Continental flight 1854. Newark to West Palm beach

Ok, part 2 of 6 is here 🙂

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Flight Details:

Continental Airlines Flight1854
Newark Liberty International to West Palm Beach
Scheduled Departure Time EWR: 16:10 Local.
Scheduled Arrival Time Palm: 19:07 Local.
Actual time of departure EWR: 16:10 local – Wheels up at approx 17:00
Actual time of arrival Palm: 19:50 local.
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I had been waiting at gate 86 in Newark for around an hour. I watched a few movement on the apron which included a Lufthansa A340-300, masses of Continental, USA 3000, Jet blue and many more.
I snapped a few photos but the glass was a little dirty so a lot of the photos were ruined.
I took a photo of a 757 which turned onto and parked up on gate 86. Great, another 757! woot!

After a little time the passengers had gotten off and the plane was catered and ready for my flight.
As we boarded I noticed the interior was not unlike the one I got in Edinburgh. The seats lacked the comfortable headrests of the International configured 757s but other than that were more or less identical.

The flight was I guess around 50% full. I was the sole occupant of my row (row 22) and sat in seat 22F. The taxi to the runway took forever. One of the runways was closed leaving just 2 open. One for landings one for take offs. Consequently queues had built up for departure. We were number 19 for takeoff and sat on the ground for a good 45 minutes.
Once airborne a drinks service immediately commenced after the initial climb out.
The in flight movie, “The Day after Tomorrow” began. On this flight one had to purchase the headphones for $5 if you didn’t already have any. Luckily I had the foresight to take the headphones with me from the EDI-EWR flight.
I ordered a sprite from the drinks trolley and received the usual clear plastic, branded, cup full of sprite but was also handed a packet of peanuts and the rest of the can of sprite.
Shortly after that we were served a lunch snack. This consisted of a nice little turkey and salad roll, a pack of cleaned and peeled baby carrots and a single Twix finger. The roll was small but delicious. The carrots were crunchy fresh and quite nice. The twix tasted like a twix :rolleyes: lol.

The flight was pretty smooth with the sun getting lower in the sky as we approached Florida. I took a snap of the cabin, again with my small digicamera so not the best in quality.

As we descended toward Palm Beach it got a bit bumpy, probably due to the extensive cloud formations in the area. The in flight film continued well into the descent and finished around 10 minutes before touchdown.
I tried to take photos of the approach and landing but it got too bumpy and any photos taken were a blurry mass of colour, LOL.

As we parked at the gate I spotted a Beech 1900D of Continental connections (operated by Gulfstream international) getting prepared to depart to the right of my 757. “That’s probably my ride” I thought as I waited for my turn to get off the plane.
I walked up a pleasantly air conditions air bridge and into the quaint terminal of West Palm Beach airport, the gate right next door was labeled CO9291 to Nassau.
What a service… no walking miles and miles of terminal to catch a connection.
The time was 19:50 and flight 9291 to Nassau was scheduled for a 20:00 departure. Perfect timing!

the photos:
1) Turning and climbing out of Newark
2) The cabin
3) Lovely lunch
4) Approaching Palm Beach… nice cloud formations and stunning lighting!