ACMESkydiver 0 #1 October 12, 2007 ...that's where my baby girl is. Alaska Airlines has a 'flight tracker' feature and I'm watching my baby fly across the country... I'm starting to wonder if this flight tracker is a good thing or a bad thing. 2 hours to go.~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #2 October 12, 2007 [Disclaimer: Not being morbid] 35,000'...what a long freefall. Pull at 3000', 32000' of freefall... that's what, 2min 40sec? Wow...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #3 October 12, 2007 Your kid is at the controls? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #4 October 12, 2007 You had me all excited to read a minnesota story dangit..... Oh well, It did remind me that i should go up there one of these days to see the kin folk...... HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #5 October 12, 2007 Quote Your kid is at the controls? I did buy her the movie 'Junior Pilot', so I'm sure she'd do fine if her piloting-skills-acquired-via-movie-watching were necessary. She has also flown with mama before. She really liked getting to wear a headset. She even saw us almost hit a coyote on the runway on one of those flights. We had to do a go around because said critter froze and wouldn't move. I have some angst and can't leave my Alaska Air tracker at the moment. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #6 October 12, 2007 Quote [Disclaimer: Not being morbid] 35,000'...what a long freefall. Pull at 3000', 32000' of freefall... that's what, 2min 40sec? Wow... I'm f*cking paranoid enough as it is, thanks a lot! Ok back in control. Just climbed to 36,400 now at 525 knots. More freefall time for you. Easy flight for my daughter... 1 hr, 18 minutes of flight time left and then she calls me from Newark airport on her brand new cell phone. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #7 October 12, 2007 Quote You had me all excited to read a minnesota story dangit..... Dude nothing EVER happens in Minnesota. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #8 October 12, 2007 Over Michigan now at FL 370, and slowed to 489 knots... 1 hour 6 minutes ETA.~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #9 October 12, 2007 Quote Dude nothing EVER happens in Minnesota. Hey, back in 1971 a great thing happened up there.... HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #10 October 12, 2007 Quote Quote Dude nothing EVER happens in Minnesota. Hey, back in 1971 a great thing happened up there.... ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #11 October 12, 2007 HOORAY!! They're starting their descent over Pennsylvania... At 31800 now and heading down. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #12 October 12, 2007 They're at 15,300 feet now and 12 minutes out. There's your jump run...um, as long as you're ok with jumping a 737 w/speed of 407 knots. Meh...they're at 13,400' at a mere 397 knots now. You're good. They need to hurry so I can get a damn shower. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #13 October 12, 2007 Quote They're at 15,300 feet now and 12 minutes out. There's your jump run...um, as long as you're ok with jumping a 737 w/speed of 407 knots. Meh...they're at 13,400' at a mere 397 knots now. You're good. DOOR!!! (little old ladies screaming in fright...)Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #14 October 12, 2007 Jay-sus...they keep pushing the ETA out 2 minutes over and over...Looks like they are in a holding pattern. Same altitude, same speed...longer ETA. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #15 October 12, 2007 Quote Dude nothing EVER happens in Minnesota. Did I ever tell you the one about the professional wrestler that ran for governor?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #16 October 12, 2007 Quote Quote Dude nothing EVER happens in Minnesota. Did I ever tell you the one about the professional wrestler that ran for governor? That's not news. Ex-entertainers have run for a won tons of political positions...Hell we elected an actor president. (And he was pretty damn good, says I) Oh and PS...baby-girl landed safe and sound; she called me from her cell phone. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #17 October 12, 2007 QuoteOh and PS...baby-girl landed safe and sound; she called me from her cell phone. COOL.... So like is yr daughter at the controls or just taken a plane ride to somewhere? I remember tracking my daughters from CMI to DFW to JFK and over to Heathrow... Cant remember those letters tho.... That was alot of fun doing shots, cleaning house, watching the plane tweak itself across the screen....!!! WooHoo I said when it popped up on the screen that they landed!!! Big fun that night was .. : DD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davedlg 0 #18 October 13, 2007 Not just Alaska Airlines, you can track any IFR flight by flight number or the plane's tail number at flightaware.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #19 October 13, 2007 Quote Quote Oh and PS...baby-girl landed safe and sound; she called me from her cell phone. COOL.... So like is yr daughter at the controls or just taken a plane ride to somewhere? I sure hope they didn't let her fly! That was a 737 and she's 11. She doesn't have her private yet. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grips 0 #20 October 13, 2007 I love when chicks speak nerd pilot talk. Flying babies...WHoooOoaoaoaooaaAaaa! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #21 October 13, 2007 QuoteNot just Alaska Airlines, you can track any IFR flight by flight number or the plane's tail number at flightaware.comThat site's cool as hell. My relatives are flying to Ha. in the AM. Gonna check it out. Thanks for the link.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
