Showing posts with label Thunderstorm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thunderstorm. Show all posts

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Leaving Las Vegas
Maximum Altitude

On the Flight Home from Vegas this week the Pilot warned of some storms we'd have to avoid.

Vegas Day 7 Flight Home (22)

With my trusty GPS attached to the window I was following our flight across the country. When we got to about St. Louis the pilot throttled up and began to climb from our 36,000 feet cruising altitude.

Vegas Day 7 Flight Home (28)

As I watched the numbers rise I wondered what it would be when we leveled out. It was what you see in the following picture. Almost 41,000 feet....the max crusing altitude of the newest 737s.

Vegas Day 7 Flight Home (30)

Not too much later we passed over some kick-ass thunder boomers....I've got a video clip I'll add later.