My flight from Los Angeles to Seattle (Rainier: home, floor)

[pwright1]

Sorry for the poor quality. Taking pics out of an airplane window isn't
the best. It sure was nice to be back. Short trip though.








Lake Tahoe


Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens

[Beat02]

PWRIGHT. I anticipate amazing Seattle pictures.

[seattlefanatic]

That's a whole new level of fantastic.

[Hemlock140]

Ah, there's my office, on the 3rd floor. Just love the waterfront. Nice shots.

[vandygirl]

Let me guess. You flew on Alaska. They scared the crap out of me when I flew Alaska Airlines to Seattle one time. They flew around the city like the way it is shown in your picture. Then they brought the plane down low and flew between the buildings. Although we were over the tops of the buildings we were still very low and it looked like we were about to fly into one of the buildings for a moment as the plane curved around to face it. I felt so scared and helpless at that time that I was thinking, 'I'll be damned if this is it and there is nothing I can do about it. I don't even have time to call my family!'

Halfway through my flight back home the engine made a loud sound and remained loud the rest of the flight. It seemed like we passed the airport where we were supposed to land and kept flying away from it for what felt like 30 minutes. It seemed like we were going back towards Seattle. Then the plane turned around and we finally landed. It was a rough landing. We just "plopped" down hard on the runway and the plane was wiggling around as it rolled. It was such a hard plop that passengers started cracking jokes about it. They were incredulous. Halfway through the disembarkment every light in the plane went out. It was night outside so it was pitch black on the plane. Then the emergency lights on the floor came on. We had to use the emergency lights on the floor to figure out where to go. I have not been on an Alaska Airlines flight since.

[PollyGlott]

Originally Posted by vandygirl

Let me guess. You flew on Alaska. They scared the crap out of me when I flew Alaska Airlines to Seattle one time. They flew around the city like the way it is shown in your picture. Then they brought the plane down low and flew between the buildings. Although we were over the tops of the buildings we were still very low and it looked like we were about to fly into one of the buildings for a moment as the plane curved around to face it. I felt so scared and helpless at that time that I was thinking, 'I'll be damned if this is it and there is nothing I can do about it. I don't even have time to call my family!'
Halfway through my flight back home the engine made a loud sound and remained loud the rest of the flight. It seemed like we passed the airport where we were supposed to land and kept flying away from it for what felt like 30 minutes. It seemed like we were going back towards Seattle. Then the plane turned around and we finally landed. It was a rough landing. We just "plopped" down hard on the runway and the plane was wiggling around as it rolled. It was such a hard plop that passengers started cracking jokes about it. They were incredulous. Halfway through the disembarkment every light in the plane went out. It was night outside so it was pitch black on the plane. Then the emergency lights on the floor came on. We had to use the emergency lights on the floor to figure out where to go. I have not been on an Alaska Airlines flight since.

... and then the wings fell off

[vandygirl]

Originally Posted by PollyGlott

... and then the wings fell off

You can make light of it but until you've been falling over things in the aisle in a pitch black aircraft with something wrong with it and people swinging luggage around your head as they race to get off you don't know how bad that experience is. Go ahead. Fly Alaska. You might enjoy flying through buildings, listening to what sounds like a possible engine problem at 30,000 feet and disembarking a plane in the dark.

[Inkpoe]

Vandy, were you on the flight where the grounds people accidently dented the plane, but didn't let the pilots or anyone else know?

[la_fuerza]

Awesome pictures Pwright! I have taken that flight many times and it's always very scenic!

[vandygirl]

Originally Posted by Inkpoe

Vandy, were you on the flight where the grounds people accidently dented the plane, but didn't let the pilots or anyone else know?

I did not hear about that. Was it in the local news?