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Ethan Bruha
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Want to see trip reports from the average person's perspective? You're in the right place!
Welcome to my channel! Whether you've been around for a long time or have just stumbled across me, I'm sure you've noticed that what used to be a channel focused on elevators has turned into a travel diary. While I still will show off the occasional elevator I encounter and film, my focus has shifted to preserving the trips I've been lucky enough to take in the past few years. While it serves as a memory bank for myself, I hope you are able to find enjoyment in viewing these videos so that you, too, can have the feeling of having visited somewhere new. You never know what you can find here, so stick around and subscribe to see what might be uploaded next!
Welcome to my channel! Whether you've been around for a long time or have just stumbled across me, I'm sure you've noticed that what used to be a channel focused on elevators has turned into a travel diary. While I still will show off the occasional elevator I encounter and film, my focus has shifted to preserving the trips I've been lucky enough to take in the past few years. While it serves as a memory bank for myself, I hope you are able to find enjoyment in viewing these videos so that you, too, can have the feeling of having visited somewhere new. You never know what you can find here, so stick around and subscribe to see what might be uploaded next!
Trip Report: Scenic Blue Ridge Mountain Departure! | United ERJ-175 | Roanoke - Chicago | ROA - ORD
Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! After a negative experience getting into Roanoke due to delays, today's flight was a breath of fresh air as we were fully on time! I spent this flight back in Economy as I had originally booked. Due to the ERJ-175's legroom, this wasn't an issue at all. I also appreciated the new snack service brought by the crew. The snacks were passed out via basket, while drink orders were taken normally. This seemed to be more efficient and made for a good break in flight. I've got no other complaints from how this flight went, so I hope you enjoy it! The last video of this trip will feature a new aircraft type on the channel. Stay tuned for that in a couple of weeks. Until then, thanks for watching and have a great day!
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-Trip Details-
Aircraft: Embraer 175
Aircraft Registration: N84378
Airline: United
Flight Number: UA 5734
Flight Date: 2 September 2024
Departure Time: 5:43 PM
Arrival Time: 6:49 PM
Origin: ROA (Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl) Gate 2, RWY 6 Takeoff
Destination: ORD (Chicago-O'Hare Int'l) Gate F10, RWY 10C Landing
Seat: 20A
Class: Economy
Flight Information: www.flightaware.com/live/flight/SKW5734/history/20240902/2203Z/KROA/KORD
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0:00 Intro
1:00 Seat Tour
1:21 Pushback & Route Map
1:51 ROA Departure
3:51 Inflight Service (Snack & Drink)
4:06 Flight Thoughts
5:55 ORD Arrival
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-Trip Details-
Aircraft: Embraer 175
Aircraft Registration: N84378
Airline: United
Flight Number: UA 5734
Flight Date: 2 September 2024
Departure Time: 5:43 PM
Arrival Time: 6:49 PM
Origin: ROA (Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl) Gate 2, RWY 6 Takeoff
Destination: ORD (Chicago-O'Hare Int'l) Gate F10, RWY 10C Landing
Seat: 20A
Class: Economy
Flight Information: www.flightaware.com/live/flight/SKW5734/history/20240902/2203Z/KROA/KORD
MyFR24: my.flightradar24.com/EthanBruha/
-Chapters-
0:00 Intro
1:00 Seat Tour
1:21 Pushback & Route Map
1:51 ROA Departure
3:51 Inflight Service (Snack & Drink)
4:06 Flight Thoughts
5:55 ORD Arrival
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Trip Report: Economy Plus for Free! | United ERJ-175 | Chicago - Roanoke | ORD - ROA
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! As the title implies, I got a free upgrade to Economy Plus for this flight from Chicago to Roanoke. However, it did come at the cost of me missing my connection that could've let me try out the ERJ-145 for the first time. I've got to give props to United, though. They were quick to rebook me onto this direct flight and with only Economy Plus seats ...
Trip Report: Good, Despite the Delays! | United 737-800 | Madison - Chicago | MSN - ORD
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! Today I'm bringing you a mainline United flight on Madison's most popular route to Chicago-O'Hare. After my previous itinerary was composed only of regional jets, I was delighted to have the chance to fly mainline for the majority of this trip. However, this plan was quickly derailed as this flight was delayed just long enough for me to miss my onw...
