LGA Trivia

[PhilDernerJr]

What was the first jet to fly into LGA?

What was the first jet airliner to fly into LGA?

What was the name of the airport that literally bordered LGA during the first 6 months of operation?

How long was a flight from LGA-LAX on a DC-3?

[STT757]

What was the name of the airport that literally bordered LGA during the first 6 months of operation?

North Beach Airport?

[Speedbird1]

These are great questions. I have similar questions about Floyd Bennett Field and JFK (Idlewild). I did learn that Newark Airport competed with Floyd Bennett and Newark won-out as it was closer to Manhattan.

[PhilDernerJr]

STT is correct about North Beach. Good job!

First jet: P-80

First jetliner: 727 (United)

LGA-LAX back in the dizzay: 15 hours

[Derf]

EXCELLENT :borat: I tried to post yesterday 2 times by got sidetracked with my boys....

I would have had the 727 as the first Jetliner.... but I would have had the other two wrong. Thanks for the history! Good Stuff 8)

As for the airport I have no idea...because Glen Curis's airport, later renamed North Beach Airport, then rebuilt and later named for Fiorello H. La Guardia. So..... it really was the same land incorperated into LGA. Hmmmm

[cancidas]

were these questions a product of a flight safety instructor? i've heard them before...

[Gerard]

>LGA-LAX back in the dizzay: 15 hours[/quote]<

How many stops?

[PhilDernerJr]

were these questions a product of a flight safety instructor? i've heard them before...

I made the questions based on facts from a book about LGA that I was reading. I can't find it online so I can't show it to you folks. Maybe I'll take pics of it soon. Great book.