This is another one of those flights I’ve taken that I’ve recreated in Infinite Flight. I came to LA from Nashville on New Year’s Day on a Southwest 737-700 on what has to be one of the longest routes that they operate the type on.
Server: Solo
Airline: Southwest Airlines
Aircraft: Boeing 737-700
Origin: Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee (BNA)
Destination: Hollywood Burbank Airport, Burbank, California (BUR)
Flight Number: WN3662
Route: KBNA-KBUR
Seat: 10A
Time En Route: 4 Hours 47 Minutes
Ready to board on a bleak midwinter morning in Nashville at Gate C25. Our aircraft today is N7730A, an 18.5 year-old 737-7BD, formerly N292AT of airTran.
Starting to taxi our past the fuel tank farm
Turning onto Runway 02L for departure
Taking off over I40
Climbing out near Dickson Municipal Airport, M02, the first airport I ever remember visting
At our initial cruising altitude of 34,000 feet, where we’ll be spending a while to burn off some fuel before climbing up to 38,000 feet
Just passed the Grand Canyon, which you really only get a sense of the true extent of it from the air
Final descent into Burbank over Palmdale, having flown over Air Force Plant 42 at Palmdale Airport and the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, which contains a number of rare and unique aircraft, such as a C-46D Commando, the Scaled Composites Triumph, an AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missile, a SR-71 Blackbird and an A-12 Oxcart, one of two NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, and the world’s only surviving B-52F Stratofortress
Smooth landing in Burbank. On my arrival IRL, the touchdown was a lot bumpier and there was a World Atlantic Airlines MD-83 on the Million Air Ramp.
Disembarking from both the front and rear exit doors means you have an opportunity to get some cool pictures of your aircraft, as we’re able to do here at Gate A6 after waiting a few minutes for it to be cleared. This aircraft won’t be spending long in Burbank, as it’ll get turned around to go to Las Vegas as WN2305.