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Seeing the total eclipse from 33,000 feet

Despite the pilot’s best efforts, delta’s eclipse flight didn’t offer passengers the best view of totality.

SOMEWHERE OVER ARKANSAS — As skywatchers gathered across North America on Monday to peer up at a total solar eclipse, a plane full of Delta Air Lines passengers hoped to get a unique view from above the clouds.

But despite the efforts of the pilots on the route from Dallas to Detroit, a glimpse of totality proved elusive for many of the people who had reserved a spot on a flight that promised special maneuvers to get everyone a peek.

Passengers crowded near windows as the plane made a series of turns. However, the angle of the sun in the sky through much of the flight meant it was difficult to see much at all without craning your neck. Questions of “Did you see it?” bounced around the plane.

Kyle Carter, 40, a stay-at-home dad and private pilot from Orlando, said he didn’t see much of the actual eclipse during the flight, but he was happy with what he experienced.

“What I wanted to see, more than the actual eclipse itself, was just the shadow racing toward us from behind,” he said. “I did see that. You could see the darkness come towards us.”

Attorney Scot Kees and his daughter Gabrielle, 8, came from Atlanta for the flight. He said they “got a sliver” of the eclipse.

“Even though we didn’t get it completely, it was a fun community experience,” he said. He pointed out that clouds were an issue for many on the ground, so he’s not sure he would have seen more if he’d traveled somewhere else. “I’m glad we got to see what we did.”

2024 total solar eclipse

Before people on the plane flew into a few minutes of totality, the lights were dimmed and the sky outside grew darker. Flight attendants and the pilot offered a couple of heads-ups. Seat-back screens showed the scenes elsewhere along the path of totality, including Mexico, then Texas and up through Indianapolis.

Passengers got a bag of swag that included “solar eclipse” Sun Chips, a Moon Pie, eclipse glasses, and Delta-branded socks and hat that said “climbing the cosmos.”

Captain Alex Howell said in an interview after the flight landed that he didn’t look at the sun during the flight, but saw the sky turn into a “dark version of dusk.”

“The city lights came on because of the darkness,” he said.

In the lead-up to the eclipse, several airlines publicized their best-chance flights for a prime viewing spot, with more than two dozen crisscrossing the country on Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska and other operators. They were careful to include caveats and make no promises.

“While Delta flight plans have been designed to maximize time within the path of totality, this is subject to change due to factors outside of Delta’s control such as weather and air traffic control that could impact timing and aircraft,” the airline warned.

Delta operated two dedicated eclipse flights from Texas on Monday, including one from Austin. On the flight from Austin to Detroit, a couple wearing eclipse shirts got engaged after passing through totality.

“Everyone was clapping and yelling and just really happy for them,” said Delta spokeswoman Catherine Morrow, who was on the flight. The captain piped up from the flight deck to ask the outcome.

In Dallas, the airport scene was festive Monday morning. Passengers walked under a celestial-themed balloon arch to board, airline representatives handed out glasses and a Yorkie named Delilah posed for photos with her humans.

“It’s her first eclipse, how could she miss it?” said Alan Goldberg, 70, an attorney who lives in New York City and Florida. Monday was Delilah the dog’s second birthday.

Thomas Iwinski, a 34-year-old meteorologist from Detroit, flew to Dallas Monday morning to get on the flight back home that would transport passengers along the path of totality. He described the mood at the gate as “ecstatic, joyful, elated.” He rented a home in Tennessee for the 2017 eclipse but didn’t want to take a chance on clouds this time.

“It’s definitely going to be something that I’ve never experienced before,” he said.

The airline had been planning for the flights for months.

In October, an operations planning staffer mentioned the upcoming eclipse. That led to some brainstorming and spitballing, said Chris Clisham, a flight superintendent at the airline, in a phone interview.

“And dot dot dot, here we are,” he said.

The logistics sound like an SAT word problem: If the plane is traveling at 400 mph and the moon’s shadow is racing at 1,600 mph, where will they overlap? And for how long? Throw in the angle of the sun while you’re at it.

“Fortunately, even though I am a math major, I didn’t have to bring any trigonometry into this equation,” Clisham said. Flight-planning software did the heavy lifting.

