On Thursday December 7th, 2000  I was invited to go on a customer acceptance flight
 on a brand-new  Boeing 737-700  for  Alaska Airlines.   This is a 'next generation' 737
 which flies higher and farther than the 'classic' 737's.

 Click on any image for a larger view...


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The brand-new 
Boeing 737-700
for today's flight.
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Monte the Boeing 
Rep. and Russ the 
Alaska Air Rep.
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Inside the passenger 
area looking forward.
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Inside the passenger 
area looking aft.
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Pre-flight check.
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Waiting in line to 
taxi to the runway.
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Looking back at 
pre-delivery planes
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A -very- foggy 
runway!
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Mount Rainier with fog in the lowlands.
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Fog traveling 
like a glacier.
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In flight in the 
Flight Deck.
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Yes, we're really at 41,000 feet! 
It was -35F outside.
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Glacier Peak
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The top of Glacier Peak.
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Looking down at
US 2 (Stevens
Pass hiway).
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Mount Stuart and
the 'Enchantment 
Lakes Wilderness'
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Hurricane Ridge and visitor center in the Olympic Natl. Park
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Looking SE across
the Olympic Mountains.
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Looking South at 
the Olympic Mountains.
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A in-flight 
Boeing 747.
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