The Beech 1900D

Today James and I are off to Key West! We are hopping two Continental Connection flights from Orlando to Miami to Key West. The reason I'm blogging about this is it's my first ride on the Beech 1900D which is a pretty common regional airplane for new commercial pilots to start out on. In fact, our first officer from Orlando to Key West looked like he was all of 22 or 24, was cute as a button, and was flying an airplane that I was still getting comfortable even riding in (you feel every bump in the road in these things). Here is a photo (not mine) of a Beech 1900D.Here is a very tired looking me sitting all the way in the back in row 9.The flight was actually really fun. These things only climb up to somewhere between 10 and 15,000 feet for the short flight. In those levels, your still hanging around in the clouds, feeling every bump in the air, and getting a pretty nice view of the surrounding area. Here is a really neat picture of the Kennedy Space Center that James managed to snap after we took off in Orlando. The flight from Miami to Key West was only about 45 minutes and was just gorgeous. The water is such and amazing color of blue and turquoise and the whole way you are seeing the shadow of the clouds and shallow water sea floors. The drive to Key West is really pretty, but I highly recommend the flight down to the little Key West airport if you can swing it.