Hello,
This is my first trip report on jetphotos.net so tell me how I do. First, I'd like to give you a bit of a biography. I'm 16 years old and I live in a suburb of Tampa, Florida. Both my parents work at the Northwest Airlines Reservations Center. My mother has 29 years and my father has 32 years. I have been an aviation enthusiast for as long as I remember. So, let me start. All flights to Cleveland took place on June 5th. Everything after is on the 6th.
Also, I wrote this same review on flyertalk.com if you are interested.
Planning for which flights we (my dad and I) were going to shoot for (standby) started on Thursday. Our original plan was to fly to Atlanta and then to Cleveland from there. So, we got to the airport at 7:00AM for the 9:00AM flight to Atlanta on Delta. We made our way through the main terminal at Tampa to the tram for Airside E. When we arrived at the gate I decided to roam the terminal for my normal picture taking. When I returned to the gate I was surprisingly informed that there were 58 people listed on the standby list and we were 45 and 46! Since we are flying as a Northwest employee we aren't yet capable to fly ahead of Delta employees. That will change though on June 5th. We just decided to wait it out since there was one flight an hour to Atlanta. By 12:00PM we had not gotten on 3 flights! Since Northwest is now in the same Airside as Delta we decided to take our chances with the Memphis flight. Thankfully we got on that flight!
Tram entrance to Airside E
Inside Airside E
The first Delta flight we tried for, a MD-88
American MD82 parked at Airside F
Some American tails
Delta A319 departing for Hartford
Northwest Saab-340 arriving from Tallahassee
The 11:00AM ATL flight departing
Bordom, haha
Flight #1209
Departs Tampa at 12:35PM
Arrives in Memphis at 1:34PM
DC-9-30 N8960E
Departing gate E66
Arriving gate B4
Seat - 11E Window
On Time
Video:
Our plane, a 41 year old workhorse arriving from MEM. Ex-Eastern
E66 boarding gate for flight 1209
View from my seat
Pushback
Climbing past the Courtney Campbell Causeway
Climbing
Climbing past a thunderstorm
Legroom
Snack
Parked at gate B4
While in Memphis the first thing we did was head to a restaurant for a snack. I ended up getting a BBQ pulled pork sandwich. Then I decided to roam the airport for some pictures. I saw a few aircraft takeoff, one being a C-5 galaxy! Couldn't get a clear shot though. We had about 3 hours to spend so that's what I did the whole time. Our next flight was a bit delayed due to the aircraft arriving from Mexico.
View at the end of Concourse B
Inside
View of the terminal
Busy airport! haha
Interesting architecture
Fedex MD-11 taxing by
Flight #294
Departs Memphis at 5:22PM
Arrives Detroit at 8:17PM
A320 N336NW
Departing gate B42
Arriving gate A78
Seat - 08C Aisle
Delayed a few minutes (arriving aircraft from Cancun)
B42 gate departure
A320 cockpit
I only had an hour to spare in DTW. My dad left in 30 minutes back to TPA and I would continue to CLE. I had just enough time to go get the fountain picture and tunnel (which came out bad ) My dad knew the girl at my flights counter so she gave me a free upgrade to first class! The flight only had a 48% load.
Our aircraft we just got off of
Inside DTW
Inside DTW, tram station
Fountain
New Delta sign!
Airlink Flight #1856
Operated by Compass
Departs Detroit at 9:33PM
Arrives Cleveland Hopkins at 10:23PM
Embraer 175 N639CZ
Departing gate A63
Arriving gate C6
Seat - 02D First Class Window
On Time
Video:
Gate A63
Our plane
Legroom
Cabin
START HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cockpit
Full cabin
Inside Concourse C at Cleveland
After arriving in Cleveland, I had about 20 hours there. The next day my grandparents took me on a photo shoot around Cleveland. I have included a skyline picture, but I have plenty more!
Cleveland skyline
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
After arriving at the Cleveland airport, I once again decided to walk around and I found a large paper airplane type thing and I explored the rest of the concourse.
Airlink Flight #3361
Operated by Mesaba
Departs Cleveland Hopkins at 7:00PM
Arrives Minneapolis at 8:11PM
CRJ-200 N834AY
Departing gate C6
Arriving gate A14
Seat - 06A Window
Delayed due to weather in MSP upon landing
Video:
My plane pulling up
Gate C6
CLE Paper Plane in the tunnel
Boarded
Concourse D
Cleveland Hopkins
View
Snack
Clouds
Clouds
Finally see the ground
When I arrived in Minneapolis I had to go get a Starbucks because I was tired and thirsty. I was waiting for confirmation that my flight wasn't delayed. Then I decided to go to the observation deck to get some pictures. Sadly, it was still a a downpour! Thankfully, my flight to Boise wasn't delayed.
Inside MSP
View from the observation deck
Airlink Flight #3541
Departs Minneapolis at 9:20PM
Arrives Boise at 11:36PM
CRJ-900 N908XJ
Departing gate C22
Arriving gate B22
Seat - 09D Window
On Time
Video:
Gate C22 to Boise
10PM Snack
Sunset
Boise's Terminal
After arriving I made my way to baggage claim to meet up with my cousin. I will be over here until the beginning of August. Next week, we will be driving to Coeur d'Alene.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to read and look through my pictures. Within the next few days I am going to be putting together some reports from past flights. Detroit, Shanghai, Boise and Boston! Please comment with suggestions if possible! For the most part the flights were excellent. I'm looking forward to the flights home and to Washington D.C. later this year!
Here are some links that you might want to take a look at...
My Jetphotos.net pictures
My YouTube profile
And, if you haven't already try to watch the flight videos!
Also, some of you may recognize some of my pictures from here, I have a few more being screened currently.
Thanks!
