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Original description of this video:
A video with air traffic control soundtrack: A B747 takes off from San Francisco International Airport, passing the industrial city of South San Francisco and west of the San Francisco shoreline, before turning northeast for a view of the city's downtown towers, the San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge, Mount Diablo, the Sacramento Delta, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, and Reno.

The flight continues on its northeasterly heading over northern Nevada, southeastern Idaho, and Montana into Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Hudson Bay, northern Quebec and Baffin Island.

At daybreak, the flight heads southeast above the North Atlantic between Greenland and southwest of Iceland. It enters the "Shamrock" of Shannon and the "Scottish" of Prestwick air traffic control zones covering air traffic bound for London.

Descent begins over north and east London, affording views of central London landmarks, such as the London Eye and the Westminster Palace (UK Parliament) along the River Thames, before landing to the west on Heathrow Airport's runway 27L.

0:011:05 Dutyfree & electronics merchandise at San Francisco International Airport
2:003:20 Passengers boarding UA 901
3:539:44 Flightsafety announcement
9:44 Pushback begins
10:30 Taxiing begins (to runway 28R)
14:36 Air Traffic Control (ATC) sound track begins
20:40 Takeoff run begins on runway 28R
22:15 South San Francisco, Caifornia
22:4022:55 Colma, California
23:5524:15 Lake Merced, San Francisco, California
24:5025:15 Downtown San Francisco, California
25:2025:30 Alcatraz Island (tiny island at bottom)
25:3025:40 San FranciscoOakland Bay Bridge
25:4526:05 Treasure Island, San Francisco
26:1526:20 Angel Island (State Park), San Francisco Bay
26:3526:55 Alameda Naval Air Station (closed), Alameda, California
27:3527:55 San Pablo Reservoir (near) & Briones Reservoir (far)
29:3029:40 Mount Diablo
29:5530:40 Suisun Bay
31:0032:20 Sacramento River
31:2531:45 Rio Vista, California
34:00 34:40 Sacramento, California
35:0035:20 Mather Airport, Sacramento, California
35:4536:00 Nimbus Dam, Fair Oaks, California
36:2036:40 Folsom Lake
41:0044:00 Lake Tahoe, California / Nevada
42:5043:10 Donner Lake, California
44:4546:15 Reno, Nevada
45:2045:50 RenoTahoe International Airport (RNO)
46:0046:05 Marina Park Lake, Sparks, Nevada
47:0548:45 Pyramid Lake, Nevada
50:5552:25 Winnemucca Lake
Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed lying in northwest Nevada. It is on the dividing line between Washoe and Pershing counties. Until the 1930s, it was a shallow lake, but was dried out by construction projects. (Wikipedia)
55:0555:15 Inflight lunch
1:06:351:06:50 Drink & movie
1:07:101:07:40 Sloan Ditch, Montana
1:17:101:18:00 Missouri River east of Montana Highway 191
1:25:40 Crew request to lower window shades
1:26:25 Salt Lake Center handing control to Winnipeg Centre two minutes prior to entering Canadian airspace near Val MarieAssiniboia, Saskatchewan
1:43:50 1:44:25 Sample latenight bigscreen entertainment footage
1:45:40 Last Montreal Centre instruction. Crossing the Atlantic.
1:45:411:46:20 Aircraft at position east of Greenland
1:46:30 Beginning of radio communication with Shannon air traffic control centre
1:48:15 Beginning of radio communication with Prestwick air traffic control centre "Scottish"
1:49:201:49:35 Scrambled eggs & sausage breakfast
2:06:302:06:50 River Conwy at Llandudno, Wales
Daventry ATC:
http://ivao.co.uk/atc/lacc/s28 on Heathrow Airport runway 27L
2:16:502:17:30 Cockpit landing announcement
2:34:152:24:40 Regent's Park, London
2:34:452:35:15 River Thames through central London
2:35:202:35:35 The Shard (across the Thames), 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin) & Liverpool Street, London
2:35:50 Waterloo Station, London Eye, Big Ben, Palace of Westminster (Houses of UK Parliament)
Site of March 22, 2017 Westminster attack
2:38:202:38:30 Hyde Park, London
2:42:35 Touchdown on 27L

Complete data of this flight from Flight Aware tracking:
http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight...

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