Editor’s Note: Seventh in a series that journals our feature writer’s new experience with some of the Jersey Shore’s best choices in summer recreation.

Many of us local shore goers are faithful visitors of Long Beach Island. We’ve traveled practically every inch of the 18-mile haven from Holgate to Barnegat Light. We’ve seen the sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean and the sunset over Barnegat Bay. But many of us probably haven’t seen the area from a bird’s eye view, 350 feet above ground. Well, I have!

The sky was overcast, threatening scattered thunderstorms and a day to be spent indoors on a recent Thursday morning as…