Boeing 757 Champagne Flight
Last weekend we were privileged to be among 525 frequent fliers attending the Continental DO IV in Houston, TX, hosted by Continental Airlines, and we were even more privileged to be selected for one of the Mystery Tours.
At CO DO III the big surprise tour had turned out to be their underground data bunker, so we were expecting something along those lines. Were we ever in for a surprise!
This was the ticket:
Mystery Tour #1 turned out to be CO 9920, a champagne party flight over southeastern Texas in a Boeing 757-200.
Downtown Houston from ~3000 ft.
Buzzing Houston Hobby Airport & Southwest Airlines terminal "so they can look up & see what a real airline looks like."
Cockpit opened for visits at 10,000 ft.
Captain
View from the cockpit
Myself in a cockpit jumpseat
Looking back from the cockpit
In the aisle ...
Crew included "celebrity flight attendants" from Continental's safety videos
Crew, and champagne
The champagne was served non-stop from takeoff until about 5 mins. before landing
Galveston
At CO DO III the big surprise tour had turned out to be their underground data bunker, so we were expecting something along those lines. Were we ever in for a surprise!
This was the ticket:
Mystery Tour #1 turned out to be CO 9920, a champagne party flight over southeastern Texas in a Boeing 757-200.
Downtown Houston from ~3000 ft.
Buzzing Houston Hobby Airport & Southwest Airlines terminal "so they can look up & see what a real airline looks like."
Cockpit opened for visits at 10,000 ft.
Captain
View from the cockpit
Myself in a cockpit jumpseat
Looking back from the cockpit
In the aisle ...
Crew included "celebrity flight attendants" from Continental's safety videos
Crew, and champagne
The champagne was served non-stop from takeoff until about 5 mins. before landing
Galveston