The airline first announced an Austin-to-Detroit flight in mid-February, describing it as “specifically for umbraphiles to be able to spend as much time as possible directly within the path of totality.” That flight sold out in a day, so Delta quickly added another one, this time from Dallas.

Jamie Larounis, a D.C.-based travel industry analyst with UpgradedPoints.com , had no special plans to see the eclipse. He was intrigued by Delta’s first flight, but it sold out before he could snag a seat. Then he saw a news release about the Dallas flight.

“Within 30 seconds, I had it booked,” he said. “I dropped everything.”

Before the flight, he said, he dropped 107,500 airline miles to book a first-class seat on the left side of the plane, equivalent to about $1,149. Anyone who heard about the plan assumed he has an extreme interest in eclipses, but he said he is more of an aviation buff.

“They all think I’m some sort of meteorologist, am I some sort of physics whatever,” said Larounis, 34.

Melanie Elliott, 36, of Chapel Hill, N.C., was disappointed to have missed the Austin flight so she leaped at the chance to fly out of Dallas. An astronomy fan who got a degree in physics, she was wearing astronaut earrings, a solar system necklace and a star and moon ring. After the flight, she said the view of totality — as she “was like laying on the right side of the seat” to try to see — was “a little disappointing.” She said she’ll watch her next eclipse from the ground.

But there was one huge perk for her: Astronaut Scott Kelly spoke at a post-flight party in Detroit and posed for pictures with passengers.

“Scott Kelly touched my moon tattoo,” Elliott said. “Kind of worth it.”

During the last eclipse visible from North America, in 2017, photographer Jon Carmichael tried to win a spot on a special Alaska Airlines flight so he could photograph the eclipse from the sky. He lost out, but pored over flight schedules and compared them with the eclipse path to find a Southwest flight from Portland, Ore., to St. Louis.

With the help of the pilots — one of whom even cleaned the window outside Carmichael’s seat before taking off — he took about 1,200 photos that formed an iconic photo mosaic documenting the eclipse.

Carmichael, who has also photographed an eclipse from land, said there are pros and cons to being in the air. The experience on the ground is more immersive; there are temperature changes, reactions from wildlife and the view is not obstructed by parts of a plane.

But in the sky, clouds are much less likely to get in the way. And, he said, it’s possible to see the moon’s shadow moving across the earth on the ground — a view unavailable to eclipse watchers for most of human history.

“We’ve only been flying as a human race for a little over 100 years; that’s only the blink of an eye,” he said. “It really gives you a sense of the scale of the universe that we’re part of this huge incredible celestial system where you actually can see the moon’s shadow being cast onto the Earth, moving across the Earth.”

A total solar eclipse passed across the United States on Monday, April 8. See photos and videos from the path of totality and read our reporters’ coverage from scenes across the nation .

Looking ahead: Missed this one? The next eclipse visible in the United States won’t be until 2044 — and then we’ll see another shortly after in 2045. If you did watch this eclipse but without proper eyewear, here’s what to do if your eyes hurt .

The science: This eclipse appeared especially dramatic because the sun was at its most active period in two decades. In the past, solar eclipses have helped scientists learn more about the universe . Here’s everything else to know about the solar eclipse.

See stunning photos from solar eclipse flight from Austin to Detroit

D etroit Free Press photographer Eric Seals had quite an interesting solar eclipse flight. One of the two eclipse flights offered by Delta Airlines, DL 1218, flew from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). There were about 130 lucky passengers.

Seals captured the special event with photos, which he then uploaded to Instagram profile @ericseals and shared the experience with those of us on the ground.

Here are some of the once-in-a-lifetime photos taken during the 2-hour and 15-minute flight.

'Red carpet'

As Delta prepared for passengers on its solar eclipse flight, staff set the scene. A red carpet was rolled out, with an arc of balloons framing the walkway.

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'Woah!!! Where is my window???'

Eric Seals' eclipse flight had a rocky start.

Delta had granted Seals permission to board the plane with his camera equipment first, so he could capture the other passengers walking under the balloon canopy and across the jetway.

Lee shared his predicament of finding that his seat did not offer a direct view of the nearest window. Instead, he would need to recline his seat to capture the view.

Luckily, Seals met a kind soul in the seat behind him. After Seals offered to take her photo during the eclipse, the woman offered to switch seats with him.

