My colleague got hassled entering the US, I had to apply for a visa waiver at the last minute in the airport so almost missed my flight. In Denver all of United's flights were running late due to weather. Then the flight we were waiting on got held up coz there was a CRJ at our gate that was running late on departure. When our ERJ finally pulled in there was a delay of over an hour coz the wind-shield wiper was broken, then to top it all off our flight was oversold and we had to wait while people were encouraged to give up their seats for others so at least some of us could fly. I was the last one to get a seat forfeited by one of the volunteers so managed to get on board.
Sheesh, so much for the American aviation network
Anyway, I no complain, here's a few pics from the voyage down south...
A Thorn amongst Roses. A US Airways machine stuck between a bunch of WestJet 737s....
Arriving at Denver, yep apparently some snow on the ground...
A United CRJ parked at the gate....
CRJs for Africa around these parts...
The awesome (IMHO) Southwest livery, presently being replaced by a ghastly new one. LOADs of Southwest and United machines here as Denver is a hub for both..
There were at least two United B787s on the ground while I was there...
Finally got to see my first MD-80, love these machines...
And finally the broken wiper on our ERJ which was holding up our departure to Dallas, yes this old dude is attacking the blade with a pair of pliers...
Leaving Dallas in the evening so may not get any more pics from here sadly, possibly a few more from Vancouver when I head home on the weekend.
Toodle-pip
, I also noticed the trusty 'Harman' aircraft tugs, WWII design - those are 1950 models but show how good they are, used on aircraft carrier decks right into the 1980s simply they were so hardy to the cold ... superb photos tho I'm almost getting a cold with that snow.
Was a shame as it certainly looked great from the air. I have had a few trips to Oregon and California before and got up into the hills and lakes etc but would have loved to have done the same in Colorado and Texas. The Texas snow event isnt as rare as you might think, the lads I was working with were locals and said they last had snow about 6 years ago. What is also common is freezing rain during the winter which really plays havoc as they just dont have the infrastructure to deal with it, and the drivers really dont know how to drive safely in winter conditions, makes for some crazy motorway pile-ups apparently.
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