Delta 777LR Delivery flight...

[Will B]

Delta took delivery of our latest 777LR on Friday, and I came back on the delivery flight. 28 people on an aircraft with 278 seats. Boeing catered it with boiled shrimp, crab claws, fillet Mignon, cheese cake, Hagen Das bars, champaigne, wine, and three different micro brew beers. Always a fun time! Some cool video especially during the aproach and landing.

YouTube - 7108 Delivery

 

[GoodWitch58]

that was great! thanks for sharing.

 

[Beach Runner]

Where was the landing? I don't see any interstate highways in the approach, so that would rule out ATL. Also it's too green.

Cool video. Go Delta! They pay my brother's salary.

 

[Will B]

Where was the landing? I don't see any interstate highways in the approach, so that would rule out ATL. Also it's too green.

Cool video. Go Delta! They pay my brother's salary.

That's Hartsfield. We were landing to the west. It's pretty green coming in from that way because the approach begins way out over Stockbridge / Conyers where there is a lot of undeveloped land. The shot where I looked down at the ground was way out that way (20+ miles from the airport) when we turned from base to final. Keep in mind that the highways run perpendicular to the line of approach so you're looking at the skinny side in the video rather than down the length of them. When you see them from the windows in the back, you are looking parallel to the interstate.

 

[Beach Runner]

That's Hartsfield. We were landing to the west. It's pretty green coming in from that way because the approach begins way out over Stockbridge / Conyers where there is a lot of undeveloped land. The shot where I looked down at the ground was way out that way (20+ miles from the airport) when we turned from base to final. Keep in mind that the highways run perpendicular to the line of approach so you're looking at the skinny side in the video rather than down the length of them. When you see them from the windows in the back, you are looking parallel to the interstate.

You are right. The only thing I really recognize coming in from the east is the Ford plant (where Big D worked when we got married -- we were undergrads and lived with Mom in the summer). I don't know that side of town. I always get excited coming in on the Lakeside approach because that was our country club before blockbusting stage 2. My parents bought a house near the club after blockbusting stage 1. It is always fun for me to see the house, our former club and golf course, and other landmarks that I recognize from my childhood as my flight approaches Hartsfield from the west.

 

[Will B]

You are right. I don't know that side of town. I always get excited coming in on the Lakeside approach because that was our country club before blockbusting stage 2. My parents bought a house near the club after blockbusting stage 1. It is always fun for me to see the house, our former club and golf course, and other landmarks that I recognize from my childhood as my flight approaches Hartsfield from the west.

Actually, the approach from the west to the two south runways passes over some beautiful countryside that runs along the river. There are a lot of huge farms out that way...

 

[Beach Runner]

Actually, the approach from the west to the two south runways passes over some beautiful countryside that runs along the river. There are a lot of huge farms out that way...

Plus Piedmont Driving Club's golf course off Camp Creek Parkway. Our best friends from here are members, and we have been fortunate enough to be their guests on several occasions. The clubhouse and course are gorgeous.

 

[ItzKatzTime]

That's is so coool!