MSP Airport Plane Spotting: String of International Heavies! | Aircraft Viewing Area | July 2024
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Hello and welcome to a new aviation video! Earlier this summer, I had the chance to visit the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and made sure to visit the Aircraft Viewing Area for an afternoon. I chose the right time because after a couple hours of more common MSP traffic, the international arrivals picked up, with some military and private aircraft thrown in the mix. Overall, it was a great day of sp...
Trip Report: Unique Approach Over Madison! | United CRJ-550 | Chicago - Madison | ORD - MSN
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! This is the last video of "Regional Jet Madness," where I visited my hometown of Lincoln and managed it in four regional jet flights. This one was arguably the worst, as the CRJ-550 is not the most spacious regional jet out there. I had very little legroom and even the seat felt narrow for the hour we were on board. Luckily, my next trip will featu...
Trip Report: A Good, but Inconsistent Experience | United ERJ-175 | Lincoln - Chicago | LNK - ORD
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! For the second flight in a row, I'm on an ERJ-175 and throwing it back to a couple of years ago when I first noticed a small consistency issue in service on the flights between Chicago and Lincoln. For example, my last flight had only drinks as service, while this one added a snack, too. This isn't a huge issue, but enough to bring up as something ...
Trip Report: A Classic Economy Experience | United ERJ-175 | Chicago - Lincoln | ORD - LNK
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! It's the middle of "Regional Jet Madness" for me right now as we're on flight two of four from my most recent trip to Lincoln, all of which were flown on regional jets. This flight features the slightly longer ERJ-175, which may be one of my favorite regional jets out there. This was a fairly standard flight with a small delay but superb crew. Beyo...
Trip Report: Rarest Airframe in the Fleet! | United E170 | Madison - Chicago | MSN - ORD
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! I had to make a trip back to my hometown of Lincoln recently, which meant another O'Hare connection after choosing United to take me home. Although rolling delays and occupied gates kept us from arriving on time, it was still a cool experience to fly the rarest airframe in the United Express fleet: the E170. It's one of the nicer regional jets and ...
Classic 1930s Graham Brothers Elevator Modernized by Kone | Private Residence | Helsinki, Finland
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Hello and welcome back to another video. Today we're taking a break from the Trip Reports to showcase an elevator that's nearly a century old. I came across this in my Helsinki airbnb and it was quite the fun ride. It barely fits two people and their luggage, but that adds to its charm. I would've loved to see this before it got modernized by Kone, although they did well to keep it as classic a...
Trip Report: A Truly First Class Crew! | United 737-800 | Chicago - Madison | ORD - MSN
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! Today I'm bringing you the last flight from my recent trip to Europe. Just like last year, I also got to enjoy United's First Class on this short trip from Chicago to Madison. This year, it came as part of a complimentary domestic upgrade opportunity when I purchased my upgrade to Polaris on this itinerary. Overall, I was super impressed with the c...
Trip Report: Polaris Business Class! | United 767-300ER | Zürich - Chicago | ZRH - ORD
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! Today I'm bringing you quite possibly my best flight experience to date, a ten-hour journey in United's Polaris Business Class! I copped this upgrade for an extra $500 and 20K miles two weeks before the trip as PZ-fare space opened up. I'd been looking forward to trying to upgrade if it was possible, and I'm glad I did! The onboard experience was w...
Trip Report: Beautiful Landing Views in Switzerland! | Swiss A220-300 | Prague - Zürich | PRG - ZRH
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! After a nice vacation in Europe, it was time for me to return back to the States. My journey home began on Swiss, another airline that I hadn't flown before. Unfortunately, they weren't able to track the seat I had tried to purchase originally, so I ended up behind the wing for the first time on an A220. The legroom wasn't wonderful, but we got som...
Trip Report: Service That's Worth the Hype! | Finnair E190 | Helsinki - Prague | HEL - PRG
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! Today I'm bringing you the second of three new airlines I got to try out for the first time on my recent vacation to Europe. Of course, today's is Finnair! It's super easy to visit Tallinn and Helsinki in a short week, so it made sense for me to come up to Helsinki and fly Finnair to Prague, my next destination. Since it was just a flight on a regi...
Trip Report: Good Flight on a Green Airline! | airBaltic A220-300 | Amsterdam - Tallinn | AMS - TLL
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! Today I'm happy to bring you my first flight on airBaltic, a European carrier operating a hybrid-LCC model based out of Latvia. While I didn't fly to their main base in Riga, this flight did take us to another one of their focus cities in Estonia: Tallinn! Admittedly, I didn't get to cover as much as usual on this flight, as I was a bit tired from ...
