While waiting to pull back from the gate, we sat comfortably in our
First Class cabin sipping champagne. Everyone was aboard, so we left 10
minutes early and began a long, slow taxi southward along the tarmac.
Finally, at about 12:45 pm West Coast time, the captain turned onto
runway 28 Left, gunned the engines and were were off and running towards
London.
We're now about thirty minutes post-takeoff cruising along at 33,000
feet presumably still over California although not for long. Flying time
to London is a little shy of 10 hours. Dinner is about to be served, so
I'll write another post later.
