I don’t know if it gets much more Miami than this! 😂 Scott and I were driving back from my haircut, stuck in rush hour traffic, and who do we see departing off of RWY 09 at MIA? Lufthansa 747 departing for Frankfurt! Please excuse my elation, I realize how nice it is for these videos to be taken outside with the wind blowing so you can’t hear my commentary 😂😂😂
Those who guessed we took the XL were correct! Cruising up in the 40s and at nearly twice the speed of the PC-12 makes these long flights go by much smoother. But now I wonder… how many XL’s would fit in a 747? Grok?
I love when the timing works out in my favor. Today, I did a long trip from the northern states back home after an overnight. I knew the forecast was looking normal for Florida summers, thunderstorms and moments of gusty winds and decreased visibility from rain… thankfully we got out on time, beat all the forecasts, and parked right as heavy rain closed in on the runway. Crazy how quickly those storms can move! The rampers were great, got us parked, put on the tug, and quickly vacated the ramp.
I’ve traded my morning sunrises over the mountains to morning sunrises over the city. I’m not going to lie to y’all, I miss my mountains. I have really enjoyed my time here so far, but I miss my Scottsdale McDowells and my Albuquerque Sandias.
However there is something poetic about a human feat of engineering, such as this GLEX, in front of skyscrapers. We always reach towards the skies.
Do you see those airbags on the skids? I read that they’re for ditching in the water, to prevent capsizing; which begs the question, can you use them as a form of floats for takeoff and landing? Probably not. I think I looked up an image of these Airbus floats in operation, didn’t really seem to be conducive to lift, also the inability to retract them seems to make that idea impossible.