Trip Report: The Premium Plus Experience! | United 777-200ER | Newark - Amsterdam | EWR - AMS
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Hello and welcome back to another Trip Report! Today I'm finally bringing you the first international flight I've taken since returning from Denmark last year. Unlike last year, I had a surplus of miles to use toward an upgrade to Premium Plus on this 777. For 20,000 miles, I was very happy with the product I received. It was great to only have one seat neighbor, extra legroom & recline, and ge...
Trip Report: NYC Views and a Rare Newark Landing! | United 757-200 | Chicago - Newark | ORD - EWR
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Trip Report: NYC Views and a Rare Newark Landing! | United 757-200 | Chicago - Newark | ORD - EWR
Trip Report: Best Regional Jet Economy Seat? | United ERJ-175 | Madison - Chicago | MSN - ORD
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Trip Report: Best Regional Jet Economy Seat? | United ERJ-175 | Madison - Chicago | MSN - ORD
Trip Report: Economy Flight in Dreary Weather | Delta 717-200 | Minneapolis - Madison | MSP - MSN
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Trip Report: Economy Flight in Dreary Weather | Delta 717-200 | Minneapolis - Madison | MSP - MSN
Trip Report: Comfort Plus Seat with Extra Legroom! | Delta A319 | Omaha - Minneapolis | OMA - MSP
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Trip Report: Comfort Plus Seat with Extra Legroom! | Delta A319 | Omaha - Minneapolis | OMA - MSP
Trip Report: Disappointing Comfort Plus Experience | Delta A319 | Minneapolis - Omaha | MSP - OMA
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Trip Report: Disappointing Comfort Plus Experience | Delta A319 | Minneapolis - Omaha | MSP - OMA
Trip Report: Great Experience at MSN Airport! | Delta 717-200 | Madison - Minneapolis | MSN - MSP
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Trip Report: Great Experience at MSN Airport! | Delta 717-200 | Madison - Minneapolis | MSN - MSP
Trip Report: Two Hours in a Cramped Economy Seat! | Delta 717-200 | Atlanta - Madison | ATL - MSN
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Trip Report: Two Hours in a Cramped Economy Seat! | Delta 717-200 | Atlanta - Madison | ATL - MSN
Trip Report: One of the Best Narrowbody Economy Seats! | Delta A321 | Austin - Atlanta | AUS - ATL
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Trip Report: One of the Best Narrowbody Economy Seats! | Delta A321 | Austin - Atlanta | AUS - ATL
Trip Report: Comfort Plus on a Great Aircraft! | Delta A220-300 | Minneapolis - Austin | MSP - AUS
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Trip Report: Comfort Plus on a Great Aircraft! | Delta A220-300 | Minneapolis - Austin | MSP - AUS
Trip Report: Beautiful Views from Economy! | Delta 717-200 | Madison - Minneapolis | MSN - MSP
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Trip Report: Beautiful Views from Economy! | Delta 717-200 | Madison - Minneapolis | MSN - MSP
MSP Airport Plane Spotting: Special Livery, Heavies, and More! | Aircraft Viewing Area | August 2023
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MSP Airport Plane Spotting: Special Livery, Heavies, and More! | Aircraft Viewing Area | August 2023
Summer Plane Spotting at MSP International Airport | Aircraft Viewing Area | July 2023
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Summer Plane Spotting at MSP International Airport | Aircraft Viewing Area | July 2023
Trip Report: Flying in Mainline First Class! | United 737-900ER | Chicago - Madison | ORD - MSN
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Trip Report: Flying in Mainline First Class! | United 737-900ER | Chicago - Madison | ORD - MSN
Trip Report: Flight on the Queen of the Sky! | Lufthansa 747-8i | Frankfurt - Chicago | FRA - ORD
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Trip Report: Flight on the Queen of the Sky! | Lufthansa 747-8i | Frankfurt - Chicago | FRA - ORD
Trip Report: Great Engine Views, Lousy Seat | Lufthansa A320 | Copenhagen - Frankfurt | CPH - FRA
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Trip Report: Great Engine Views, Lousy Seat | Lufthansa A320 | Copenhagen - Frankfurt | CPH - FRA
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Nice video! 👍
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“Comparable to the state of Iowa.” You sir are a genius.
@@facingthewind Thank you, I’m glad someone caught the Iowa slander I had to throw in!
