Hello Everyone,
During my trip to Fort Lauderdale, it was time to fly onwards to Portland with United on the 757-200 via Houston.
I booked a basic economy fare and paid for seat selection in advance. Fare was pretty reasonable on this route, around £100.
This would be our ride for today, N33103, a 28 year old 757-200.
Looks like our bird has taken some beatings over it's 28 year history with UA.
Views from seat 28A.
I paid for seat selection in advance and was able to grab a window next to a blocked middle seat. I believe this is due to new FAA weight and balance calculations. United has blocked 6 middle seats on the 757s over winter for this purpose.
We departed on schedule and made our way into the dark Florida skies. What a powerful takeoff!
After takeoff, there was a drinks run with buy on board service. I opted for some coffee and apple juice, was given the full can too!
Beautiful sunrise from 36,000ft; always worth the early wake up!
Those PTV's had definitely seen their day; very difficult to operate, reinforced by the person behind punching their fingers into my back for the duration of the flight. I eventually gave up trying to get this to function and used some of the wifi functions on my phone.
Beginning the descent for Houston.
Approach and landing after a flying time of 2 hours and 23 minutes.
Parked next to one of my favourites.
Always good to catch a 757!
Punctual flight with United, friendly crew.
PTV's obviously a let down and need renewed.
Uneventful flight.
3 Comments
I love those overhead panels and brownish colors. So vintage!
You mean, the whole can as part of the complimentary drinks run? Wow!
Wonderful view, indeed!
Is that a touchscreen? I didn't even know that technology existed 28 years ago!
Thanks for sharing this interesting flight! I wish I had more aircrafts to choose from where I live.
Have a nice weekend!
Thanks for sharing!
In fact, the youngest 757 in the world is almost 20 years old.
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