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Liebensd => California
Report of my trip to California
First with the train from Hasselt to Brussels, almost 2 hours. When we checked in I saw that the screens at Brussels Airport still have some nostalgic, you can still read Sabena on it. The check in took some time, but what do you expect when you want to check inn with 79 people at the same time. After check inn we went to the restaurant with the view to gate A and B. There were 2 SN Brussels Airlines A330 preparing for departure.
We had a 763ER to JFK DL141 N155DL, my seat was 39A, so next to the window. The interior of the aircraft was not so good, it was old. First a soft drink with pretzels and than the meal, because I was on the back of the aircraft we didn’t had a choice what we would eat. It was “ Seasonal Garden Salad with Italian dressing, Herbed Breast of Chicken accompanied by sautéed spinach, Carottes and mashed Red-skin Potatoes with horseradish, Bread and butter and Cheese” and the dessert was “ Red Currant Cream cake”( tasted very well), the other menu was “ Farfalle pasta enhanced by four-cheese sauce, with roasted Vegetables and marinara Sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese. One hour before landing we had a snack, “ turkey and Cheese on Caibatta Bread”.
After the US immigration I had the chance to walk to the other end of the terminal, where I saw a new Alitalia Boeing 777 EI-DBK. We departed for San Francisco at the evening DL1594, N617DL. This was not a nice flight, 6 hours of flying we just received one soft drink and pretzels, you could buy some snacks but nobody did it, and water as much as you wanted. There was even for me not enough space in the aircraft, and the crew was just reading some books. There were 7 television screens in the aircraft and there was no screen with the same colour of the image.
In San Francisco we visited the city, Alcatraz and The USS Hornet in Oakland. From the deck of the ship you can see aircrafts landing and departing at the airport of Oakland. When we drove to LA I saw the airport of San Jose with som ATA’s, Airborne Express and South West aircrafts.
We didn’t stay long enough in LA, I didn’t have seen the city or the beach, just Universal Studio’s.
From LA we went to Sea world before going to San Diego, it is a nice place and you can see Aircrafts departing from the parking area of Sea World of San Diego’s Airport. We also didn’t visited the city. The next day we visited the Car and Aerospace museum, the car museum was small and the aerospace museum was nice but noting really special. From the car park you can see aircraft landing at San Diego’s Airport. In the afternoon we went to Tijuana 5mexico) but I didn’t liked there.
The next day we travelled to Las Vegas, and saw the city during the evening. During the following morning we went to the Hoover Dam and after that a 5 hour ride to the Grand Canyon that we visited the next morning. I also took a flight over the Grand Canyon with Grand Canyon Airlines with a Twin Otter, N172GC. In the afternoon we went back To Vegas.
In the Morning we too DL1488 to Cincinnati with Boeing 757 N689DL. The flight was good and we got a soft drink and some Belgian Biscuits of Lotus. At Cincinnati Airport there was an Air France Airbus 340 waiting for departure. From Cincinnati we flew with an Boeing 763 (I don’t remember the registration) to JFK, DL1970. The flight was good with only a 50% load factor and a short distance the aircraft flew at a moment more than 1050Km/H.
After some shopping at JFK we went back to Belgium with DL140, N189DN a Boeing 763. On this flight we had the same problem as on the BRU-JFK flight, no choise of the food. This flight was also overbooked and the also sold the cabin crew rest seats.
Greetz,
Dave
First with the train from Hasselt to Brussels, almost 2 hours. When we checked in I saw that the screens at Brussels Airport still have some nostalgic, you can still read Sabena on it. The check in took some time, but what do you expect when you want to check inn with 79 people at the same time. After check inn we went to the restaurant with the view to gate A and B. There were 2 SN Brussels Airlines A330 preparing for departure.
We had a 763ER to JFK DL141 N155DL, my seat was 39A, so next to the window. The interior of the aircraft was not so good, it was old. First a soft drink with pretzels and than the meal, because I was on the back of the aircraft we didn’t had a choice what we would eat. It was “ Seasonal Garden Salad with Italian dressing, Herbed Breast of Chicken accompanied by sautéed spinach, Carottes and mashed Red-skin Potatoes with horseradish, Bread and butter and Cheese” and the dessert was “ Red Currant Cream cake”( tasted very well), the other menu was “ Farfalle pasta enhanced by four-cheese sauce, with roasted Vegetables and marinara Sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese. One hour before landing we had a snack, “ turkey and Cheese on Caibatta Bread”.
