometimes impossibly close-the sunlit canyons, storm-covered plains, and winding rivers cutting deep into the red earth that drew Chaplo to this region. For those who appreciate the Llano Estacado, Texas and Eastern New Mexico history, and landscape photography, this book provides a fresh and perception-challenging perspective"-- Provided by publisher Notes Description based upon print version of record 85. Mescalero Escarpment, North End Subject Plateaus -- Texas, West -- Pictorial works Plateaus -- New Mexico -- Pictorial works Landscape photography -- Llano Estacado Aerial photography -- Llano Estacado Aerial photography Landscape photography Plateaus SUBJECT Llano Estacado -- Pictorial works Subject New Mexico United States -- Llano Estacado West Texas Genre/Form illustrated books. Illustrated works Pictorial works Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés. Form Electronic book Author Davis, Walt, 1942- writer of introduction. ISBN 1623498872 9781623498870

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