The day of the trip:
I set a couple of alarms to make sure that I got up. I actually woke up a few minutes before my alarm at 250AM. I was not too tired considering I went to bed at midnight. I got ready and we had about a 5 to 10 minute drive to SYR. My friend’s mom drove us and she dropped us off outside the DL curbside. We walked inside and checked in at the kiosk at 3:48AM. There were a few other people on line and the DL counter didn’t open until 4AM. Once we got checked in we walked down to go see a few planes then went up to security. We had to wait a few minutes to go through (it also didn’t open until 4AM). Once we were through security we got Dunkin Doughnuts and then went to go see the different planes. There are quite a few planes this early in the morning. After that we went to our gate and waited to board.
DL FIDS
DL counter
Before we went upstairs to security we went outside to see the two B6 E190s that RON at SYR
N323JB
N216JB
These were planes that we saw walking around the airport once we were through security
N128UW US 821 to CLT at gate 8
N509AE AE 2987 to ORD at gate 5
N323JB B6 115 to JFK at gate 15
N216JB B6 655 to MCO at gate 3
N368PH UA 4779 to EWR
N14905 UA 4583 to IAD at gate 26
N946DN DL 816 to ATL at gate 25
US 4015 N405AW to PHL
My plane N314PQ at gate 24 flight 3392 to LGA
My flight – 3392 to LGA
Delta Connection “Endeavor” 3392
2014 Bombardier CRJ-900 N314PQ
Seat 18A
Syracuse, NY (SYR)- New York City (LGA)
Friday October 24, 2014
Scheduled Departure- 6:00AM
Actual Departure- 6:07AM
Scheduled Arrival- 6:40AM
Actual Arrival-6:50AM
Flight Time- 43 minutes
Departure Runway- 28
Arrival Runway- 31
FlightAware: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/F...2/history/20141024/1000Z/KSYR/KLGA
Around 530-535AM they began boarding. They started with First Class, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Pre board and then general boarding by zones. I was in the back in seat 18A ( Zone 3)
Boarding was pretty quick and we were ready to go 10 minutes early, but the pilots said we could not pushback until 5 minutes before departure. We pushed back at 5:55AM and the flight attendants did the safety demo. Once we were pushed back and the engines started we taxied to runway 28. We had to hold at the end for a FedEx A300 landing from MEM. Once they were cleared we turned onto the runway and began our takeoff roll. The DL MD90 to ATL took off right behind us and the B6 E190 to JFK right behind the MD90. The takeoff was not that powerful and within a few seconds we were in the air. At 2,200 feet the pilots checked in with departure and we were given a left turn and were cleared up to 10,000 feet. Within a few seconds of takeoff we flew into a broken cloud layer. You could still see the ground but it was covered by a lower of clouds. As we climbed we flew through some more clouds and then we were in the clear and had a smooth ride. A few minutes after departure ATC asked our pilots how are ride was. They responded “Uhhhh smooth we are on top of them now”. The controller then handed us off to Boston Center and we were on the way up to 21,000 feet and headed to LGA. Since it was such a short flight the Flight Attendants didn’t do any service. It was still dark out for most of the flight and as we began the descent it slowly started to get lighter out. The flight was very short and it went by really fast. Before long we were on the final descent into LGA. The flight attendants turned on the lights and came through the cabin once. We then made a right turn and flew the express way visual for runway 31. We followed a DL E170 from DCA flight 5900. We made a firm landing and the pilots exited the runway pretty quickly and the Flight Attendant “Welcomed us to Flushing, NY – LaGuardia Airport where the local time is 650AM”. We made a quick taxi to the gate and parked away from the terminal which meant we deplaned out on the ramp and took a bus to the terminal. It was a pretty quick layover. We got some food and then sat by our gate and waited to board.
