Los Angeles-Miami lie-flat AA business class flight w/dining: Capistrano, Salton Sea 2016-06-28

Fully annotated video of a long haul configured B777 business class flight with three-course lunch service at the lie-flat console, with view of Santa Catalina, San Juan Capistrano, inland Riverside County, the below-sea-level Salton Sea, Colorado Desert, Colorado River, Red River, Mississippi River, and the Florida Everglades enroute to Miami.

The flight spans the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

Included is also a 10-minute tour of the taxiways and information on the runway-use patterns of LAX, while aircraft holds for weight-and-balance clarification from dispatch.

0:05 New Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
1:06 Boarding AA 68
3:36 Pushback begins
4:40-7:25 Safety demonstration video
7:30 Taxiing begins
See LAX ground aircraft movement area map: https://www.lawa.org/uploadedFiles/LAX/pdf/Airfield%20Map%20front%202011-%20102011-01.pdf
10:20 More information on runway marking scheme:
http://www.pilotfriend.com/training/flight_training/communication/taxiway_markings.htm
http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/aviation/business/ifr-paper-services/airport-signs.pdf
19:35 Cockpit announcement of weight & balance verification delay
25:25 Takeoff run begins on runway 25R
31:00 Santa Catalina island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Island,_California
31:35 Recorded welcome messsge
39:50 Temecula CA
41:30 "The Hills" Riverside County
44:55 Salton Sea CA
46:28 Cockpit flight progress report
49:20 interstate 10 near Chiriaco Summit, Riverside County CA
57:05 Colorado River
1:00:27-1:01:45 Wine list & champagne (sparkling wine) & mixed nuts
1:02:00 Position map: north of Phoenix
1;02:45 Theodore Roosevelt Lake 80 miles / 130 km northeast of Phoenix, Arizona
1:02;52 Wine service
1:03:18-1:04:20 Appetizer menu
'1:05:20 Entrée service
1:10:25 NM/TX
1;12:45 Plainview - Elevation: 3,366 ft / 1,026 m. (on Llano Estacado) Texas
1:13:36 Dessert service
1:15:45 Red River & Lake Texahoma, Oklahoma & Texas
1:17:45 Bonham, Texas
1:19:00 Position map: approaching Texarkana; entering Arkansas
1:28:45 Position map: east of Texarkana
1:29:25 Mississippi River 10 mi / 16 km south of Vicksburg MS
1:32:00 In-flight cookie
1:32:15 Entering Florida (Jackson County)
1:35:00 Cockpit destination weather information announcement
1:52:15 Touchdown on MIA runway 9
MIA apron, taxiway & runway map:
https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/1613/pdf/00257AD.PDF

FlightAware tracking of this flight:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL68/history/20160628/1800Z/KLAX/KMIA

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