Charlotte-Seattle flight AA1900: Great Smoky Mtn, Mississippi, Rockies, Yellowstone 2015-11-14
On a clear fall-foliage day, a morning Charlotte-to-Seattle flight sails west from the Piedmont above the Appalachian Mountains to beyond western Idaho before descending through the low cloud and fog of Washington State to land northbound at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. An informative classic-era pilot embellishes the passage with informative flight-position comments.
0:27-1:14 Cockpit flight announcement
5:10 Takeoff run begins on 36C
6:00 Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina (upper right)
6:50-7:25 Interstate 485, North Carolina
7:33-7:55 Mountain Island Lake continuing past Mountain Island HydroElectric Facility dam as Catawba River
12:00-12:25 Kings Mountain Reservoir, North Carolina
12:30-13:20 Shelby, North Carolina
14:50-15:15 South Mountain Park, Connelly Springs, NC
15:30-15:40 South Broadway, Forest City, North Carolina
15:55-16:15 Spindale, North Carolina
17:50-18:20 Lake Lure, Rutherford County, western North Carolina
19:30-20:05 Hendersonville, North Carolina
22:20-22:40 Evergreen Packaging paper mill, Canton, North Carolina
22:45-26:05 Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina & Tennessee
26:10-27:00 Douglas Lake (formerly French Broad River)
27:35 Sevierville, Tennessee (TN)
27:45 Pigeon Forge, TN
30:40-32:40 Knoxville, TN
33:10-33:20 Edgemoor Road, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Clinton / Oak Ridge, TN
33:25-33:55 Oak Ridge, TN
34:05-35:35 Walden Ridge, TN
35:00-37:15 Crab Orchard Mountains of southern Cumberland Mountains
37:15- Cumberland Plateau
37:55-38:05 Lake Cumberland, Kentucky (KY)
38:10-38:55 Cumberland River, KY
38:55-39:22 Cumberland River, TN
39:08-39:10 Celina, TN
40:30-40:40 9995 Clay County Hwy, Moss, TN
41:28-42:00 Bowling Green, KY
42:00-42:06 In-flight breakfast
42:20-42:25 Ohio River at Cave-In-Rock, Illinois (IL)
42:55-43:10 Marion, TN
43:30-43:45 Rosiclare, IL
45:35-45:45 Marion, IL
47:00-47:15 Williamson County Regional Airport, Marion, IL
47:10-47:30 Crab Orchard Lake, Williamson County, IL
47:40-48:25 Carbondale, IL
48:45-53:20 Mississippi River Missouri (MO) / IL
53:40-54:30 Bonne Terre, MO
54:50-56:00 Sullivan, MO
56:10-56:30 Missouri River (in eastern Missouri State)
56:25 Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Jefferson City, MO
56:30-57:30 Jefferson City, MO
57:45-59:00? Missouri River, MO
58:45-58:50 Waverly, MO
1:00:40 Missouri Route 13 crossing Missouri River, MO
1:01:00 Henrietta, MO
1:01:15-1:01:40 Richmond, MO
1:02:15 Crystal Lakes, MO
1:02:40-1:03:25 Excelsior Springs, MO
1:03:55-1:04:45 St Joseph, MO
1:04:50-1:05:20 Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St Joseph, MO
1:06:45-1:07:15 Hiawatha, KS
1:07:30-1:08:00 Sabetha, KS
1:08:25-1:09:00 Pawnee City, Nebraska (NE)
1:09:20-1:09:55 Beatrice, NE
1:10:00-1:10:25 Geneva, NE
1:10:45-1:11:35 Sutton, NE
1:11:50-1:12:00 Aurora, NE
1:12:10-1:12:25 Giltner, NE
1:12:45-1:14:00 Grand Island NE
1:14:20-1:14:45 Wood River NE
1:15:15-1:15:40 Ravenna, NE
1:16:25-1:16:55 Broken Bow, NE
1:21:55-1:23:55 Niobrara River, NE
1:28:25-1:29:05 Lusk, Wyoming (WY)
1:29:45-1:31:10 Landscape of Niobrara County, WY, USA
1:30:00-1:30:28 US Route 18 & 20, Wyoming
1:31:30 Lake at coordinates 43.068515, -105.518168 on Highland Loops in Converse County, WY
1:32:10-1:40:10 Bighorn Mountains WY
1:36:18 Thermopolis WY
1:36:30-1:56:42 Absaroka Range, Shoshone National Forest WY
1:44:00-1:45:35 Yellowstone Lake, WY
1:45:40 Beginning of descent for landing
2:05:35 Touchdown on runway 34L
Flight Aware tracking of this flight:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL1900/history/20151114/1229Z/KCLT/KSEA
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