Heading home
The trip home from England was long. We were connecting in Atlanta, so it was somewhere in the neighborhood of 8.5 to 9 hours just for the first leg. Because Steve likes to sit on the aisle, we don't normally have a window seat. But this plane's configuration was 2-3-2, so we had an aisle and a window. Plus, we had an exit row. So it was comfortable.
At one point during the flight, I looked out the window and saw this:
I don't normally see other planes in the sky, so I thought this was pretty neat. I knew it was a safe distance away. I decided to try and zoom in on it with my camera.
It looks like it's another Delta jet from the tail-fin coloring. We were an hour or so out of Atlanta at this point, so that would make sense. Atlanta's a Delta hub. The plane paralleled us for awhile, gradually overtaking us and disappearing.
Since I had my camera out, I figured I'd take some aerial shots. Much of our trip was above thick cloud cover.
Since we were an exit row, we were right above the wing. Somehow, I always end up on the wing, even without the benefit of an exit row. I'm not sure how that keeps happening.
As we began our initial descent and broke through the cloud cover, I began looking at what was on the ground. It's so hard finding recognizable things, though. Other than when we flew into New York and spotted the Statue of Liberty, I have never managed to identify landmarks from the air. I'm guessing it's the odd perspective. I wonder if birds have that problem in reverse.
And here we're on the ground, just after we landed. After I clicked the photo, I paused and wondered if a digital camera counted as a "personal electronic device." I decided it didn't, but when I turned to Steve and mentioned it, he assured me it did. Oh well, the plane didn't crash, so all's good.
At one point during the flight, I looked out the window and saw this:
I don't normally see other planes in the sky, so I thought this was pretty neat. I knew it was a safe distance away. I decided to try and zoom in on it with my camera.
It looks like it's another Delta jet from the tail-fin coloring. We were an hour or so out of Atlanta at this point, so that would make sense. Atlanta's a Delta hub. The plane paralleled us for awhile, gradually overtaking us and disappearing.
Since I had my camera out, I figured I'd take some aerial shots. Much of our trip was above thick cloud cover.
Since we were an exit row, we were right above the wing. Somehow, I always end up on the wing, even without the benefit of an exit row. I'm not sure how that keeps happening.
As we began our initial descent and broke through the cloud cover, I began looking at what was on the ground. It's so hard finding recognizable things, though. Other than when we flew into New York and spotted the Statue of Liberty, I have never managed to identify landmarks from the air. I'm guessing it's the odd perspective. I wonder if birds have that problem in reverse.
And here we're on the ground, just after we landed. After I clicked the photo, I paused and wondered if a digital camera counted as a "personal electronic device." I decided it didn't, but when I turned to Steve and mentioned it, he assured me it did. Oh well, the plane didn't crash, so all's good.
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