Cream Color Indian Chief Western 737-200 Working In Alaska

[Aharon Dayan]

Shalom and greetings all my pals,

Presenting a nice Western airline flight abroad 737-200 with cream color Indian chief Western livery from PADQ Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Kodiak on Kodiak Island in Alaska to PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport located 5 miles southwest of downtown Anchorage.

Boarding the plane



Closing rear passenger door and retracting front passenger door stair



Time to turn all required lights and to start engines!!



Since PADQ does not have pushback tugs, the plane is making tight u-turn toward taxiway



Taxiing to short of runway 07



Holding short of runway 07 for take off clearance



Take off clearance is granted and entering into runway 07 for more taxi and backtracking



Now backtracking at beginning of runway 07



Starting take off run!!



Airborne on climb to 21,000 ft to start the route INNOL HOM ENA GASTO TYONE ICICL BOB



Nice wing view of climbing through clouds



Still climbing through clouds



Making heading adjustment during the climb to Fl210



Dig those AMAZING clouds



Engines roaring through clouds



More climb climb through clouds



Almost reaching Fl210



Nice tail view



Now cruising at Fl210 with background view of Gulf of Alaska





Clouds have been cleared with few remaining puffs of clouds



Wing view of approaching coastline of Kachemak Bay State Park



Entering waters of Cook Inlet



When you see the plane making right turn, you know it is time to make final runway approach to runway 07R



At 3,000 ft with wing view of sunset and waters of Cook Inlet



Nice tail view of sunset



Sorry  cannot resist wing view of sunset shining its light over waters of Cook Inlet



ARRGGGGGG the wings are too strong making it difficult to make straight runway approach   Argggghh  crosswinds



Dealing with darn crosswinds



Fighting against winds



ARGGHHHHH making adjustments against wind direction



Much better and centerline!! 



Seconds before touchdown



TOUCHDOWN



Engaging reverse thrusters on super shiny engines!



Braking down on icy runway



Exiting into taxiway G which is favorite taxiway to exit from runway 07R



Finish crossing runway 07left via taxiway G to taxi to gate



Still taxiing



Approaching gate 8 while snow plow truck is hurrying to get out of way



Approaching gate 8



Arrived at gate with jetway connecting to the plane



Thank you for viewing my flight report and please stay tuned for next exciting flight

Regards,

Aharon