May 21st, 2021. (Uploaded here in September 2022). Nonstop flight.
-Trip Report, solo Vlog, POV recording, photo slideshow, editing, Iphone SE, GoPro Hero 2018.
-Same video on my main YouTube, 5keeper7ful: https://youtu.be/IuTiVlyGbPo
-New Orleans, Louisiana to Phoenix, Arizona
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
-MSY to PHX. MSY-PHX.
-Boeing 737-700 & -800 aircraft. Long distance round trip travel in a single day. Morning to afternoon to evening to night. Long layover in between flights. This return trip came after the outbound trip: Phoenix (PHX) to Dallas (DAL) to New Orleans (MSY). Left Arizona in the morning, back home in Arizona at night. Departure and arrival! Boarding passes and fridge magnets are shown at the end.
-Inside the gate, taxi to runway, Takeoff (climb & ascent to cruising altitude), flight attendant announcements after surpassing 10,000 feet.
-Snack and drink service, Landing (descent & final approach), touchdown on runway, flight attendant "welcome" announcements , taxi to the gate, parking.
-Awesome views [behind the wing, from the window seat] of: Sky Harbor terminals and runways, Camelback Mountain, Papago Park, Salt River, Tempe, Scottsdale, Mesa, Gilbert, Downtown New Orleans in distance (takeoff to the east/turn around to the west), swamp lands, MSY runways and terminals.
-Seats, tray tables, flaps, landing gear, terminals, fun solo getaway, passengers, pilots, desert valley, mountains, lakes & rivers, America, trees, freeways & cars, people. Clouds, sunny skies, clear skies, overcast, cloudy skies, turbulence. Spring season, humidity, thunderstorms.
-Arizona (Tucson, Case Grande, Saguaro Lake/Canyon Lake/Roosevelt Lake, Tonto Forest, Globe), New Mexico (Roswell & Carlsbad Caverns & Albuquerque & Sandia Peak in distance), western & eastern Texas (Houston, El Paso, Las Cruces, Midland, Lubbock, Amarillo, Route 66), southern Louisiana (Baton Rouge & New Orleans).
-Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Katrina, flooding, Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain, freight shipping, industrial, railroads/trains, French Quarter, music: Jazz/Blues/Rock/Country, "Born on the Bayou" & "Proud Mary" by CCR/John Fogerty, "When the Saints Go Marching In" by Louis Armstrong, "Walking to New Orleans" by Fats Domino, "(I Could Only) Whisper Your Name" by Harry Connick Jr., Voodoo, black magic, Mardi Gras, costumes, steamboat cruise, paddle boat cruise, alligators and crocodiles, muddy waters, cinema: 'Song of the South', 'Forrest Gump', 'Princess and the Frog', Food: Gumbo, shrimp, Creole and Cajun, history, culture, artwork, people/family, United States of America, Bible Belt, deep south, south central region, Brown Pelican, Magnolia flower, New Orleans Square at Disneyland (Splash Mountain ride in Critter Country, Mark Twain Riverboat on the Rivers of America). elevation at or below sea level.
*Arriving at/Departing from Dallas Love Field, home of Southwest airlines: This time I
