After waiting patiently at gate C26 for about an hour, I got a nice surprise. A very gourgeous brunette girl sat down across from me. I figured that she was probably about couple years older than me. I knew that she must have been from Arizona or California, because we don’t have girls that pretty in Wisconsin. I think she might have liked me because whenever I looked up from my book, “Boeing 737-300 to -800”, she was looking at me. I was thinking about showing her my book, but I saw that she was reading a magazine article about sex, so I figured she wouldn’t be interested. Seeing her definitely made up for not seeing the 737-300.
July, 21 2005
America West Airlines
Milwaukee, WI to Phoenix, AZ
Boeing 737-3G7 N307AW
Flight: HP794
Seat: 6A
Gate: C26
Scheduled departure: 4:35PM CDT
Actual departure: 4:35PM CDT
Scheduled arrival: 6:35PM MST
Acrtual arrival: 5:55PM MST
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Boarding took about 30 minutes and we were on our way. Taxi was short because we used the runway closest to concourse C. The take off was pretty slow but not suprising. I have never experienced a fast takeoff in a 737. After takeoff, I got a good view of downtown Milwaukee out of my window, but it dissapeared rather quickly because of overcast skies. It wasn’t until we were flying over Des Moines, IA that I could see the ground.
Once we got to cruise altitude, we were served drinks, pretzals, and the option of buying a $5 sandwhich or snack box. I got a Dr. Pepper and took the pretzals, but didn’t buy either of the $5 meals. It paid off too because I had a really good burrito on the ground in Phoenix.
You may rember from my last trip on America West, that I found the flight attendant to be very attractive. This time one of the flight attendants had a great looking body (not as good as the girl at the gate) but I think she could have used some plastic sugery on her face. After the flight attendants finished their service, the Captain made an announcement that we were going to be arriving 40 minutes early. This announcement made everyone on the plane very happy.
When we started our descent into Phoenix, I saw forest fires near Payson, AZ. When we got closer to Phoenix, the sky turned light brown because of a dust storm that had happened a couple of hours before. When we made our final approach, we flew over the I-10/1-17 interchange where suprisingly, traffic was moving along pretty nicely.
The landing was very smooth.
When we taxiied to the gate I saw many America West and Southwest planes aswell as a British Airways 747-400. When we pulled in to the gate, the lead flight attendant kindly asked if those of us seated next to a window could pull our window shades down to keep the cabin cooler inside for the next passengers. Everyone did except for the lazy jack-ass sitting behind me.
Overall, it was a really great flight. I will post the return trip after I get back from vacation.
Edited to add more pictures.
