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@@briantampa1164 Thank you and thanks for watching! That qualifies for a final flight status! :-) Those MD80s were truly unique aircraft. It looks like PIA will be getting some visits from the new Allegiant 737 MAX aircraft so I’m excited to see those at the airport. Tampa is on my travel list for this year so looking forward to touring your neck of the woods. I agree with all of those sentiments - PIA is a great airport experience all around. I’ll have more PIA videos coming up soon!

Thanks for watching! That is a definite possibility that they could use that expansion since it has sat vacant ever since United moved to Gate 6 at PIA. My gut feeling is that they will use Gate 7 since I'm sure both PIA and United would prefer to have operations right next to each other. Gate 7 has been mothballed for a bit so they will have to get that going again. I believe Allegiant is using Gate 8 at the moment. My hope is that PIA secretly has plans to add an additional airline (Delta, Frontier) and will let them use the newer expansion.

@ I looked on FR24 and UA uses gates 6 and 8 currently they have a flight from ORD that lands at 5:23PM and parks at gate 8. The CRJ spends the night at PIA and takes off at 6:30AM the other UA flight from ORD lands at 9:30PM and takes off at 8:15AM. It uses Gate 6 Unless FR24 is wrong. When looking at the map it appears that gate 7 doesn’t exist. At least according to the gate numbers painted on the tarmac. I’ve seen some Allegiant planes use gates 9 when gate 10 is being occupied.

@@JD-Films1 I bet United and Allegiant do some re-shuffling with the gates. It looks like PIA will have 3 United planes stay the night so they could occupy gates 6, 8 and 9. Which could prompt Allegiant to just take over the 2 gates in the new expansion to avoid headaches.

@ I guess we’ll see in march😀

@ And fingers crossed we see some more low cost carriers popping up at PIA in the future!

Thank you and thank you so much for watching!

@@JoseHernandez-xn6tp What a cool route network! I wish Peoria still had that STL route - I believe that would do very well. Great throwbacks with TWA & Ozark. Thanks for sharing!

🤣 No wonder they rolled out the red carpet for our arrival!

@@309Aviation I bet they had to close the adjacent gates bc of the wingspan

@@Swissspookie That and there is major construction going on at OMA as they are going through a complete re-do which is well needed!

@@309Aviation definitely, I'm english but my some of my family are unfortunately american so I have to fly through this monstrosity to see them 😂

@@Swissspookie Slowly but surely the airports in the United States will get better so hopefully next time you're visiting the States, you'll be able to have an updated airport experience! 😃

Construction is coming along well! I'm excited to see it once it is completed.

@@DaltonGM. Thank you and thanks for watching!

One of my favorite views! It’s a beautiful reflection!

Really enjoyed my time in the DC area and had a great time at IAD!

Major butter!

A beautiful city!

You’re very welcome and thank you for watching!

Thank you for the kind words and thank you for watching! Those city views provide all the warm, fuzzy feelings.

Many happy returns home! Thanks for watching!

Ha! I might owe the city some $$ just for posting…

The best skyline in the world! Thanks for watching!

Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching!

I still like spending a bit of time in the airport lounge before boarding

@@vuho2075 The United lounges at LAX & ORD are both phenomenal!

Thanks for watching!

1000% agreed!

I’m jealous of the vantage point you have - always a treat to see those heavies!

Absolutely! I’m looking into some new filming equipment that will have 4k so stay tuned!

its a good city!(i live there and theres ALOT of crims)

Compared to l, a, they are the same, it's gang realted ​@@William.Aviation69

So as Memphis ​@@William.Aviation69

Thank you very much and thanks for watching!

It was a butter landing! Major props to the flight crew.

United could send it through the wash here and there!

But you're also going at a speed of 180 MPH.

Better views from the air! Thanks for watching!

They're well taken care of by United and as long as they're cared for - they provide an enjoyable flight experience!

Dated? Perhaps. But considered by many as Boeing's best, along with the 300ER.

Still that's an incredible list of legendary aircraft to have flown! The 777 has such unique characteristics including the noises that it makes. Thanks for watching!

For anyone who cares, that flap segment between the inboard and outboard flaps, the one that’s moving a lot while the aircraft is on short final, is called a “flaperon.” It functions as a flap when drooped with the main flaps but the deflections are designed to augment the roll control of the ailerons, particularly at slower airspeeds. If you watch carefully, you can see it deflect upward when the aileron out towards the wingtip, deflects up. The movement of the aileron is much more subtle than the movement of the flaperon.

@@TenMinuteTrips Great explanation. The flaperon is a good supplement to roll control. Like the spoilers, which aid in roll control way before the aileron reaches full deflection, the flaperon and roll control spoilers help even out the spanwise load on the wing resulting from roll commands. Smaller forces occurring all along the wingspan create less stress than a large force out at the tip.

Indeed they are! I love flying on the 777. Thanks for watching!

100% agreed on that! It was a pretty bouncy landing and definitely a hard first impact but what matters is that the plane was landed safely!

@@309Aviation That’s true

Thank you for watching and subscribing! It’s a really jam packed city when you think about it with it being right on Lake Michigan but it is beautiful. The 777 has classic sounds! G’day!

And so iconic!

Thank you very much!! 😃

Agreed! I do the exact same thing, it’s so mesmerizing. Thanks for watching!

It’s a very popular route!

I wish I could be that bold at the slot machines! I usually stick with the penny slots - I’ve had some luck in the past. Props to that fellow for risking it and winning big!

@@309Aviation ok, the video of the early morning arrival into ORD was very impressive BTW. Both the quality of the video and the quality of the airmanship of the pilot. The pilot set the throttles and never changed the power setting throughout the stabilized approach. Must of been a calm day in the Windy City? Looking forward to your next video.

@@cherifbar I appreciate the kind words! All props to the pilot for a beautiful and smooth approach and landing and lucky us - it was a calm day on the lake! I’ll have plenty more videos coming in the near future as I have a large amount of travel planned. Thanks for watching!

Thank you and thanks for watching! Shot on iPhone 14 with a handheld stabilizing tripod!