Taxing to runway 28
“Flagship 3392 wind 330 at 5, runway 28 cleared for takeoff”
Flying through some rain
Slowly it started to get lighter out
Descending
Cabin during the descent
Final Approach
Short Final for runway 31
Video of the landing- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3rUBBecdVo
Touchdown
Taxing to the gate
Deplaning
From the ramp
LGA
N292PQ at gate C26
N925AT DL 331 to TPA
A DL E170 flying over
N801DZ pulling up to gate after it RON at LGA
N927DA DL 1647 to ATL
The CLT plane arriving at gate C23
My plane to CLT N929XJ
Flight info
Delta Connection “Endeavor” 3934
2008 Bombardier CRJ-900 N929XJ
Seat 16A
New York City (LGA) – Charlotte, NC (CLT)
Friday October 24, 2014
Scheduled Departure- 8:00AM
Actual Departure- 8:32AM
Scheduled Arrival- 9:17AM
Actual Arrival- 9:53AM
Flight Time- 1 hour 20 minutes
Departure Runway- 4
Arrival Runway- 23
FlightAware- http://flightaware.com/live/flight/F...4/history/20141024/1200Z/KLGA/KCLT
The plane to CLT right before boarding
Gate C23
View out my window
When we boarded this flight, it was the same crew from the SYR-LGA flight. Once everyone was seated we sat at the gate for a few minutes. The pilot came on the PA and gave the spiel about flight time, weather and time of arrival. Once the door was closed, we pushed back and started up the engines. Runway 4 was the active for departures and 31 was for arrivals. We taxied away from the DL terminal and taxied past all the other terminals on the way to runway 4. I saw a UA 737 with split scimitar and some other planes. There about 7 or 8 planes in front of us and after about a 15-20 minute taxi, it was our turn to takeoff. The pilots taxied us on to the runway and began our takeoff roll. Once we were in the air we made a left turn right after takeoff and then made another left turn as we climbed through some clouds. There were a few bumps on the way out and once we got on top it was a smooth ride. Once we leveled off at our cruising altitude the Flight Attendants came through the cabin with the beverage cart and snacks. I got a sprite and a Biscoff cookie. The flight went by pretty fast and before long the pilot was telling us we were about 80 miles outside of CLT and told us the weather. It was a pretty straight in approach. The Flight Attendants came through to collect trash. A few minutes later we touched down on runway 23 and there was really heaving braking, the plane slowed down really fast. We then exited the runway and taxied to our gate. The crew after this had one more flight of the day. They were going CLT-MSP. They were MSP based and would be done with this trip once they landed at MSP.
Pushback
Flaps extended, taxing to runway 4
C-FEKD AC 7453 to YUL
N850AE flight 3340 to TYS at 1pm
N76508 with split scimitar N76508 UA 1432 to ORD
N912AN AA 1131 to DFW
NK and WN
Holding short of runway 4
“Flagship 3934 runway 4, line up and wait.”
Takeoff Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_a7LSBw1M
Rotate
Up in the air
Washington DC
Cabin
Sprite and Biscoff
Descending into CLT
Final
Short final
Touch down
Landing video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dDXRwAay7k
Some planes from the taxi to the gate
N554NN flight 5124 to CVG
N725UW US 1906 to MCI
N725PS flight 5187 to AVL
N519UW US 461 starting it’s cross country flight to SFO
US new colors A330 on short final
Arriving at the gate
Deplaning
Concourse A
The Museum was great. They had some old planes in addition to the last DL DC9 (N779NC). DL flew it’s last DC-9 from ATL-CLT and then donated it to the museum. They also had the US A320 (N106US) that landed in the Hudson River. That was really impressive to see and be able to get right next to see it and see all the holes in the plane, the cracked windows and see the plane in person. After the museum we went into a parking garage and went planespotting for a little bit before we went back inside and checked in and went through a very long ( 45 minutes- 1 hour) security line. There were a few people in front of us that had less than 45 minutes until there flight. As we approached the front of the line TSA announced they were opening another lane and for people from the back of that line to go to the other screening area. Once we were through security we got some food and then did some planespotting from inside the airport until it was time to board our next flight CLT-ATL.
