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  • WN flt 11 DAL-HOU 5/7/05

    I usually don't post flight reviews because I fly so much and they're usually uneventful.

    I was pleased to find our aircraft would be N363SW "Heroes of the Heart" dedicated to a hard-working of behind-the-scenes WN Employees. For the current year it is dedicated to the Fuel Management department. If anyone deserves it, they do - for saving WN's wallet.

    Okay so we departed on time at 9:30am. I had my window seat on the right side about row 9 (I think), just in front of the #2 engine. Once we were airborne the captain came on and said we would be cruising at 33,000 feet! I thought that was mighty high for only being in the air about 40 minutes. Anyone else agree with that? I mean we were descending before I got my Diet Coke.

    Anyway, during our descent we came to the cloud layer. It was like a blanket of cotton balls looking very soft and thick. The top shined in the morning sun. Of course I wanted to kick myself for not bringing my camera. But the coolest thing was we got right to the cloud layer and we just stayed there for what seemed about 5 minutes. I mean we literally skimmed just a couple feet above the clouds so the puffy clouds were flying past my window. It was one of the neatest things I have ever seen while flying, and I've flown hundreds of times. I hope everyone can experience something similar.

    We had a smooth landing and arrived at HOU a few minutes early at gate 23 in the new terminal there.
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    Probably the shortest entertaining flight review I've read. Sounds like you had fun.

    Happy Flying!

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    • #3
      Just another reason to fly Southwest! In our part of the world, they are hard to beat. Nice report.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by PT737SWA
        I usually don't post flight reviews because I fly so much and they're usually uneventful.

        I was pleased to find our aircraft would be N363SW "Heroes of the Heart" dedicated to a hard-working of behind-the-scenes WN Employees. For the current year it is dedicated to the Fuel Management department. If anyone deserves it, they do - for saving WN's wallet.

        Okay so we departed on time at 9:30am. I had my window seat on the right side about row 9 (I think), just in front of the #2 engine. Once we were airborne the captain came on and said we would be cruising at 33,000 feet! I thought that was mighty high for only being in the air about 40 minutes. Anyone else agree with that? I mean we were descending before I got my Diet Coke.

        Anyway, during our descent we came to the cloud layer. It was like a blanket of cotton balls looking very soft and thick. The top shined in the morning sun. Of course I wanted to kick myself for not bringing my camera. But the coolest thing was we got right to the cloud layer and we just stayed there for what seemed about 5 minutes. I mean we literally skimmed just a couple feet above the clouds so the puffy clouds were flying past my window. It was one of the neatest things I have ever seen while flying, and I've flown hundreds of times. I hope everyone can experience something similar.

        We had a smooth landing and arrived at HOU a few minutes early at gate 23 in the new terminal there.

        We cruised at 32,000 from MSP-GFK and thats only about 45min in flight.

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        • #5
          I've had that experience before, and it was great. We were on approach to ATL and we skimmed the cloud tops for about 5 minutes until we were cleared to land. It was on an ASA CRJ-700 PHF-ATL.
          GO SIOUX

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