NY Times article about LGA and Shea

[i'mbatman]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/sports/baseball/26pilots.html

 

[Cardinal]

Neat article. Probably the first time I've ever seen a Jepp plate from a mainstream media source.

 

[727C47]

finally got to fly into LGA last fall ,with my old job,in the 727, completed the circle, i was one of those kids at Shea in the 70's checking out the air traffic,while my Mets were getting shelled.great article !

 

[Tail Gunner Joe]

my favorite is the side photo of the pilot with jacket unbuttoned showing his union pins.

 

[Donsa320]

my favorite is the side photo of the pilot with jacket unbuttoned showing his union pins.

Funny, that caught my eye too.What a slob, Jeez.

 

[CA1900]

But he had his hat on!

Crooked, sure, but it was on.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

They built the new stadium (Citi Field) literally right next door, so it may not be "Shea" anymore, but it's only been moved a couple hundred feet or so.

A name change and slight displacement on the chart seems to be all that's needed.

 

[dollacrackho]

I think this says it all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLmDuhV3AQ

LETS GO METS!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Patriot328]

They need to put the tanks back up... Those were a great landmark...

 

[Amish RakeFight]

They need to put the tanks back up... Those were a great landmark...

The Maspeth red and white check towers?

yeah, they've been gone for several years.

 

[Patriot328]

The Maspeth red and white check towers?

yeah, they've been gone for several years.

Yep, those are the ones... I remember flying into there and missed the NOTAM saying they were gone... we were a little confused when we were looking for them..

 

[Colonel Savage]

Yep, those are the ones... I remember flying into there and missed the NOTAM saying they were gone... we were a little confused when we were looking for them..

You should watch the History Channel more. They had a show about the demolition of the tanks. They looked a lot bigger from ground level, until they brought them down.