Yet another retro flight!

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Hello beautiful humans of IFC :waving_hand:
Last night to end the week, I decided to do a flight for Southwest Virtual, but just any flight… ohh no. I decided to replicate one of Southwests’ charter flights from the mid 80s to Jackson Hole! For the winter seasons between 1985 and 1990, Southwest flew their 737-200’s to Jackson :snow_capped_mountain:from Oakland, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Denver (Stapelton), Dallas-Love, Houston-Hobby and Chicago-Midway! Unfortunately we dont have the 732 in IF so I had to resort to the Desert Gold -700 :heart::orange_heart::yellow_heart:!! Enjoy the photos :grin:

Flight Details

Server: Expert
Aircraft: B737-700
Departure Airport: Houston Hobby KHOU
Arrival Airport: Jackson Hole KJAC
Speed: Mach 0.78
Altitude: FL380, FL400
Flight Time: 3hrs

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Sitting at gate 44 is our beautiful gold bird N742SW; a 1998 built 737-700 that was delivered to Southwest the same year! It was only a few gates down from my arrival gate where I flew in a few hours earlier on a Southwest max 8 :heart_eyes::snow_capped_mountain:!

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Departing right on time from 13R!

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Passing over IAH at about 20,000 ft.

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At our initial cruising altitude of FL380 as we fly over Dallas/Fort Worth airport!!

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Hey it’s my home airport of DIA whilst I attend college in Northern Colorado!

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Passing one of my Cheeky airports on initial descent to Jackson! Whoever guesses the bison correctly get’s a bison :upside_down_face:

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Passing the town of Jackson on a left downwind visual approach for runway 19! The winds shifted as I was turning a long final for runway 01 over Alpine so I had to fly a visual approach around Black Tail Butte! For a very long time prior to Jackson getting an ILS system, this approach was quite frequently used by GA and Airliners alike!

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Approach short final over the south entrance of GTNP and the small town of Moose WY :moose:

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Passing the numbers at about 75 ft able with the beautiful Tetons towering in the background! Contarary to popular belief, The Grand Teton isn’t Wyomings tallest peak :sob:. It it Gannet Peak in the Wind River range which stands a stupid 35 feet taller :unamused_face:.

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Parked up at the south end of the terminal apron with another beautiful view of the mountains! :snow_capped_mountain::heart_eyes:

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Did someone say Oakland???

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nooooooo of course not

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One stick of dynamite. One stick of dynamite is all I need to fix this.

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Maverick

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