October 2nd, 2020. (Uploaded here in April 2022).
Full title: "Southwest Airlines - Full Flight POV: Phoenix, Arizona (PHX) to Portland, Oregon (PDX).
-Trip report, solo Vlog, POV recording, photo slideshow, editing, Iphone SE, GoPro Hero 2018.
-Same video on my main YouTube channel, 5keeper7ful: https://youtu.be/vUajuNW6WwA
-Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Portland International Airport
-PHX to PDX. PHX-PDX.
-Southwest desert valley region USA to Pacific Northwest mountain region (West Coast) USA.
-Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Long distance round trip travel in a single day. Morning to midday to afternoon to evening to night. Brief layovers in between flights. After this outbound trip came the return trip: Portland (PDX) to Las Vegas (LAS) to Phoenix (PHX). Left Arizona in the morning, back home in Arizona at nighttime. Departure and arrival! Boarding passes and fridge magnets are shown at the end.
-Inside the gate, taxi to runway, Takeoff (climb & ascent to cruising altitude), flight attendant announcements after surpassing 10,000 feet.
-Snack and drink service, Landing (descent & final approach), touchdown on runway, flight attendant "welcome" announcements , taxi to the gate, parking.
-Awesome views [behind the wing, from the window seat] of: Sky Harbor terminals & runways, Salt River, 202 loop & 101 loop freeways, ASU campus, north Tempe, Papago Park, Mesa to the south, Camelback Mountain, Scottsdale, Phoenix area in distance, Sun City/Peoria in distance, Interstate 17 freeway, Lake Pleasant, Prescott, Interstate 40 freeway, 93 freeway, Colorado River, Interstate 15 freeway, Las Vegas to the north (opposite side), Jean & Primm in distance, Pahrump, Highway 160, Death Valley, Mono Lake & Yosemite National Park in distance, Carson City & Lake Tahoe, Reno, Honey Lake, Mount Shasta, Klamath, Bend & three sisters mountains, Salem, Pacific Ocean in distance, Interstate 5 freeway, Downtown Portland & Washington Park, Willamette River, 205 freeway, Gresham, Mount Hood to the east (opposite side), Columbia River, southern Washington state, IKEA store, PDX terminals & runway.
-Seats, tray tables, flaps, landing gear, terminals, fun solo getaway, passengers, pilots, desert valley, mountains, lakes & rivers, oceans, plains, farms, rolling hills, trees, freeways & cars, people. Cloud cover, Clouds, fog, cloudy, hazy, smoggy, smoke in the air from fires, sunny skies, clear skies, cloudy skies, turbulence.
-This was my first time in Portland or anywhere near the Pacific Northwest since our family road trip in the summer of 2005.
-Family Trip to NorCal, Oregon, Washington (Summer 2005): https://youtu.be/NA0X-v9mQdU
Finally back after 15 years!!
Even though it's so brief, with only views from the plane and inside the airport.
-Photos of souvenirs and boarding passes are shown at the end.
