Flight Log 5 – LGB to ORD

Warning cone
LGB to ORD

4 hours
1731 miles
Seat 9B

Ran to the airport late, the auto check-in didn’t work for me and the TSA felt they needed to check out my toiletries. I told the TSA agent that Long Beach was my favorite airport so far and showed him my LGB tattoo as proof. That only brought further delays as then all the other TSA agents needed to see it.

Still made my plane in time.

The flight was the longest one so far, but it wasn’t too bad. Watched some terrible movie on FX with Chow Yun Fat and that Stiffler kid. Terrible like a car wreck, couldn’t look away.

Now comes the part of the trip where I’m not staying places for very long. I’m looking forward to more flying!

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Nathan Black, September 21st 2009 | Tags: , , , , ,
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Flight Log 4 – OAK to LGB

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OAK to LGB

1 hour 21 minutes
352 miles
Seat 10F

Earlier in the week I realized that a 7:00 am departure time was really not going to happen after going to the Hubba Hubba Revue the night before. JetBlue was awesome about switching the flights over. I also sprang the extra $10 for the extra legroom. That put me in a window seat with an empty seat next to me. I was out like a light. Great news.

I’ve been taking self portraits on the flights before lift-off, I’ve gone back and added them to the previous flight logs.

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Nathan Black, September 20th 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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Flight Log 3 – SEA to SFO

Picking up chicks

SEA to LGB

Leg 1

SEA to LGB
2 hours 35 minutes
964 miles
Seat 6F

Sitting next to a woman and a lady that just got back from an Alaskan cruise. I got some amazing headphones on the last leg of the trip. The downside to them is that they are huge and send a signal that I don’t want to be talked to.

LGB to SFO

Leg 2

LGB to SFO
1 hour 23 minutes
353 miles
Seat 17A

After a few hours in Long Beach and lunch at The Pike I got back to the terminal and the flight was delayed an hour. Killed some time in the airport by shooting some real frequent flyers. You can see the whole set on flickr. The birds apparently just live there off the scraps and crumbs the jetters leave behind.

I just have to take a moment and give a shout out to an awesome JetBlue employee. Pam was super sweet and gave me her #aycj pin. Now I can be spotted on the road that much easier. Thanks Pam!

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Nathan Black, September 14th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , ,
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Flight Log 2 – LGB to SEA

Rebarking
LGB to SEA

2 hours 37 minutes
964 miles
Seat 13A -> Seats 14ABC

Managed to rook a kid into switching seats with me so he could sit next to his sweet heart. That put me in a row all by myself. Of course that meant I sat directly in front of a kid again, but this one wasn’t too bad. Even on what seemed to be a clear day on the ground, there was a layer of haze over Long Beach when viewed from the air.

With my Rounder playlist playing just a little bit louder than the engines of the plane I drifted off to sleep, only to be jarred awake by the wheels hitting the ground in Seattle.

LGB to SEA self portrait:

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Nathan Black, September 10th 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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Flight Log 1- AUS to LGB

Plane the first

2 hours 59 minutes
1223 miles
Seat 6A

I made it safe and sound to Long Beach. The flight was pretty straight forward and I shot somewhere around 80 pictures of clouds and the left wing of the plane. There was a kid who spent the first half of the flight yelling “Good bye Texas” in my ear, and the second half was “Hello California.” It was cuter than it sounds. For a while. But I was sitting next to his dad, so I couldn’t really snarl too much. I didn’t sleep so well last night since I was pretty worked up over the trip, but I managed to catch a few winks between good byes and hellos.

Debarking in Long Beach

But I got in just fine, and caught a bus to Broadway and Redondo, picked up the keys to Joey’s place at the bar and I am now settled in Long Beach. I got some awesome fish and chips at E. J. Malloy’s and now I’m wrapping up my day at The Library before we head out on the town.

Fish and chips at E. J. Malloy's Pub



AUS to LGB self portrait:
AUS to LGB Self Portrait

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Nathan Black, September 9th 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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