had some time to kill tonight while waiting for a flight
http://youtu.be/vzld38Cx5cU
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had some time to kill tonight while waiting for a flight
http://youtu.be/vzld38Cx5cU
i remember when I was a kid in the 60's driving on the GCP by the threshold for 4 with my familia ,late night,a night of fog,and driving rain, and this Eastern Electra just explodes out of the murk, landing lamps beaming,prop disks shimmering,right over the top of us, I can still hear the whine/roar of those Allisons, so very,very,cool, also my one and only landing at LGA in the 727 was runway 4,on a see forever night and a banking sweeping visual that encompassed lower Manhattan,Brooklyn,and Queens, I remember noting the traffic on the Grand central as I began my roundout,and flare, and thinking about another circle completing.
Man, this brings back great memories. I grew up in Flushing right under the 31 approach. In the 70s I totally remember
the EAL Electras. Your words paint a great picture of those memories. We lived on the top floor of an apartment building
and it sounded like the planes were going to scrape the roof. Especially on a rainy or snowy day- they seemed that much closer.
The EAL Electra's and L1011's were my KLGA faves!
I still love being on the Grand Central when A flight comes over.
This is exactly how I remember the Electra passing over our apt in Flushing.
http://oi46.tinypic.com/200uqtc.jpg
awesome !!! by the time they got to Jersey they were itty bitty things,with the Allisons reduced to a whisper.
What a fantastic shot of that Electra, Don
Cool video as well there Eric