Flying into Four Million

Minnesota Fun Fact

There’s more lakes by area in Minnesota then the entire area of Connecticut, Puerto Rico, Delaware, Rhode Island, or Guam

Departure Airport: Houghton County Memorial Airport (CMX/KCMX)
Arrival Airport: Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport (MSP/KMSP)
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Airline: Sun Country Airlines
Flight Time: 52 minutes
Server: Expert

Today, I hit 4,000,000 XP! Very fittingly, it was on a flight on my favorite airline into my favorite airport.


Pushing back at the small Houghton County Memorial Airport for our repositioning flight back to Minneapolis after working a charter in from Bullhead City, Arizona


Climbing over Michigan’s sparsely populated but beautiful Upper Peninsula. While the UP accounts for 29% of the state’s land, it holds only 3% of it’s people.


Climbing parallel to Lake Superior


The town of Ironwood, Michigan, which sits on the border with Wisconsin


Flight spoilers out as we approach a gusty Minneapolis


Turning final for Runway 30L


Not the best landing, unfortunately. The winds were quite challenging to contend with


At the gate for a revenue flight back to Michigan, this time to Traverse City


Let’s pretend we don’t see those landing stats, OK?

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My last landing from KLAX-MMMX was 401fpm + 2.3 g-force

Butttor!

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congrats on 4 mil! nice photos too.

butter​:zany_face:

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How did you survive that? Also 5000g’s is crazy the maximum g-force ever experienced is like 20 or 30gs

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I’m not a pilot, I’m a meteorite. :comet::skull::joy:

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Congratulations :confetti_ball::tada::balloon::bottle_with_popping_cork: for this achievement

… and nice pictures :+1:

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