Flight Log of American Airlines Flight 3365 from Syracuse to Chicago O’Hare on August 11th, 2016

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The month-long Cornell program finally came to an end, as the wonderful lady driver of our shuttle dropped us off roughly three hours before departure. Amazingly, the American Airlines Check-in Counters were open, although we waited for like five minutes before two agents appeared.

Since Syracuse Hancock Airport was a modestly-sized ~~regional~~ international airport (hell they got Air Canada Services to/from Toronto), there weren’t many interesting planes to spot. So after securities, I killed time, by writing homework essays on my laptop.

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Delta MD88(N937DL) At the Gate

Syracuse Airport Tarmac

American Eagle ERJ145(N650AE) At the Gate
The plane that we are about to board.

Piedmont Airlines (American Eagle) Bombardier Dash 8-100 At the Tarmac
My first time seeing a Dash-8, and pretty livery.

Ground Crewing Fueling Aircraft
It seemed that Syracuse Airport doesn’t have underground fuel pipes.

Then it’s boarding time, ~~like all other AA flights,~~ the boarding groups didn’t seem to matter, as there seemed to be only two groups: 1 and everything else.

American Eagle ERJ145 Cabin
We are still at the gate, as the cockpit door’s open and the only flight attendant was scrambling to find volunteers.

Air Wisconsin (American Eagle) CRJ-200 At the Gate

Two Delta Jets (CRJ-7?) At the Gate

Due to the limited visibility of that day, I adjusted clarity of most photos.

I81 and State Route 11 outside Syracuse Airport

Downtown Syracuse in the Distance

Onondaga Lake outside Syracuse

Rural New York and I90 and Lake Cayuga

Canandaigua Lake and other Finger Lakes in the Distance

Town of Batavia

Buffalo Airport

Grand Island and Niagara River

I picked a left-hand side seat because ~~it’s both window and aisle~~ it has better chance of seeing the Niagara Falls. Although I have visited it at the beginning of the program, but I sure know it would look differently from the sky. But it seemed that neither side would get a view of it, as we flew right above the falls.

Also, without any reference to racial prejudice, the white lady on this flight was a lot better than the black nanny a month ago on the flight to Syracuse, in both demeanor and service attitude. At least, this lady didn’t cool herself with safety card during safety demonstration.

Port Colborne and Tip of Welland Canal

Clouds Above Lake Erie

Clouds Above Ontario
From this photo one can clearly see the perimeter of cloud’s shade on the ground.

Clouds Above Ontario

Little Town of Watford
I’m not sure what that mass space (almost bigger than the town itself) in the foreground was for.

Town of Oxford, Michigan
Just north of Detroit, with its beautiful lagoons.

Shorelines of Lake Michigan

Ships on Lake Michigan

Approaching Chicago

Chicago Suburb

Another AA Plane Landing in Parallel

Schiller Woods in Chicago Suburb

I90 outside O’Hare Airport

Traffic on I90

We landed on runway 27R, which meant we have an extra 10 minutes of O’Hare Airport tour before we reached our gate, and that’s done by taxiing at 50 km/h. I know Chinese airports would never allow that speed, because of both government regulation and poor management.