A window seat is better than the middle, but nothing compares to the views that pilots see from the front.
Video captured from the cockpit of a flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Toyama, Japan, shows just how much better the pilots have it.
The timelapse, created by Japan's All Nippon Airways, goes from airport to airport and condenses a one-hour flight into a one-and-a-half minute video.
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The Airbus A320 soars above the clouds, and the video's perspective is a reminder of the wonders of aviation.