This is my first trip report on jetphotos.net so tell me how I do. First, I'd like to give you a bit of a biography. I'm 16 years old and I live in a suburb of Tampa, Florida. Both my parents work at the Northwest Airlines Reservations Center. My mother has 29 years and my father has 32 years. I have been an aviation enthusiast for as long as I remember. So, let me start. All flights to Cleveland took place on June 5th. Everything after is on the 6th.
Also, I wrote this same review on flyertalk.com if you are interested.
Planning for which flights we (my dad and I) were going to shoot for (standby) started on Thursday. Our original plan was to fly to Atlanta and then to Cleveland from there. So, we got to the airport at 7:00AM for the 9:00AM flight to Atlanta on Delta. We made our way through the main terminal at Tampa to the tram for Airside E. When we arrived at the gate I decided to roam the terminal for my normal picture taking. When I returned to the gate I was surprisingly informed that there were 58 people listed on the standby list and we were 45 and 46! Since we are flying as a Northwest employee we aren't yet capable to fly ahead of Delta employees. That will change though on June 5th. We just decided to wait it out since there was one flight an hour to Atlanta. By 12:00PM we had not gotten on 3 flights! Since Northwest is now in the same Airside as Delta we decided to take our chances with the Memphis flight. Thankfully we got on that flight!
Tram entrance to Airside E
Inside Airside E
The first Delta flight we tried for, a MD-88
American MD82 parked at Airside F
Some American tails
Delta A319 departing for Hartford
Northwest Saab-340 arriving from Tallahassee
The 11:00AM ATL flight departing
Bordom, haha
Flight #1209
Departs Tampa at 12:35PM
Arrives in Memphis at 1:34PM
DC-9-30 N8960E
Departing gate E66
Arriving gate B4
Seat - 11E Window
On Time
Video:
Our plane, a 41 year old workhorse arriving from MEM. Ex-Eastern
E66 boarding gate for flight 1209
View from my seat
Pushback
Climbing past the Courtney Campbell Causeway
Climbing
Climbing past a thunderstorm
Legroom
Snack
Parked at gate B4
While in Memphis the first thing we did was head to a restaurant for a snack. I ended up getting a BBQ pulled pork sandwich. Then I decided to roam the airport for some pictures. I saw a few aircraft takeoff, one being a C-5 galaxy! Couldn't get a clear shot though. We had about 3 hours to spend so that's what I did the whole time. Our next flight was a bit delayed due to the aircraft arriving from Mexico.
View at the end of Concourse B
Inside
View of the terminal
Busy airport! haha
Interesting architecture
Fedex MD-11 taxing by
Flight #294
Departs Memphis at 5:22PM
Arrives Detroit at 8:17PM
A320 N336NW
Departing gate B42
Arriving gate A78
Seat - 08C Aisle
Delayed a few minutes (arriving aircraft from Cancun)
B42 gate departure
A320 cockpit
I only had an hour to spare in DTW. My dad left in 30 minutes back to TPA and I would continue to CLE. I had just enough time to go get the fountain picture and tunnel (which came out bad ) My dad knew the girl at my flights counter so she gave me a free upgrade to first class! The flight only had a 48% load.
Our aircraft we just got off of
Inside DTW
Inside DTW, tram station
Fountain
New Delta sign!
Airlink Flight #1856
Operated by Compass
Departs Detroit at 9:33PM
Arrives Cleveland Hopkins at 10:23PM
Embraer 175 N639CZ
Departing gate A63
Arriving gate C6
Seat - 02D First Class Window
On Time
Video:
Gate A63
Our plane
Legroom
Cabin
START HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cockpit
Full cabin
Inside Concourse C at Cleveland
After arriving in Cleveland, I had about 20 hours there. The next day my grandparents took me on a photo shoot around Cleveland. I have included a skyline picture, but I have plenty more!
Cleveland skyline
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
After arriving at the Cleveland airport, I once again decided to walk around and I found a large paper airplane type thing and I explored the rest of the concourse.
Airlink Flight #3361
Operated by Mesaba
Departs Cleveland Hopkins at 7:00PM
Arrives Minneapolis at 8:11PM
CRJ-200 N834AY
Departing gate C6
Arriving gate A14
Seat - 06A Window
Delayed due to weather in MSP upon landing
Video:
My plane pulling up
Gate C6
CLE Paper Plane in the tunnel
Boarded
Concourse D
Cleveland Hopkins
View
Snack
Clouds
Clouds
Finally see the ground
When I arrived in Minneapolis I had to go get a Starbucks because I was tired and thirsty. I was waiting for confirmation that my flight wasn't delayed. Then I decided to go to the observation deck to get some pictures. Sadly, it was still a a downpour! Thankfully, my flight to Boise wasn't delayed.
Inside MSP
View from the observation deck
Airlink Flight #3541
Departs Minneapolis at 9:20PM
Arrives Boise at 11:36PM
CRJ-900 N908XJ
Departing gate C22
Arriving gate B22
Seat - 09D Window
On Time
Video:
Gate C22 to Boise
10PM Snack
Sunset
Boise's Terminal
After arriving I made my way to baggage claim to meet up with my cousin. I will be over here until the beginning of August. Next week, we will be driving to Coeur d'Alene.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to read and look through my pictures. Within the next few days I am going to be putting together some reports from past flights. Detroit, Shanghai, Boise and Boston! Please comment with suggestions if possible! For the most part the flights were excellent. I'm looking forward to the flights home and to Washington D.C. later this year!
Here are some links that you might want to take a look at...
My Jetphotos.net pictures
My YouTube profile
And, if you haven't already try to watch the flight videos!
Also, some of you may recognize some of my pictures from here, I have a few more being screened currently.
Thanks!
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