"So glad there are good people still left in this world," Seals wrote on social media. "I’m going to make a solar eclipse print and send it to her."

'Flying at 640 mph'

A strong tailwind at 35,057 feet complicated the flight. To stay ahead of the moon, the Delta plane increased its speed.

The average speed of Delta's AA220-300 is between 120 and 150 miles per hour, according to the Airbus site .

Timelapse: Speeding up to 24 seconds of the 2024 solar eclipse over Austin

'Cool swag bag'

Delta seemed to pull out all the stops for its solar eclipse flights. While in the air, all passengers received various eclipse-themed items.

'You win some and you lose some'

Unfortunately views of the solar eclipse from the plane were less than ideal. The area of sky featuring the sun was high above the aircraft, making it difficult to glimpse.

Above Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted the pilot permission to turn the plane so that both sides could watch the eclipse from their windows.

Live updates: Everything you need to know about Monday's solar eclipse

'A wedding proposal during the flight'

As if the solar eclipse flight wasn't special enough, there was a marriage proposal on DL 1218.

And she said yes.

"One of the highlights was getting advance notice about a wedding proposal during the flight," Seals wrote on social media. "Being there for that with the crowd of passengers enjoying the moment the couple from New York City will never forget."

After the eclipse, we'll have posters and framed prints from Statesman photojournalists available at  usatodaystore.com.

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: See stunning photos from solar eclipse flight from Austin to Detroit

Solar eclipse 2024: Photos from the path of totality and elsewhere in the U.S.

Images show the Great American Eclipse, seen by tens of millions of people in parts of Mexico, 15 U.S. states and eastern Canada for the first time since 2017.

Millions gathered across North America on Monday to bask in the glory of the Great American Eclipse — the moment when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. 

The path of totality measures more than 100 miles wide and will first be visible on Mexico’s Pacific coast before moving northeast through Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois and upward toward New York, New Hampshire and Maine, then on to Canada.

Total solar eclipse 2024 highlights: Live coverage, videos and more

During the cosmic spectacle, the moon’s movements will temporarily block the sun’s light, creating minutes of darkness, and will make the sun's outer atmosphere, or the corona, visible as a glowing halo.

Here are moments of the celestial activities across the country:

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Southwest Airlines captures stunning solar eclipse photos at 35,000 feet on Texas flights

Southwest airlines, one of the country's most popular airlines, hosted a one-of-a-kind inflight "solarbration" for its passengers, by de'anthony taylor and candace sweat • published april 8, 2024 • updated on april 8, 2024 at 11:18 pm.

Millions of people around the United States looked up to the sky in awe as they watched the total solar eclipse, an incredible phenomenon that only happens once in a lifetime.

However, a group of lucky travelers had a unique experience they will never forget as they witnessed the eclipse at 35,000 feet.

Southwest Airlines, one of the country's most popular airlines, hosted a one-of-a-kind inflight "Solarbration" for its passengers, complete with festive eclipse-themed glasses, napkins, and cosmic cocktails.

The airline said its Solarbration flights that were within the path of the eclipse included Southwest Flight #1252, which departed Dallas (Love Field) for Pittsburgh; Southwest Flight #1721, which departed Austin for Indianapolis; and Southwest Flight #1910, which departed St. Louis for Houston (Hobby).

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Passengers onboard these flights were treated to a front-row view of the eclipse, making their journey even more memorable and exciting.

Southwest Airlines catches stunning photos of total solar eclipse amid ‘Solarbration'

But that's not all—leading up to the eclipse in March, Southwest Airlines said it partnered with Omni Hotels to host a Solarbration Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes awarded two lucky winners and their guests an out-of-this-world eclipse experience.

The winners enjoyed a decked-out eclipse-themed room at the Omni Hotel in Austin or Dallas before heading to the airport to begin their celestial adventure aboard a Southwest Airlines flight within the eclipse path. The Omni Hotels provided glasses, napkins, and stir-sticks for the flights, including a luggage tag with special offers.

As the entire world looked up to the sky in wonder on Monday, Southwest Airlines took it a step further by leveraging its place in the sky to provide a unique opportunity for its passengers to observe the phenomenon up close.

The airline's Solarbration flights allowed passengers to witness the eclipse from a whole new perspective, and the festive atmosphere onboard made the experience even more memorable.

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