After the US immigration I had the chance to walk to the other end of the terminal, where I saw a new Alitalia Boeing 777 EI-DBK. We departed for San Francisco at the evening DL1594, N617DL. This was not a nice flight, 6 hours of flying we just received one soft drink and pretzels, you could buy some snacks but nobody did it, and water as much as you wanted. There was even for me not enough space in the aircraft, and the crew was just reading some books. There were 7 television screens in the aircraft and there was no screen with the same colour of the image.
In San Francisco we visited the city, Alcatraz and The USS Hornet in Oakland. From the deck of the ship you can see aircrafts landing and departing at the airport of Oakland. When we drove to LA I saw the airport of San Jose with som ATA’s, Airborne Express and South West aircrafts.
We didn’t stay long enough in LA, I didn’t have seen the city or the beach, just Universal Studio’s.
From LA we went to Sea world before going to San Diego, it is a nice place and you can see Aircrafts departing from the parking area of Sea World of San Diego’s Airport. We also didn’t visited the city. The next day we visited the Car and Aerospace museum, the car museum was small and the aerospace museum was nice but noting really special. From the car park you can see aircraft landing at San Diego’s Airport. In the afternoon we went to Tijuana 5mexico) but I didn’t liked there.
The next day we travelled to Las Vegas, and saw the city during the evening. During the following morning we went to the Hoover Dam and after that a 5 hour ride to the Grand Canyon that we visited the next morning. I also took a flight over the Grand Canyon with Grand Canyon Airlines with a Twin Otter, N172GC. In the afternoon we went back To Vegas.
In the Morning we too DL1488 to Cincinnati with Boeing 757 N689DL. The flight was good and we got a soft drink and some Belgian Biscuits of Lotus. At Cincinnati Airport there was an Air France Airbus 340 waiting for departure. From Cincinnati we flew with an Boeing 763 (I don’t remember the registration) to JFK, DL1970. The flight was good with only a 50% load factor and a short distance the aircraft flew at a moment more than 1050Km/H.
After some shopping at JFK we went back to Belgium with DL140, N189DN a Boeing 763. On this flight we had the same problem as on the BRU-JFK flight, no choise of the food. This flight was also overbooked and the also sold the cabin crew rest seats.
Greetz,
Dave
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Jense
I will fly Grand Canyon Airlines in April, on my trip in Arizona. We will also visit Las Vegas and the hoover-dam...liebensd wrote: During the following morning we went to the Hoover Dam and after that a 5 hour ride to the Grand Canyon that we visited the next morning. I also took a flight over the Grand Canyon with Grand Canyon Airlines with a Twin Otter, N172GC. In the afternoon we went back To Vegas.
(I will try to rember the reg.)
Was it a nice flight?
Do you got pictures?
Anyway, what a nice report! Congratulations!
greettzzz
Thanks for this report Dave, I hope you enjoyed your trip 
(I'll also say WELCOME BACK)
I know what you mean by not having any space to move at all in the national flights. I remember my DDL flight from CVG to SFO on a 757 that was packed like a charter !!
I'm already awaiting the pics anxiously
ciao,
TriStar
(I'll also say WELCOME BACK)I know what you mean by not having any space to move at all in the national flights. I remember my DDL flight from CVG to SFO on a 757 that was packed like a charter !!
I'm already awaiting the pics anxiously
ciao,
TriStar
Nice report Dave and thanks for clearing my mind about Delta. I really thought they had excellent service onboard but as you just reported it isn't. That is number two since I also hear a lot of complaints about NWA, even worse. Everybody advices me to fly Continental since they should have still their high service level, anybody experience with CO long haul?
Thanks again Dave!
Greetz,
Erwin
Thanks again Dave!
Greetz,
Erwin
A Whole Different Animal
Nice pics Dave, the Delta 767 looks fine to me but the inside was not so nice as you mentioned.
I didn't take the Grand Canyon flight when I was there since it seems a lot of accidents happen in the Grand Canyon. I am talking about maybe 10 or 12 years ago that I was there
Greetz,
Erwin
I didn't take the Grand Canyon flight when I was there since it seems a lot of accidents happen in the Grand Canyon. I am talking about maybe 10 or 12 years ago that I was there
Greetz,
Erwin
A Whole Different Animal
For anyone visiting California AND has the time,
SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO! Formerly Lindbergh Field, "SAN" has some great planespotting areas: Spanish Landing Park is adjacent to the main runways - also, approach & departure are right over downtown which is on a hill - this leads to other implications but...
SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO! Formerly Lindbergh Field, "SAN" has some great planespotting areas: Spanish Landing Park is adjacent to the main runways - also, approach & departure are right over downtown which is on a hill - this leads to other implications but...