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1968 LaGuardia International Airport Runway 31 Pre- Security Footage
I found this over at LiveLeak today after perusing a few pages. It appears that a couple of kids sneaked into LaGuardia and took some footage of planes taking off and landing. Thank You "distar97" for the awesome footage! "As a 15 year old kid in 1968, I liked visiting LaGuardia airport. One day a friend and I went out to runway 31 to film takeoffs and landings. We made our way out on the concealed side of the old seawall, filming a few planes along the way. After sunset we hopped… (www.liveleak.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Visiting a lot of different towns, laying over, and not wanting to venture far away, Airport restaurants and observation decks were a destination. Then immediately after 911, to walk into a terminal and see uniformed military with loaded M16's, and then to watch that progress into the TSA and all those observation decks start going away was such a wholesale change.
Wonderful footage! Reminds me of the time that kids were in awe of Aviation. There was always a fairly large group of us who couldn't keep our heads down when on the playground. Going out to the airport was sheer joy. With all of the security that is now in place making flying such a hassle and airlines paying crap wages, it's no wonder today's youth have no interest in flying. Thanks for a great little "slice" of nostalgia.
Right on, Sharon! You share the same mindset that I have, and I was always looking at planes, especially when everyone else expected me to catch a baseball...
I am still that way. Thanks for a great post.
I am still that way. Thanks for a great post.
I grew up on or near Air Force bases. I still live next door to a reserve base where PUIs are taught their final aircraft, in this case, C-130s. Also, Lockheed builds them as well as F-22s (or at least did). I am always running out to see what is taking off or landing though I can normally tell just by the sounds.
Back when I was in, I was on guard duty on the gate to the little air base we were using on an exercise in Korea and during NBC training, I totally disregarded the Korean guard yelling gas, gas, gas as I watched the plane fly overhead spraying water. If it really had been gas, well, I guess I wouldn't be here today.
Back when I was in, I was on guard duty on the gate to the little air base we were using on an exercise in Korea and during NBC training, I totally disregarded the Korean guard yelling gas, gas, gas as I watched the plane fly overhead spraying water. If it really had been gas, well, I guess I wouldn't be here today.
I still love the smell of burned Jet A!
So true! It's sad that kids today don't pay any mind to aviation, whatsoever. As a kid, I used to love going to the observation pier at my hometown airport to watch, say.. about 3 or 4 airline departures in an hour of time.
Yes, what got me interested in aviation was a complete tour of Dorval airport as a Boy Scout back in the early 60's.
We spent a full day visiting, operations, control tower, maintenance, flight training etc.
Then the Icing on the Cake was a fight in a 4 engine NorthStar where the captain circled over my home town. Try that nowadays !
We spent a full day visiting, operations, control tower, maintenance, flight training etc.
Then the Icing on the Cake was a fight in a 4 engine NorthStar where the captain circled over my home town. Try that nowadays !