Love seeing all these MSN based trips! Other than the generally high airfares I always love flying out of my home airport. Subscribed-Thanks for sharing!
I'm glad you're enjoying them - I've got more in the pipeline! MSN is a great place to fly out of, for sure. Thanks for watching and the sub!
Great to see a MSN based trip reporter thanks for sharing!
I haven't seen too many others, so glad to show our market off! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your ml flight here! Nice!😊
Thank you for sharing your good trip here. I hope ypu were able to go to the United or Lufthansa Lounge ir Star Alliance Lounge before your flight. Yes, I agree with you about the knee space!!😅 Yeah, I am 6'2" so zi can relate to that was well. But you had it great with no one beside you!!!!😅 Nice!! I hear you about the metsl cutlery usage on Lufthansa. It is a small touch! Furthermore, I hope other passengers around that area were not 🤪crazy talking and drinking a lot. Finally, yes, Lufthansa fly the A340s still on a few routes still. We get them here in Chicago along with the 747-800s. And other European airlines still use them as well. The A340s are great aircraft. I hope you can use your points to upgrade to Premium Economy and Business Class for future long-haul flights. Us tall guys need that extra knee space!😅
Unfortunately no lounge for me on this one, but it didn't detract from anything. My recent international travel has convinced me E+ is the move from now on. Thanks for watching!
You are welcome.
Thank you for sharing ypu flight. Yes, the sunset was really nice. Well, yes, the small CRJs are tight to seat in sometimes. And it is great when the flight is not full and when the seat next to you is empty!!😊
Agreed, still waiting for an empty ORD-MSN flight to take advantage of that. Glad you enjoyed this one!
You are welcome. Have a nice Labour Day Weekend.
First view! Glad you enjoyed the renovations and landed safely!
Nice work and congrats on the project! I'm looking forward to my next visit already. Thanks for watching!
I worked that bird!!! I was a FA for Shuttle America/Republic for 10 years, was there when we got our first 175!
Nice, that must've been an exciting moment to take that delivery! It's nice to see them still going strong today.
greetings! Ethan!what a beautiful - till next time. 🤘
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is not the rarest airframe in the fleet. There are 22 of these in the fleet, Whereas the CRJ-700 only has 19, although it lists as having 78, the remaining are CRJ-550. But, if we look at the mainline fleet, we can go even more rare with the A321Neo and the Boeing 787-8 both only have 12 in the fleet.
Good eye! Sadly the title doesn't have enough space to specify that I did mean the United Express fleet. Since the CRJ-550 and CRJ-700 are the same frame, I figured those could be counted together. Anyway, thanks for watching and doing the research!
MSN is no doubt one of the best smaller airports in the country, though I’d love to see lower fares in and out of there. I fly back twice a year from MEX and would love not to take that bus back from ORD again
Agreed, it is a great small airport and the recent renovations have it looking even better than when I first moved to town! We're in a tough spot between ORD and MSP, but hopefully they can find some way to bring airfare down.
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My family and I fly 13:33 on Polaris about 6 times a year. The fries never tasted good. The burger is usually decent. I would advise people to eat in the Polaris lounge. The restaurant in the Polaris lounge is really good.
I agree, the Dining Room in the lounge is some of the best airport food I've ever had! Thanks for watching!
Well, a long time ago, about 20 years, I flew very regularly with the Dutch Martinair in the 'star class' Ams-Hav-Ams, the then business class with 18-24 seats, before KLM/AF liquidated this company through a takeover. . Always very pleasant memories of those pleasant flights that lasted about 10 hours or more. The 767 e.r. It was a bit noisy, I remember!
It's definitely louder than the more modern 787, but still fun to fly. It'll be a sad day when they're gone. Thanks for watching!
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Very nice takeoff
It was a nice one, for sure. Thanks for watching!
@@EthanBruha very Welcome!
Thanks for this awesome video.
I'm happy you found it interesting, thanks for the kind words!
awesome report man I hope to try United and prem plus on a first widebody one day! @EthanBruha
Thanks, glad you enjoyed! Best of luck getting that flight book someday, it'll be worth it!
@@EthanBruha goal is for next year to fly on Ana’s a388 from Honolulu-Narita flying honu!
Very nice video Ethan! Best wishes to the United States.
Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed!
I take this flight annually - mostly via KLM, but I am a rare fan of the A330 since I fly economy and I preffer the 2-4-2 configuration. I have yet to fly the NEO, but the CEO is one of my favorites. I am flying there in a few weeks (with KLM) on a real relic… a B777-200ER (the newest one KLM has is 18 years old!!!)
