Leaving SYD airspace The flaps on the mighty beast were fully extended. Moving onto the runway, the familiar roar of the four 747 General Electric engines came to life. Rolling down the runway, we accelerated slowly, leisurely using a huge amount of runway, before climbing smoothly and steadily out of Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport. The climb was gentle and we turned almost casually over the farmlands north of the airport before executing a neat turn to head toward Sydney, the Australian coastline, the Pacific Ocean and Los angeles International airport (LAX) I say “familiar” because this was my 93rd take…
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My 747th flight approaches
On Sunday, I will fly my 747th flight in my life. After my 737th flight on a Boeing 737, I managed to to score this flight on a Qantas Boeing 747!Looking forward to Sunday in terms of the flight! Related Posts Tuesday Trip Report: 737 @ 737 How I got hooked on Flightmemory.com
My 745th flight!
Auckland to Wellington on Jetstar yesterday was my 745th flight…2 to go and I have my 747th! On a Qantas 747!
My 737th flight ever on a Southwest B737
Woke up Saturday morning feeling some excitement. My flight from Portland, Oregon to Spokane, Washington was essentially a fairly routine one. While I have never flown that sector before, I have been to both airports and both cities a few times now. Yet Southwest Airlines flight 3218 was no ordinary flight for me. It was the 737th flight in my life. Yup, I have left the ground 737 times -and returned 737 times. I have fastened my seatbelt 737 times. Thanks to Southwest airlines being an airline who (currently) only fly Boeing 737s, my 737th flight…
2300 hours
A recent flight tipped me over into 2300 hours of flying since I was born. This is equivalent to over 95 days inside a metal tube. Over 3 months of my life! More Trivia (some of which can be found at my flightmemory page) 75 airlines (my favourites of course Emirates, Air New Zealand and Qantas) 48 types of plane (the 3 most common being B737, B747 and B767 and the most exotic a Zepplin airship) 180 airports (the 3 most common Melbourne, Sydney and Los Angeles) 36 countries on 5 continents flown to (out of the…
Riding the Seattle Monorail
Next year, the Seattle Monorail will be 50. Opened March 24, 1962 for the Seattle World Fair. The line runs at a top speed of 72km/h for just over 1.5 kilometres. The train pictured here is one of the two original Alweg trains built in 1961. The monorail trains and their tracks were given historical landmark status by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board April 16, 2003. About 2.5 million people annually pay the $2 fare for the two minute trip. In the late 90s, there was a plan to put five monorail lines across Seattle. Called the Seattle…
The longest delay of my flying life: 12 hours in Brisbane
Had the longest delay of my life today. 11 hours! (compared to some people’s woes-nothing!) The delay is out of Brisbane heading to LAX (Flight 007). The airline is V Australia, the overseas arm of Virgin Blue. They have an “unserviceable” aircraft! Ironically, my previous longest delay was also with Virgin Blue out of Brisbane- destination: Sydney in 2000. That was an 8-hour delay. I was so unimpressed with Virgin Blue’s handling of that delay, that I did not fly them for years! A recent convert back to the Virgin Blue family, this incident has me bemused.…
My 717th flight!
Yesterday, I flew my 717th plane flight from Houston, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. I had hoped for a 717 but I got a beautiful 737. I am such a geek!Continental upgraded me to First Class which included amazing service and a very edible meal.
Virgin America, America’s Best Airline to Dallas
The Virgin love in continues with my Virgin America flight from LAX to Dallas Fort Worth. I currently rate this airline as the best in the USA, slightly ahead of JetBlue. I wish Australia’s Virgin Blue was as good as Virgin America. The Aussie version started as a discount carrier and is evolving into Australias’ second mainline carrier so its history is very different. Check In The star difference hits you right from the start with Virgin American. For example, how many other airlines have “We are Family“ playing at Check in? Was fascinated that…
Virgin across the Pacific
I was very excited about today’s flight: my very first time flying Virgin Blue’s International off shoot V Australia my first flight across the Pacific in one of my favourite aeroplanes the Boeing 777, the world’s largest twin-jet. my first International flight for 2011 my tenth flight for 2011 my 707th flight ever Plus I was in Premium Economy! For a plane geek lots of virginal experiences! Check-in at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport was brilliant- very smooth and pleasant. From taxi to lounge via security, customs and duty free, in a little less than half an…
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