If it's February, it must be Florida!
Brian and I met up at Heathrow on Feb 14th to catch the Virgin flight to Miami. Our A340-600 this year was G-VFIT. We pushed back at 12:29 and were airborne off rwy 27L at 13:01. Who says Heathrow doesn't need a 3rd runway? Quite a few empty seats so Brian disappeared forward early on and I didn't see him again until I got to the terminal. We arrived on rwy 9 (past cargo) at 17:19 local after a 9hr 18min flight. Usual queues from immigration and for a change I was in the right queue and had to wait for my companion to finally appear at the carousel. There is a single company operating the car rental shuttle as they're all in the same block now. We had ordered a compact but were upgraded to a Chrysler Town and Country which is probably the biggest 'tank' yet.
Back at the Motel 6 at Ft Lauderdale. It's fairly cheap and you get what you pay for. As usual, the first night means a run up to Walmart at Margate to pick up some steps and dinner at Denny's.Tuesday 15th - An easy day today just staying at Lauderdale Hollywood. Spirit now have A-320s and it didn't take long to see these. As usual a good mixture of liners and biz although DC-3 N15MA was great to see departing.
Wednesday 16th - A comprehensive look around Exec. The usual collection of old jets here with a Dominican Republic Saab 340 being a bit different. Back up to FLL for a couple of hours before heading down to Opa Locka on the way to Miami where we stayed until dark.
Thursday 17th - All day at FLL with plenty of biz arriving.
Friday 18th - Started at Miami before heading up to Palm Beach which we reached at about 10am. Fridays are usually pretty good and I have pages of numbers to prove this.
To be continued