I do agree, the two seat portions in the A330 are much better than a what's in a 3-X-3 aircraft, especially for us window seat lovers. I recently flew a 777-200ER, which looked way more cramped in economy. Enjoy your trip!
Excellent video clip of winter take off out of Minneapolis on Delta 717
Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed!
I always get service on this route.
There was no service because it’s a very short flight. There’s not enough time for the flight attendants to safely get through the whole cabin in time, in addition to all their other duties.
That makes sense and it's totally respectable if that's the case! My opinion then would be that Delta should reevaluate the minimum distances they advertise service as being available on. If over half the time they can't get through the cabin on a 250+ mile flight, it would make sense to move the bar to 300 miles.
@@EthanBruha it’s a fair expectation. They use flight time (wheels up to wheels down) to determine whether or not there will be service, which changes day to day based on weather, traffic, etc. Additionally there could have been other factors, such as forecasted turbulence requiring them to skip service. That is normally announced ahead of time.
The crew was just choosing to be lazy i think. This seems to happen more than we think on delta it just happens to fly under the radar. Ever since they won that JD power award, it seems like in flight service has been slipping.
A very nice video. Thanks for sharing! And my god, you weren’t lucky with the awful kid audible in the video😅
Thank you for the kind words! It wasn't ideal with the crying but it happens, I consider myself lucky to be able to travel and have these opportunities in the first place!
@@EthanBruha I do agree!
Seat pitch really boils down to how long your leg are. I am 6ft 6 and Amanda and i sit i 27A/B on the 717 and i fit just fine. No knee issues at all. Then again i believe most of my height is in my torso. My Dad is about 4 in shorter than i am but my mother says his in seam on his pants is longer than mine. That is why i think that. My dad work for Ozark and we both worked for TWA so the dc9 was my favorite aircraft. So i try to fly the 717 every chance i get.
Does the seat have AC power outlets ?
I flew on the 717 from ATL to MSN in July 2021. I traded my 1st class seat for seat 25AB. I had the row to myself. I wanted to make a video of the flight back by the engine. I'm a COS passenger and I didn't mind the flight time. I was all too happy to be there.
I love Delta- my favorite airline- customer service is top notch and the pilots are phenomenal.
The 717. Has been a great aircraft for its time. The A220 is newer aircraft an should be better. Time will tell. The A220 Needs to overcome its engine problems and hold up as good as.a 20yr old 717. As far as i am concerned the Delta 717 are alright
Awesome! I'm gonna be riding on a Lufthansa 747-8 soon to go the opposite way. And on the way back on a United Dreamliner. Although I would prefer the Queen I haven't been on a Dreamliner and I wouldn't mind riding on one :)
Nice, the Queen is a great airplane and worth the experience! Dreamliners are quite comfortable as well, so you’ll get a nice comparison of the two. Safe travels!
@@EthanBruhaThanks, Imma enjoy every second of it. Besides jetlag
Looks like an MD 80.😊
The 717 was basically a modern reset to the old DC-9-30. I love these planes.
Delta keeps those 717s alive. They lease about 70 of them from Southwest, who only fly 737s now. And you're right. No room in them. I try to avoid them along with CRJs. But sometimes you just can't get around it..
Idk, maybe I’m crazy, but the Airbus planes seem to have a more comfortable cabin, and a smoother ride than the Boeing planes. That’s been my experience.
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Let’s take a time to appreciate the fact that some countries are still using the ic3 regional trains🥹 i really love them! It feels nice but kinda sad that we are soon switching them out to new deisel trains, i really love the way that israel, denmark and sweden have the same model but with different colours and chairs❤️
Really great catches 👏
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
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Amazing views ! Croatia is awsome country to visit !
The United Club lounge is very complete!
Surprised they painted the new livery on the A346
Given how powerful and imposing it is, Lufthansa's B 748 is the KING of the skies ... not just a mere queen.
Beautiful takeoff.
Nice video. I've flown this route a couple times on the 8i, and even last winter I din't recall getting a snack with the first drink service. Keep it up.
A flight on the Queen is always an amazing experience. Glad you had the opportunity.
Bad luck riding on this old train just month before its totally renewed.
What is the date of the trip?
I took this trip on April 13, 2023!
@@EthanBruha Thank you, I looked at travel Details but must have overlooked it.