January 25th, 2020. (Edited & Uploaded in February 2020)
-Trip Report, Vlog, my window seat view/POV videos, Photo slideshow. Hope you enjoy!
-San Bernardino/Riverside County (Inland Empire, CA) to Maricopa County (East Valley, AZ). Speed! Comfort! Convenience! Daytime, midday, west coast USA, southwest USA.
-I took a quick/solo trip from Phoenix, Arizona to Ontario, California and back. I planned this in advance, for fun and to fill a longtime void.
-This is part 2 of my round trip in the same day (Return home).
Part 1 (PHX-ONT, leaving home) was uploaded just before on my channel.
-My full/complete flight from Ontario International Airport in CA (ONT) to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in AZ (PHX). ONT to PHX, ONT-PHX. Just under 1 hour!
-Southwest Airlines, Boeing 737-700 aircraft.
-This is in my playlist "Flights/Travels 2".
-Original upload on my main YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgkbVKz9cwc
-Window seat/right side/behind the wing POV of: taxi to runway, takeoff, most of flight with snack & drink service, landing, and taxi to the gate.
-Flight attendant announcement after surpassing altitude of 10,000 feet. Plus the "Welcome" announcement after arriving.
-Smooth ride, little to no turbulence. A few clouds. Mostly clear and sunny. Not as much smog in SoCal at this time of year. A bit of snow on the mountains. Saguaro cactus, sand and rocks, palm trees, pine trees, foothills, dry heat, cooler, humidity.
-Liftoff, ascent, cruise at cruising altitude, descent, approach/final approach, touchdown.
-Filmed with a handheld GoPro & Iphone SE.
-Awesome views of: ONT airport runways and terminals, San Gabriel Mountains, Rancho Cucamonga, Interstate 10 Freeway, Pomona, 60 Freeway, 71 Freeway, Los Angeles (in the distance, cloud covered/fogged in), Chino/Chino Hills, Norco, 91 Freeway, Interstate 15 Freeway, Corona/El Cerrito area, Orange County (in the distance, cloud covered/fogged in), Pacific Ocean, Santa Ana Mountains & foothills, Cleveland National Forest, Lake Elsinore/Wildomar area, Murrieta, I-215 Freeway, Temecula, I- 15 south towards San Diego, southern Menifee, Highway 79, Skinner Reservoir, Highway 371, Santa Rosa Wilderness, Mecca, Salton Sea, Imperial/El Centro (in distance), AZ/CA state line & Colorado River, Cibola (south of Blythe), Highway 95, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, I-8 Freeway (in distance), Highway 85, Buckeye, Goodyear/Avondale, Estrella Mountain, Tolleson, Loop 202 South Mtn Freeway extension (opened Dec, 2019), South Mountain, southern Phoenix, I-17 Freeway, western Salt River (dry), 51/I-10 Freeways, Sky Harbor runways and terminals. To the east is Tempe & Mesa.
*I finally took this specific flight/route/round trip again, on Southwest Airlines, for the first time since 1999. (it's been 21 years!!)
On a few occasions back in the 90's (I was just a young boy), we either flew Southwest or America West, to/from PHX Sky Harbor. Our main local/home airport was Ontario (ONT).
-ONT to Colorado Springs, takeoff/landing POV (Summer '07): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_ptCRt8CNw (Full edited video on my 2nd channel)
It wasn't until 2007 that I had a camcorder and started filming or taking photos.
-Arrival into ONT from DFW at night (Summer '07): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTNpUmsVTAU&t=183s (Full edited return home video on 2nd channel, ORF to DFW to ONT)
-In 2018, I flew PHX to SNA (Orange County), PHX to BUR (Burbank), & PHX to SAN (San Diego). I still have to do PHX to LAX (Los Angeles).
-Context: I wanted to show what is an important part of my history, from when I was growing up to now as a young adult. I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, but mostly raised and grew up in SoCal. For many years and many occasions, we would make a trip over to AZ to visit my Grandma (mom's mom) in Sun City. The same route (5 1/2 hrs, back & forth on I-10) which I know so well. Or at least a few times, the quick 1 hr ONT-PHX & PHX-ONT flights.
Later on, we still made trips over here to visit with my Uncle/Aunt/Cousin, or go up to Show Low.
-Now I officially live here in AZ for good. Therefore, I'm sort of a tourist when going back to CA. How ironic, right?
I now live in Mesa, east of Phoenix, AZ. I used to live in Corona (where my dad still lives) and then Lake Elsinore most of my life until early 2018.
-My mom and uncles originally grew up in Mesa. My mom and dad eventually met during college as students of ASU.
*Check out my two part driving trip compilations (AZ & CA, 2018/2019) on my channel, uploaded right before this:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obeYsW0c164&t=1280s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf9ILb3Hhlo&t=4472s
