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 CRob21 |
Return flight tonight, June 17th, please track!!! |
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Posts: 55 (06/17/09 06:22:37) |
Thanks to everyone who tracked my flight over, but now Im flying home... please check in on me if you can!
Alaska Airlines Flight 15, Boston to Seattle leaving at 6:15pm Eastern time. Thanks! Craig |
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Posts: 72 (06/17/09 15:19:11) |
OK Craig, looks like you left 11 minutes late but at 7:15 pm EST you're climbing through 31,000 feet at 418 knots. I see you're on a 737-800 series.
Nice, big plane. Looks like you're over Vermont right now. Kick back and enjoy!
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Posts: 73 (06/17/09 16:54:49) |
Alright Craig ... it is almost 8 pm central and you look to be cruising at 36,000 feet over Lake Superior at 421 knots. Must be a gorgeous view of the Great
Lakes. Hope you're enjoying it. Looks like you have about 3 1/2 hours left.
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Posts: 76 (06/17/09 19:01:05) |
At 10 pm, you're over the great state of Montana at 38,000 feet ... 1 hour, 20 minutes left and it all looks good into SeaTac. Let us know how it all went
but your flight looks fine and uneventful, like millions of others!
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