Portland to Puerto Vallarta
I don’t have much to explain today, which is good because my phone is at 19%. Basically, I was looking for a good 737 route that I could fly for @AmericanVirtual because I actually hadn’t flown the reworked 737 until yesterday. I was looking through ASVA codeshare routes and I found KPDX-MMPR, MMPR is Puerto Vallarta which is a city in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is a major tourist destination. Puerto Vallarta is named after Ignacio Vallarta, a former governor of Jalisco. I love Portland, and I knew the views would be great so I was looking forward to this route. I took off just after 5:45 AM in Portland which was just after sunrise and flew South through California and into Mexico where we arrived after 4 hours and 6 minutes.
Flight Details
KPDX-MMPR • PDX-PVR
Portland to Puerto Vallarta
Alaska (AAVA) 643
Boeing 737-900
@Ur_Friendly_Approach @JulianB
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At the gate as the sun rises to our East The sun glistens into the cockpit as we taxi out to the runway Rotating at sunrise in front of Mount Hood to the Northeast of Portland The green lush hills of Oregon as we fly south At 33,000 feet above the bay and the city of Oakland The California paradise of Palm Springs Just south of the Arizona border with Mexico as the scenery stays its desert beige color Gear down over the Pacific Ocean 5 miles from the airport The amazing approach into Puerto Vallarta Waking up all of Mexico with that landing, but on the ground in Puerto Vallarta!
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Which of these is NOT a sister city to Puerto Vallarta?
- Santa Barbara, California
- Parkland, Utah
- Highland Park, Illinois
Only one person got this quiz wrong so I won’t even tell you guys the answer 😂