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Flight Log of Delta Airways Flight 129 from Los Angeles to Seattle on November 5th, 2016
Time to head back (so that I don’t miss too many lectures).
Comparing the different options, I thought a Lyft ride was the best way to get to the airport from downtown (Yes, I’ve got the free ride credits for new users). And thank God, the traffic was smooth all the way to the airport.
LAX Airport Driveway
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On the way to the airport, my Lyft driver told me something intriguing, that the LAX airport authorities somehow mandated every Lyft and Uber driver to pass a test and get a special license to enter the airport perimeter. He called this “ridiculous regulation” because that test basically has to do with how to care for the handicapped and how to wait for the old, which isn’t taught through exams.
Perhaps, the LAX airport introduced this regulation so as to address its traffic jam issue, as the only traffic jam I experienced in this trip was within airport drop-off area, where cars (not just Uber and Lyft drivers) were changing lanes cutting in front of each other. Of course, this new regulation won’t help.
Boarding Passes
When I was booking this trip, Delta allowed me to choose any of the available flights from Los Angeles to Seattle on that morning. So of course, I picked the one that departed latest, which is DL129 as Delta extends the code from Seattle to Los Angeles on its flight to Beijing.
American Airlines Fleet at LAX Terminal 4
Delta Airlines B712 (N924AT) At the GateMy plane to Seattle.
LAX Terminal 5 Interior
Depending how you think, the Delta terminal of LAX could be described as either “lively” or “overcrowded”. The good thing is that, this time my flight wasn’t delayed (otherwise I need to seriously worry about my connection).
Delta Airlines A319 (N368NB) At the GateArrived from Salt Lake City.
LAX Terminal 6 Facilities
Alaska Airlines B738 (N457AS) At the GateFlying between Seattle and Los Angeles.
Delta Airlines B752 (N6707A) At the GateFlying between Orlando and Los Angeles.
Delta Airlines B752 (N538US) TaxiingOff to Minneapolis.
Mists over LAX
Mists over LAX American Airlines Hanger
Airberlin A332 Landing
JetBlue A321 (N934JB) LandingJust arrived from JFK.
Spirit Airlines A319 (N530NK) Taking OffOff to Oakland.
Virgin America A320 (N844VA) Taking OffOff to Washington DC.
Volaris Airlines A320 (XA-VLP) Taking OffOff to Guadalajara.
LAX Airport Runway 24L
LAX Airport Terminal A with Southwest Fleet
LAX Airport Terminal 3 with Virgin America Fleet
JetBlue A321 (N934JB) Taxiing
Flying over Cloudy Pacific
It seemed that the visibility over California wasn’t as good as I expected (guess this was the most polluted part of America), so again I adjusted the contrast of most photos that followed.
Malibu Peninsula
Mountain Ranges West of Los Angeles
Mountain Ranges West of Los Angeles
Flying over Mountain Ranges West of Los Angeles
Agoura Hills
Calabasas
Mountains North-West of Los Angeles
North Calabasas
West Hills, LA
Simi Valley
Simi Valley
Farmlands along Santa Clara River
Mountains in Sespe Wilderness
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake and Surrounding Mountains and Interstate 5
Turn of Interstate 5 around Gorman
City of Bakersfield
City of Bakersfield
Farmlands North of Bakersfield
City of Tulare
Visalia with Its Airport
City of Dinuba
City of Reedley
Millerton Lake
Cherry Lake
Snowy Mountains East of Sacramento
Snowy Mountains East of Sacramento
Snowy Mountains East of Sacramento
Interstate 80 in Snowy Mountains
After this, it was all cloudy again, until we were right above a rainy Seattle.
Puget Sound below Clouds
Lacey V Murrow Bridge
Beacon Hill Neighborhood
King County International Airport / Boeing Field
Planes in Boeing Field
Planes in Boeing Field
King County International Airport / Boeing Field
Duwamish River
Glendale Neighborhood
Rainier Golf and Country Club
Riverton-Boulevard Park Neighborhood
Softball Field in North SeaTac Park
Little League Baseball Fields in North SeaTac Park and Washington State Route 518
Washington State Route 518 and Nearby Park
Seattle Airport Terminal SWith its international flights.
Water Droplets on Window
Seattle Airport Terminal BWith Alaska Airline turboprop planes.
Seattle Airport Central Terminal
The second leg of flight DL129 from Seattle to Beijing will be on the next post.
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