Backpacktrot's video: Vancouver - Los Angeles flight AA6063: B C sun to stormy Southern California 2017-01-23

A clear blue Vancouver departure into the wake of California's third major drought-ending winter storm of 2016-17, descending through bright-and-furious as well as dark-and-ominous storm clouds on approach into an abnormally stormy Los Angeles. Before reaching the southern storm track, bright blue images of Georgia Strait, Puget Sound, and San Juan Islands. 0:01-0:21 Boarding flight 0:22-2:41 Departure preparation announcements 4:20 Start taxiing http://ottomanva.com/lib/charts/CYVR.pdf 6:10-6:45 Vancouver Island in distance 7:25 South on taxiway V 7:45-10:00 Domestic terminal 8:30 Southeast on taxiway H 9:40 East on taxiway D 10:20 Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Airport 10:35-11:28 Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver 12:15-12:20 Golden Ears Group, Golden Ears Provincial Park, Maple Ridge 12:55 Takeoff run begins on 26L (08R/26L: 11,500'/ 3,505 m) 13:40 Swishwash Island, Middle Arm, Fraser River, Richmond http://www.richmond-news.com/news/weekly-feature/exploring-fraser-river-s-middle-arm-by-canoe-1.2018207 14:00 Georgia Strait 15:40-15:50 Vancouver International Airport 16:00 Richmond BC 16:35-16:50 Steveston, Richmond BC 17:00 South (Main) Arm, Fraser River 17:15 Westham Island, Delta 18:15 Roberts Bank Superport 18:30 BC Ferries Tsawwassen Terminal 18:40 Boundary Bay BC/WA; entering USA 19:14 Point Roberts WA 19:40 Blaine WA 19;25 White Rock B 19:45 Birch Point WA 20:10 Cherry Point WA 20:22 Lummi Bay WA 20:30-20:35 Bellingham Bay WA 20:40-20:50 Bellingham WA 21:05-21:35 Mount Baker WA 10,781 ft / 3,286 m 21:45-22:20 Orcas Island WA 22:15-22:55 Obstruction Island, Blakely Island, Sinclair Island, Cypress Island, Guemes Island 23:15-23:20 Anacortes WA 23:30 Washington State Ferries Anacortes Ferry Terminal 23:38-23:40 Fidalgo Head 24:00-24:08 Fidalgo Bay WA 24:17-24:20 Burlington WA 24:30 Skagit River & Skagit Valley 24:50-25:00 Mount Vernon WA 25:25-25:40 Whidbey Island WA 26:06 Port Susan, Puget Sound, Washington 25:40-27:25 Camano Island WA 26:50-27:05 Baby Island Heights, Whidbey Island WA 27:15-27:20 Langley, Whidbey Island WA 27:25-27:35 Hat Island WA 27:50-28:45 Everett WA 28:40-28:50 Paine Field (Snohomish County Airport), Everett WA Primary assembly location for Boeing's 747, 767, 777 & some 787 aircraft (Wiki) 29:15-29:30 Lynnwood, Snohomish County WA 30:30-30:35 Kirkland, King County WA 30:40-30:55 SR 520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, Lake Washington 31:10-31:15 Interstate 90 31:25 Interstate 405 31:35-31:50 Lake Sammamish & Issaquah WA 32:50-34:14 Mount Rainier WA ‎14,411 ft / 4,392 m 34:25-34:50 Lake Billy Chinook, Jefferson County, Oregon 34:40 Culver, Jefferson County OR 35:00 US 97 35:10 Gray Butte 5,100 ft / 1,554 m 35:55 Redmond OR 36:45 Redmond Municipal Airport 37:15-37:30 Pilot Butte, Bend OR & US 20 38:10 Horse Ridge, Bear Creek Buttes & US 20 41:40-42:25 Hole-in-the-Ground, Fort Rock Basin, Lake County, central Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole-in-the-Ground 43:55 Jackson Meadows Reservoir, Nevada & Sierra counties, California 45:50-47:25 Lake Tahoe, California & Nevada 46:45-46:55 Northbound jet 49:45 Blue Star Memorial Highway, SR 58 http://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/4665-california-state-route-58.html San Andreas Fault 52:55 Turbulence-ahead announcement 55:00-57:30 Santa Ynez Mountains 59:45 Landing preparation announcement 1:01:00 Malibu Coast 1:04:05 Interstate 405 San Diego Freeway 1:04:25 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 1:04:35 UCLA / Westwood Village, Los Angeles 1:05:15 The Los Angeles Country Club 1:05:20 Century City, Los Angeles 1:05:30 MGM Studios, Beverly Hills 1:05:42 Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood 1:07:15 "Hollywood" sign & Burbank Airport 1:07:40 Dodger Stadium 1:08:25 Interstate 5 & 710, East Los Angeles & Commerce 1:09:00 Los Angeles River 1:09:30 Lynwood 1:09:42 Long Beach Blvd., Lynwood & South Gate 1:09:50 Interstate 105 & Alameda Street, Los Angeles 1:09:52 Watts, Los Angeles 1:10:30 United Airlines jet on parallel approach to 25L 1:11:30-1:12:35 Palos Verdes Peninsula 1:13:50 Touching down on 24R More flight & aircraft information: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL6063/history/20170123/2210Z/CYVR/KLAX