August 23, 201411 yr Shalom and greetings all my pals,Here is a typical Boeing delivery flight of new 777-300ER plane fresh out of factory at KPAE Paine Field also known as Snohomish County Airport and as home to the Boeing Everett Factory located between Mukilteo and Everett, Washington for delivery flight to KLAX Los Angeles International Airport located in southwestern Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Westchester 16 miles from downtown Los Angeles.Boeing tractor pulling the new 777-300ER out of factory for me to pick up.Excuse me it takes time to start the new plane from cold start!!!After finishing the cold start, time for inspection around the plane particularly Japanese batteries in the back of the plane!!!Starting GE90 MONSTER enginesHolding short of runway 16R awaiting for take off clearance from the airport controllersAirborne on climb to FL350Passing Mountlake Terrance suburb of Seattle where you can see highway route number 5 running north and south across the screenshotPassing Lake Union, main highway route I-5 Expressway, famous Space Needle, EMP museum next to Space Needle, Memorial Stadum next to EMP museum, Pacific Science Center building with white dome on left side of Space Needle, and of course business district of Seattle located at lower left corner of screenshotPassing downtown Seattle, two famous stadiums called Century Link Field and Safeco Field, WaMu theater between the two stadiums, highway route number 5 running across middle of screenshot, and Alaskan Way Viaduct highway running along the shoreline of SeattlePassing Harbor Island with fuel storage tanks surrounded by waters of Duwamish Waterway and Duwamish River that can be crossed by West Seattle Bridge. Highway route number 5 runs from north to south and if you can see baseball field on bottom of the screenshot, it is called Maplewood Playfield.Passing KBFI Boeing Field officially called as King County International Airport five miles south of downtown Seattle where you can see on runway a two seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 aerobatic monoplane was racing down runway for take off. Water on upper right corner of screenshot is Lake Washington and river on left side is Duwamish Waterway. Near runway 31L of KBFI is Museum of Flight located between KBFI taxiway and East Marginal Way South road.Passing KSEA The Seattle–Tacoma International Airport located in SeaTac, WashingtonPassing Federal Way, WashingtonPassing background of city of Tacoma seen below engine or wing and Commencement Bay on lower right corner of screenshotPassing famous Mount RanierMaking little right turn toward Portland, OregonStill making right turn passing view of Riffe Lake located below nosePassing city of Vancouver (not to be confused with Canada's city) and its Lake VancouverPassing KPDX Portland International Airport located within Portland's city limits just south of the Columbia River also seen on this screenshot twelve miles northeast of downtown PortlandPassing downtown district of Portland where you can see Banfield Expressway highway route number 84 running from right to left across the screenshot. I am sure you do not want me to name many bridges running across Williamnette River!!! If you can see green park stripe on left side shore of the river, it is called Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park.Because of regulations of the forums not allowing more than 20 screenshots per post, please be kind enough to go to this hyperlink below to view rest of the flight. Here is the link: http://vatil.org.il/forum/index.php/topic/42123-da-cool-boeing-delivery-of-new-777-300er/Thank you for viewing. Stay tuned for next exciting flight!!Regards,Aharon
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