Birmingham (USA) to Ft. Lauderdale - A320 Charter Flight

[andrewclaridge]

Hi Guys

In a change from tradition I am for once not flying from Birmingham UK, instead we take the Claridge Air Charter flagship aircraft from Birmingham USA to Ft. Lauderdale for a bit of much needed sun.

I'm quite pleased with these and the "Claridge Air Charter" Airbus is a lot more realistic than the 737 I am happy to say!

Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave any comments.

1) It's a foggy morning as we make our preparations for an 11:30 departure slot...


2) We taxi out into the fog, passing some nice Southwest 737s on the way...


3) And we are off into the grey...


4) Soon we pop out of the cloud layer into beautiful blue skies! (I really like this one!!)


5) Climbing to our assigned cruise level of FL330...


6) Flying and still climbing over the "fall" landscape...


7) This is more like it - perfect weather for flying!


8) We are in the descent now towards Ft. Lauderdale


9) Out over the sea during vectors to the ILS approach...


10) Gear coming down...7 miles to run...


Couple more in the reply...

[andrewclaridge]

11) We vacate but not in time to prevent this Southwest going around...sorry!


12) Taxi to our gate - kindly provided by Southwest!


13) Right - time to head for the beach!!! Actually that cruise ship looks kinda inviting!!!


Cheers guys I hope you liked the trip!

[CycoFlo]

Beautiful as always Andrew! Another wonderful Flight with you! Just perfect!

[peer01]

I second our good friend Florian, stunning flight and pics

[andrewclaridge]

Thank you both for stopping by! Glad you like them

[Asad Khawer]

Beautiful trip my friend! Love the simplistic livery.

I'm preparing for my first visit to the UK (except for our VFR flight, of course ) tomorrow. Maybe I'll catch you at the airport, eh? Landing is in Birmingham, where I take a train to London, then to Sheffield.

[boxcar]

My name on an airline would not look as good as yours. Walker. Sounds grounded.

Outstanding post imo!

[Smutley]

Another wonderful post Andrew.

[andrewclaridge]

Are you really coming to Birmingham tomorrow Asad? Wow - that's cool! Are you coming in with Emirates? What brings you to Sheffield? I'll be able to see your approach from my living room window if I am home

TIP: Bring some warm clothes with you - daytime temperature didn't get much above 0 degrees Celcius today. Cold and wet.


Thanks for the comments guys!

[aircav1970]

Really great to see you abroad with CAC Andrew,hope you're enjoying the sights!