Mount Rainier Fly-By
Mar 27, 2021, 1:14 pm
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2017
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Mount Rainier Fly-By
Yesterday on a flight from PAE to PSP the pilot announced a special treat - ATC approved a tour of Mount Rainier. We came very close to the mountain and it was spectacular! Is this a regular thing? The FA said she had never been that close.
Mar 27, 2021, 5:24 pm
#8
Join Date: Oct 2019
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90% of my flights are west coast to Hawaii which gets pretty boring from a scenery standpoint. I recently flew PDX>DEN and was blown away at how beautiful all the snow covered mountains are. Taking off from PDX or SEA makes for some pretty nice views when it's clear.
Mar 27, 2021, 11:13 pm
#15
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: YYF/YLW
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My first trip to SEA when I had just started dating my Seattle-native now-spouse, we were put in a holding pattern doing I think two full left turns around Rainier at probably 10,000 feet (and I had a port-side window seat). Pretty good sales pitch for the area! Don't have photos. 
Last edited by ashill; Mar 28, 2021 at 10:14 am