{"id":11740,"date":"2025-02-08T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/?p=11740"},"modified":"2025-02-08T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T16:18:10","slug":"down-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnielee.com\/wordpress\/down-below\/","title":{"rendered":"Down Below"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

View from the window seat<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It’s a three and a half hour flight from Las Vegas back home to Grand Rapids. Unlike many of the other travelers who nap or watch movies on their cellphone, I spend most of this time looking out of the window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been an aviation enthusiast since I was a young kid. Later on we had a company that made flight simulator software. So all-in-all I’ve had many opportunities to observe the skies and terrain from above for both hobby and profession. In short, I enjoy flying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow me it you too have this interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AAY Flight 2177 from LAS to GRR takes us over the Rockies and the central part of the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the most part on this January day the skies were cloudless so I had a nice view of the scenery and terrain during daylight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here we are taxiing for takeoff. The huge pyramid is the Luxor Casino Resort.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The airport is adjacent to the iconic LV Strip so you can see some of the city’s many casinos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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During takeoff you have a nice view of The Strip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Sphere is one of Vega’s newest attractions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As the aircraft turns you can see the Las Vegas Speedway to the north.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Now turning east we pass by the Mountain View Solar facility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Echo Bay is part of Lake Mead which supplies most of the water and electrical power (with the help of the Hoover Dam) for LV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Heading northeast we see the Colorado River snaking through the White Canyon area in northern AZ\/southern UT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This is the San Juan River in Utah feeding the Colorado River and eventually Lake Powell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As a “nerd” I ook for airports below. This is the Montrose Muni Airport (MTJ) in Colorado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Cheyenne County Muni Airprot (SYF) in Kansas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Central Nebraska Regional AIrport (GRI) Grand Island, NE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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As we fly over Iowa we caught this guy just passing by<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Arriving in Grand Rapids we can see the marshallers working in the 10-degree temperature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After leaving a warm and sunny Las Vegas we arrived to western Michigan’s snow and cold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another flight completed and a bunch more photographs for my archives. Can you tell that I’m an aviation geek?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arnie Lee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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