Some "firsts" at PDX.
PDX-NRT NW5 first flight, Portland to Narita (New Tokyo International Airport) 6-11-04.
NW was using MD-10s until the new A330-200s were in service.
![[Image: 30006057.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/30006057.jpg)
NRT-PDX NW6 first flight, NRT-PDX, 6-12-04.
![[Image: 30033991.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/30033991.jpg)
NW5 A330-200 leaving runway 10R for NRT.
![[Image: 51768469.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/51768469.jpg)
NW5 A330-200 cabin. Quieter and more comfortable than a 747.
![[Image: 51007901.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/51007901.jpg)
Video screen - almost to Tokyo.
![[Image: 45698072.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/45698072.jpg)
PDX-AMS NW92, first flight, over the pole, Portland to Amsterdam, 3-29-08
![[Image: 94893594.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/94893594.jpg)
Not exactly over the pole, but close.
![[Image: 98991254.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991254.jpg)
The Midnight Sun - midnight, New York time.
![[Image: 98991307.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991307.jpg)
Some of Greenland's mountains.
![[Image: 98991419.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991419.jpg)
Nearly there.
PDX-NRT NW5 first flight, Portland to Narita (New Tokyo International Airport) 6-11-04.
NW was using MD-10s until the new A330-200s were in service.
![[Image: 30006057.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/30006057.jpg)
NRT-PDX NW6 first flight, NRT-PDX, 6-12-04.
![[Image: 30033991.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/30033991.jpg)
NW5 A330-200 leaving runway 10R for NRT.
![[Image: 51768469.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/51768469.jpg)
NW5 A330-200 cabin. Quieter and more comfortable than a 747.
![[Image: 51007901.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/51007901.jpg)
Video screen - almost to Tokyo.
![[Image: 45698072.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/45698072.jpg)
PDX-AMS NW92, first flight, over the pole, Portland to Amsterdam, 3-29-08
![[Image: 94893594.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/94893594.jpg)
Not exactly over the pole, but close.
![[Image: 98991254.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991254.jpg)
The Midnight Sun - midnight, New York time.
![[Image: 98991307.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991307.jpg)
Some of Greenland's mountains.
![[Image: 98991419.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991419.jpg)
Nearly there.
![[Image: 98991566.jpg]](http://www.pbase.com/dickh/image/98991566.jpg)