Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

MARFA FLIGHTS NUMBER TWENTY-SIX Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities T. Lindsay Baker, General Editor Paul V. Chaplo Foreword by T. Lindsay Baker Introduction by Lawrence John Francell AERIAL VIEWS OF BIG BEND COUNTRY T E X A S A & M U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S C O L L E G E S TAT I O N , T E X A S Copyright © 2014 by Paul V. Chaplo All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Manufactured in China. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Chaplo, Paul V., author photographer Marfa flights : aerial views of Big Bend Country / Paul V. Chaplo ; foreword by T. Lindsay Baker ; introduction by Lawrence John Francell. — First edition. pages cm — (Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; number twenty-six) ISBN 978-1-62349-168-0 (flexbound : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-62349-178-9 (ebook) 1. Big Bend Region (Tex.)—Pictorial works. 2. Big Bend National Park (Tex.)—Pictorial works. 3. Landscapes—Texas—Big Bend Region—Pictorial works. 4. Landscape photography—Texas—Big Bend Region. 5. Aerial photography—Texas—Big Bend Region. 6. Photography, Artistic. I. Title. II. Series: Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ; no. 26. F392.B54C47 2014 976.4'93—dc23 2014000912 Dedicated in memory of my father, Maj. Victor J. Chaplo, United States Air Force combat and test pilot and recipient of the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross ...