Flight Information
Server ~ Expert
Route ~ KJFK - TNCM
Aircraft ~ Airbus A321 (JetBlue - A Defining MoMint)
Howdy! Since it is summer, I thought to myself “Hmm… Where could I, an avgeek, go on vacation, to still relax, and watch airplanes?” And then, it hit me: Sint Maarten! The beautiful Island in the Caribbean! I immediately booked a flight with JetBlue, and it turned out, I got get the chance to fly on a Special Livery! So, first, I got to the Airport, checked in my luggage, and all that boring stuff. Then, I saw my Aircraft:
Our Aircraft for today is: N982JB. I was boarding group B. When the person boarding, Flight 1087 said: B, like Beautiful! Welcome aboard!" I immediately ran over there! I was first line! When I got to my seat, this is what I saw:
My seat was: Row 16, Seat F. It was a great view! Finally, we started our Pushback! It was not a long Taxi, since we were at Terminal 5, Gate 14, and we were going to take off on Runway 22R. Sadly, I didn’t get a picture of my plane taxiing.
Then, yes, finally, we took off!
It was a pretty bumpy takeoff due to a lot of winds, but it was survivable… Then, we climbed to FL340, our cruising altitude for today’s flight:
“Ladies and Gentlemen from the Flight deck, this is your Captain speaking, we have reached our cruising altitude of 34,000 feet for Today’s flight to Princess’s Juliana International Airport. I will take the Seatbelt sign off, since it seems to be pretty smooth sailing. If you are thirsty, or hungry, the Girls/Boys will come around with some Drinks and Snacks. Thank you for choosing JetBlue, and we hope you have a great rest of your flight!”
Cruising somewhere over the Bermuda Triangle:
Land in Sight! After about 2 hours of cruising time, we finally started our descend!
Gear Down! Turning Inbound to Runway 10: (Yes! The iconic “Maho Beach” approach!!!)
There it is! Maho Beach:
Touchdown in Saint Maarten: (One of my smoothest landings yet)
After landing, we back-taxiied, since we didn’t stop in time for the last exit.
After 3h 20 min of flight time, we finally arrived at our Gate!
Thanks for viewing!
(As always) Which picture was your favorite?
- At the Gate in JFK
- Taking off
- Climbing
- Cruising
- Land in Sight!
- Turning Inbound
- Maho Beach
- Touchdown
- Back-Taxiing
- At the Gate in Saint Maarten