1:22pm PDT: Farmland east of San Francisco, 10+ minutes into flight.
2:23pm PDT: Snow on the mountains, probably Utah or Colorado, 1h 10m into flight.
2:34pm PDT: Maybe I can find this unique shaped & colored lake in Google earth and figure out where we were. 😉
3:11pm PDT: Where in the USA are we now. GPS tag on this photo (first in flight to have one) is 43.963902, -102.569992… Someone find us! It looks like we are over the plains, eastern Wyoming, Nebraska or South Dakota, but no data connection for the phone GPS to use…
3:42pm PDT: Windmill Farm, the little white toothpicks in the ground. Taken from GPS coordinates 43.652653, -96.815262. Followed by scattered towers and then a second wind farm a bit to the east. Small and large wind farms stretching out along to the north of our flight path for the next 15 minutes…. The largest I saw had about 80 towers…
4:10pm PDT: Starting our decent into Chicago. Pilot said we were about 225 miles out, if I remember correctly…
(Photo GPS: 42.970509, -91.606705)
4:19pm PDT: Last picture as we sevens to Chicago and electronics need to turned off… (GPS: 42.632034, -89.481163)
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3:11pm PDT 43.963902, -102.569992= ~30 Miles SE of Rapid City SD according to GPS Coordinates. According to Flight Aware you were at 43.9633 -102.5417 which puts you at roughly the same location, 40 Miles SE.
3:42pm PDT 43.652653, -96.815262 Puts you over Crooks, SD, about 5 Miles NE of Sioux Falls, SD. Flight Aware puts you at 43.6440 -96.7440 about 5 Miles Due North of Sioux Falls, SD.
4:10pm PDT 42.970509, -91.606705 puts you about 25 miles from crossing the Mississippi River 75 miles SE of my Mom’s hometown of Mason City, IA (you asked) Flight aware shows you over Fayette County, Iowa. The track details show a descent starting at 4:12 pm PDT after crossing the Mississippi about 10 miles south of Prairie de Chien, Wisconsin.(The oldest community on the Upper Mississippi River, according to their website)
4:19pm PDT42.632034, -89.481163 at electronic shutoff is 50 miles south of Madison, Wisconsin in Clayton County (approaching ORD from the North?) at 24, 400 feet.
You’re welcome! 🙂
I did ask, didn’t I !?! When I was writing, I figured you would come through with the answers. How about the first three pictures without the GPS info, though 😉
2:23 – Ocean Lake near Kinnear, Wyoming
43.963902, -102.569992: That’s the Cheyenne River, and the gray line running roughly left to right is I-90, crossing the river at Wasta, SD, pop 80.
Yes, that’s Ocean Lake alright. Truly an “ocean” by Wyoming standards, I guess. (Hey, I’ve lived in Wyoming so I know what I’m talking about…) The lake is just east of the Wind River Range, so that’s probably the mountain range in your previous photo.