Western Airline Having Fun With Beautiful Sunset Arrival

[aharon]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting a beautiful sunset flight from PAJN Juneau International Airport located seven nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Juneau in Alaska to PAFA Fairbanks International Airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks

Taxiing to short of runway 26



Holding short of runway 26 awaiting for take off clearance from the airport tower



Engines roaring with heavy thick smoke as the plane after receiving take off clearance starts to enter into runway for take off



Engine thrust being revved up with thick smokes to start runway take off



Roaring down the runway during take off run



Airborne on climb to FL330 via waypoints SSR OMSUN GLOWS PERZO CACHE



Still doing power climbing



Beautiful wing view



Approaching Chichagof island on way to SSR waypoint



Intercepting SSR waypoint and making right turn toward north to the destination



Wing view of Excursion Inlet which is renowned for largest fish canneries in the world



Climbing climbing climbing



Now cruising at FL330 although it is weird to see sun and half moon in same screenshot



Cruising along Glacier Bay National Park and Reserve



Wing view of waters of Southeast Alaska Dive Fishery Research Areas



Cruising



Sun starting to set



Wing view of sun starting to set



Passing Kluane National Park and Reserve



Dig beautiful sunset above landscape of Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Reserve



Cruising



Passing famous McKinley mountains during descent



Wing view of same mountain range



Sorry cannot resist beauty of sunset



Descending through clouds



Flying through clouds is EXCITING and FUN as long as you have radar capable of spotting other aircrafts



At 5,000 ft on way to runway 02L



On final runway approach



Passing waters of Chena river with background view of town of Chena



Approaching airport



Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN



Engaging reverse thrusters with background view of Alaska Airline hangar



Slowing down with background view of airport terminal



Exiting from runway 02L into taxiway B on way to gate 6



Taxiing from taxiway B to taxiway A





Entering into passenger apron



Dig awesome wing views



Getting ready to approach gate 6



Entering into gate 6 while Fed Ex tractor with trays of packages holds its position



Arriving at gate 6



Jetway connecting to the plane



Thank you for viewing!! Please stay tuned for next exciting flight!!

Regards,

Aharon

[Tom/CalClassic]

Nice flight and one of the best jet delivery schemes.

[Pacific SMX]

Thank you for the flight. A beautiful one as always, and I agree with Tom on the scheme. I flew on a Western 720B from Seattle to SFO at the tender age of 9 in 1962, traveling by myself no less. Times are different today. I do remember the flight though- more leg room than a 9 year old would ever need. Lunch was even served back in those days. And who can ever forget, "The only way to fly..."

Regards,
Phil

[aharon]

Tom and Pacific SMX,

Thanks for your kind words.

Tom,

I agree with you but I prefer Western's creme color Indian chief livery. Famous Gary Harper did me very kind favor painting for me creme color Indian chief livery with amazing crisp sharp airline font for KBT Electra L188 but cream color Indian chief Western livery with crisp sharp airline font for 707, 727, and 737 is STILL holy grail for me as well as for anyone!! Not sure if Western used cream color Indian chief livery for DC-6 as I see no photograph evidence for that while there are plenty of photograph evidences for cream color Indian chief livery for 707, 727, and 737 as well as Electra L188 that you already saw in my other previous post in CalClassic Discussion subforum of CalClassics forums.

Pacific SMX,

Nice to meet you and please enjoy my past as well as my future screenshots!!

Regards,

Aharon

[Pacific SMX]

Hi Aharon,

Thanks. A pleasure to meet you as well. I've always enjoyed your screen shots and definitely appreciate your enthusiasm. We all have to admit that Tom's site here is the best on the internet for that period that we all enjoy flying in. The fact that folks from all over the globe come here to share their experiences, questions, comments and projects says something in itself. I especially like the camaraderie that we all feel here.

Keep up the great work and thank you again.

Regards,
Phil

[aharon]

Aug 21, 2019 16:00:35 GMT -5 Pacific SMX said:

We all have to admit that Tom's site here is the best on the internet for that period that we all enjoy flying in. The fact that folks from all over the globe come here to share their experiences, questions, comments and projects says something in itself.

Pacificsmx,

Thanks for your kind words and I agree with your comment on Tom especially he is very generous enough to allow screenshots of historic jets on his CalClassic forums!

Regards,

Aharon

[Bjoern]

The best read about Western you can find:
www.amazon.com/only-way-fly-Airlines-Americas-dp-0385013426/dp/0385013426/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

(Grab it used.)

[qxtoolman]

Aharon, Great shots as usual... but You missed the most important shot coming-in or going out of Juneau. You missed a shot of the "Mendenhall Glacier". Having had been into & out of Juneau several times, the true highlight is looking out of the window and seeing the Glacier, almost right outside. Sometimes it almost appears that you could reach out and touch it. Also too You have got to watch out, or You could have a "Salmon 707". Shalom Alechem - Stefan

[Deleted]

Yes have to agree Tom, those Western Livery's are very nice a class of their own.

[aharon]

Qxtoolman,

Thank you for your kind words.

Mikeh,

Thank you for viewing my screenshot flight report

Aug 22, 2019 20:39:24 GMT -5 qxtoolman said:

but You missed the most important shot coming-in or going out of Juneau. You missed a shot of the "Mendenhall Glacier". Having had been into & out of Juneau several times, the true highlight is looking out of the window and seeing the Glacier, almost right outside. Sometimes it almost appears that you could reach out and touch it.

Qxtoolman,

Thanks for tip. Despite taking off from PAJN runway 26 many times on FSX, I never knew about your interesting tip regarding marvelous view on right side. The problem is that when I take off from runway 26, I have to make sharp left turn after being airborne to avoid high hill therefore I get marvelous view on left side while the plane is tilted to left side during sharp left turn meaning when I look at right side, I see blue sky, not ground. Also it is going to be impossible or tough to take screenshots IMMEDIATELY after take off as I am taking off from live action airport meaning I cannot take pleasure screenshots during live take off path where there are planes on the airport waiting for take off.

Regards,

Aharon