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Trip Report: USA
TRIP REPORT
(12th December - 21st December) Flight: V Australia VA1 (YSSY-KLAX) Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER Registration: VH-VPE Cruising Altitude: 33,000ft (10,059m) Speed: 920 kph (571mph) Flight Time: 12 hours 40 mins ETA(Los Angeles): 3:06pm Saturday 12 December 2009 Turbulence: Mild turbulence around the south of Fiji & the throughout the Pacific Islands Outside Temperature: -34 degrees Celsius. Flight Timeline (AEDST): 8:05pm: Scheduled Boarding begins at Gate 61 9:15pm: Pushback & engine start 9:30pm: Airborne off runway 34L (tracking out between Manly & Bondi heading for the Pacific Ocean) 10:30pm: Dinner served 12:30am: Lights out 12:50am: VA1 passes over the southeast of Suva 11am: Landed at LAX airport on runway 25R General Flight Comments:
Me in the F/O's seat Flight: Southwest (KLAX-KLAS) Aircraft: Boeing 737 Registration: N264LV Cruising Altitude: 28,000ft (m) Flight time: 1hr 5min Waiting to board at Gate 7 Nice suprise seeing this 747SP upon landing in Las Vegas Flight: Stars & Stripes Scenic Tours (Grand Canyon & Hoover Dam tour) Aircraft: Cessna 208B Caravan Registration: N208PK Cruising Altitude: 7,500ft (m) Flight time: 1hr Aircraft used for the scenic flight Flight: Southwest 2614 (KLAS-KLAX) Aircraft: Boeing 737 Registration: N631SW Cruising Altitude: 29,000ft (8,839m) Flight time: 45min Flight: V Australia VA002 (KLAX-YSSY) Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER Registration: VH-VPF Cruising Altitude: 36,000ft (10,972m) Speed: 916 kph (569mph) Flight Time: 14 hours ETA (Sydney): 6:05am Monday 21st December 2009 Turbulence: Mild turbulence around the south of Hawaii & across the Pacific Ocean Outside Temperature: -45 degrees Celsius. Flight Timeline (AEDST): (Sunday 20th December) 2:40pm: Scheduled Boarding begins at Gate 38 3:14pm: Pushback & engine start 3:37pm: Airborne off runway 25R (tracking out over Santa Monica Pier) 4:30pm: Dinner served (Monday 21st December) 5:35am: Descent from 36,000ft into Sydney 6:03am: Touchdown on 34L 6:08am: Engine shutdown General Flight Comments:
Would I fly with V Australia again? YES most definitely Would I fly with Southwest again? Not in a hurry. Cabin Crew were average & service was a bit poor Last edited by Jayden Laing; 22nd December 2009 at 06:11 PM. Reason: added photos |
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Jayden
Hi, just curious how do you get all the information about the cruise FL's and speed and stuff like that? Do you keep and eye on it yourself or do you get the info from the flight deck. Cheers Adam |
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I kept an eye on the display that appears in the info section of the personal IFE
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Love the 747SP Jayden, my kind of aircraft.
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Love the shots Jayden, thanks for posting them. It looks like I'll finally be going to USA in March/April with V Aus too (at least on the way over). Do you have any pics from the scenic flight? I'm tossing up between that and a helicopter flight...
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Great report Jayden, loved the B747SP picture
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Jayden,
Regarding your 747 SP sighting in Las Vegas- I am currently living in Dubai, UAE. Earlier this month, around December 7th or 8th, I spotted that same blue and white 747 SP taking off out of Dubai International Airport. If not the same one, it was one with a similar paint job. I was not close enough to read the Registration number. Does anyone on the board here know the particulars of this aircraft, or if there are any other 747 SP's painted in the same fashion as the one Jayden has pictured here? I wonder who the owners / operators are of this aircraft? Rick G. |
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There are two B747SP's that are in the exact same livery.
VQ-BMS http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...6553001&nseq=0 and VP-BLK http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.p...6281972&nseq=5
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Rick regarding B747SP at vagas, i believe there are two VP-BLK and VQ-BMS
VQ-BMS C/N 21649 ex N540PA,N149UA,V8-JBB,A9C-HMH VP-BLK C/N 21961 ex N58201 TWA,A6-SMR. |
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Just got me Brandon, well done thanks for the photos.
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