Florida 2018 Day 1 Mon 19th Nov LHR,EWR & FLL

[davidallum]

Cannot believe that a year has passed already since my last trip to the States,left home @ 03.30 to pick my mate up in Church Crookham and then onto Heathrow for our United flight to Newark.We did ponder at some stage if we wanted to go to the States again but as United cancelled our home bound flight at the last minute last year and did give us some decent compensation it was thought why not?We had obviously two transatlantic flights and two internal flights which cost us including tax 225 pounds each.


Noted prior to departure @ LHR were the following:

TC-JTP A321 Turkish
9V-SKU A380 Singapore
B-6076 A330 Air China
A9C-FB B787-9 Gulf Air
VN-A870 B787-9 Vietnam
9M-MAF A350 Malaysian
A40-SF B787-9 Oman Air
D-AINL A320N Lufthansa
ZS-SXI A330 South African
VH-ZND B787-9 Qantas

Then it was time to board UA883 to Newark today operated by N66057 B767-4,I was impressed by the cabin layout in economy 2-4-2 and plenty of leg room,great for me as I suffer from arthritis in both knees.The flight across the pond was very smooth with good entertainment but rubbish food.I wanted to get a good view of the Manhatten skyline on final approach but it was very murky so couldn't see anything,however because we were nearly an hour early getting into Newark the passage through immigration was the quickest I have experienced in all my visits to the States,I reckon from leaving the plane and clearing immigration was about 10 minutes,a great start to the holiday.After picking up the cases and dropping them off for the connecting flight we made our way to the end of the C terminal where the action could be monitored,below is what I logged before we boarded our second flight of the day.You guys that have read my previous logs will know that I keep a checklist to hand of what I require of all the majors so it's not a complete log:

Airliners

4X-EDD B787-9 El Al
N813SY B737 Sun Country
C-GLQP Dash 8 Porter
N27477 B737 United
C-FEKD E170 Sky Regional (Air Canada Express)
N76508 B737 United
N76504 B737 United
N246NV A320 Allegiant
N283UP MD11F UPS
N124UP A300F UPS
N464UP B757F UPS
N4888U A319 United
N638RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N857RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N405UA A320 United
N445UA A320 United
N92EA CRJ200 Elite
N367CA CRJ700 GoJet (Delta Connection)
N14991 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N730YX E170 Republic (United Express)
N834UA A319 United
N924WN B737 Southwest
N11193 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N651RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N11181 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N39297 B737 United
N595UA B757 United
N13989 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N215WN B737 Southwest
N12900 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N845UA A319 United
C-GLQK Dash 8 Porter
N11176 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N825UA A319 United
N454UA A320 United
C-FFYG E170 Sky Regional (Air Canada Express)
N493UA A320 United
N473UA A320 United
N53441 B737 United
N598UA B757 United
N772SK CRJ700 Sky West (United Express)
N449UA A320 United
N27152 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N14168 E145 Commutair (United Express)
N16546 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N457WN B737 Southwest
N467UA A320 United
N54711 B737 United
N722YX E170 Republic (United Express)
N17752 B737 United
N37413 B737 United
N14177 E145 Commutair (United Express)
N36476 B737 United
N16703 B737 United
N897UA A319 United
LN-RKN A330 Scandinavian
C-GGJA CRJ200 Jazz (Air Canada Express)
N7726A B737 Southwest
N11184 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N12754 B737 United
N76269 B737 United
N703AV A319 Avianca
N850UA A319 United
N13716 B737 United
N182GJ CRJ900 GoJet (Delta Connection)
N858RW E170 Republic (United Express)
LN-RKH A330 Scandinavian
N12175 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N8653A B737 Southwest
C-GLQN Dash 8 Porter
N37277 B737 United
N16732 B737 United
N656RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N634RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N14105 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N467UA A320 United
N265NV A320 Allegiant
N17244 B737 United
N640RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N638RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N16976 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N442UA A320 United
N733YX E170 Republic (United Express)
N36207 B737 United
N7702B B737 Southwest
N38727 B737 United
N13161 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N17245 B737 United
N440AS B737 Alaska
N14174 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
C-GLQI Dash 8 Porter
N14902 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N643RW E170 Republic (United Express)
N924VA A321 Alaska (San Francisco Giants colour scheme)
C-FRQK E170 Sky Regional (Air Canada Express)
N12135 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N76526 B737 United
N13227 B737 United
N2747U B777 United
N13161 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N13716 B737 United
N13908 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N261NV A320 Allegiant
N11165 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
EI-EDY A330 Aer Lingus
N13913 E145 Express jet (United Express)
N978UY A321 American
N815UA A319 United
A6-EQA B777 Emirates
N715SK CRJ700 Sky West (United Express)
N285VA A320 Alaska (still in Virgin America colours)
N16559 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N7860A B737 Southwest
N68817 B737 United
N749YX E170 Republic (United Express)
N1902U A320 United
N14186 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N17753 B737 United
N14162 E145 Express Jet (United Express)
N16170 E145 Express Jet (United Express)

Biz

N663QS Citation 560XL
XA-PTR Gulfstream 4SP
N603WM Phenom 300

Then it was time to board UA1790 today operated by B737-800 N17244 for the 2.5 hour flight down to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International where it was dark upon arrival but we did park in between two aircraft that I potted:

N218NV A320 Allegiant
N512AS B737 Alaska

After picking up the hire car we were too knackered to bother driving around the nooks & crannies so it was off to our hotel for the next three nights for a well earned rest.

I will list the hotels that we stayed in at the end of my logs.

Part 2 to follow.