As someone who tried to hold a camera steady during a landing, I have to congratulate this camera person. Great footage steadily held camera for ages. Well done.
@@frankgrimesification It probably looks and smells a lot different from what you remember of it. I’m not saying that you made the right decision or the wrong decision. You’re entitled to choose the life you want call
Never ceases to amaze me the skills a pilot possess . Landing an aircraft in such a larger populated area. Amazing. Brilliant footage of NY well captured 👍
Yes, the pilots have skills, aided by GPS/Electronic navigation, charts, and Air Traffic Control. Together, the skies remain the 'safest way to travel' (statistically).
I made the same flight on September 14th, 2001. Our company had sent a charter flight to get us back from Europe, and as we flew into LGA that evening, we looked down into the smoking hole of the former World Trade Center. It's an image seared in my memory.
I congratulate the person who took this footage. The views are breath taking and the video is exciting. It is a real aviation ,short documentary. You feel you were inside the plane.
Thank you so very much for this video, I am 80 yrs and haven't flown for the last 30 of those years. I love flying, I love London and visit regularly when we are not worrying about the virus. This was a real treat. Maybe I will get to fly again, I hope so. In the meantime I am going to watch this often.
In my day, this was called the Expressway visual approach for runway 31. After passing the southern tip of Manhattan, the pilot follows the east river up to the Maspeth tanks (I just updated this, the approach now flies over Brooklyn, not the East river), then turning right to follow the Long Island expressway until almost intersecting the centerline of runway 31. This takes a path near the old World's Fair grounds and the Stadium (CITI) used by the METS. Turn left and basically cross over the water at about 500 feet to land straight ahead. What is remarkable in this video is the clear sky and great visibility. Great landing too!
It was cool to see the reflecting pool and the Unisphere from the 1964-65 Fair being so close to Citi Field. Also, downtown Brooklyn has some pretty big buildings which I didn’t realize.
@@chasbodaniels1744 the buildings in downtown brooklyn are going up really fast....I’ve lived a 20-minute walking distance away from downtown BK for years and the past 1-2 years has made it so different!!
I went to that 1965 Worlds Fair in Queens that the Jet flew over when I was a little snot nose 7 year old kid from Westchester County New York. Brings back good memories of N.Y.C. Those were the days. Left N.Y.C for Florida in 1989 (31 years ago) which was the end of a great era in N.Y.C. Just not the same City anymore. A dirty crime ridden noisy rathole. And the Winters are horrible. No thanks!!
This reminds me of my first time flying. About 2 years ago I flew from New York to Houston, Texas for Christmas 🎄. And on the flight back from Texas to New York this was the same view that I had. I took a video of this arrival into LGA. It’s amazing flying anywhere. I don’t know why I was so afraid to fly. Now I really love flying. My video has the Statue of Liberty 🗽 in it. Idk if I saw it in this one.
Yes, it's there--right after they curve into Brooklyn--it's a little bit behind the island which comes into view there--Brooklyn's skyline is a little bit in front and to the left.
@@TrapLegionRecords yes it is 4k plus you dont need 8k to tell you that plus fact 8k is not fully supported yet with monitors /graphics etc so stop the ball crap
I was an ATC at LGA 1989-2000. This looks like the "expressway visual approach RW 31". This was a great approach for the pilots but for ATC it could sometimes be a pain. On this approach all planes did not turn "base" at the same place so this lead to spacing issues and actually delayed departures. Anyway, it was fun to watch. I heard they had taken down the "Maspeth Tanks", so it was no longer on the approach plates. Hard to miss two giant red and white checker board painted gas tanks on final.
It reminded me of the checkerboard sign near the old Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong. I was quite surprised to learn, just now, that the sign has been restored to its original state in 2021.
Memories.....2:45, I remember the first time I saw this exact view as the plane turned......will never forget it. Can’t wait to go back once things get better (covid)
I visited America for the first time when I was a kid. This is the same route we flew into New York. I was so excited when I saw Manhattan through the window. Great memories 🙂
Like someone sitting on the toilet wondering if the boss is going to fire him tomorrow. You can actually think of anything pretty random at this point.
I flew over newyork about 29 years ago (sat on the west side of the plane ) just as it was going dark wow what an experience that was phenomenal ive never forgot it thanks for posting this brought back very happy memories
Commenting 2/8/21 MON at 6am EST...from southern RI...SIMPLY AWESOMED views of Manhattan...as the last time I was in NYC was way back on MON 4/15/85...when I drove a Port Washington Delux Taxi cab there...in the Wall Street section too...as shown here....quite a big change in the lineup of the buildings and so on in the past 36 years' time.....nice shot of the NY World's Fair section too..I was there in November 1965...still remember my wonderful visit there..when I was in 3rd grade.....Anyways.....gorgeous weather day for the beautiful landing....as now...almost 10 months later..a pipeline of snowstorms are still on tap.... Again...huge pleasure in seeing this live awesomed video of the landing at LGA airport((I drove a taxicab many times since SUN 3/19/78, BTW.....before moving to southern RI on 9/3/86...))
I've always wanted to visit your beautiful country,as I have Aussie relatives in Sydney, but too old now! I hope we USAers treated you well- met a few folks from NZ-so friendly!🤗👌👍
@@boblebovidge7049 I regret not making it to New York but when my wife and I visited the USA in 2013, we went to LA, New Orleans, Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco, back to LA and then to American Samoa and Hawaii on the way home. Loved every second of it. Every American we met was friendly and helpful. Just superb 😎👍❤
It will be a looooooong time before it returns to anything like it was. The governor and mayor have devastated the place with the draconian mandates. Almost 40% of the restaurants are gone and God only knows when the lights of Broadway will be lit again. It's surrealistically unsettling to walk through Times Square. Vids of just two years ago seem like that of a lost civilization. How bad are things? Even the hallowed Met Museum, one of the greatest in the world, had to sell some of its collection to make ends meet.
Well done! And what a clear view. Thanks to the pandemic? And what a smooth landing! Only sad thing is the missing WTC 1 and 2. I was on top of it in 1993. What a great loss for the skyline. Together with the Empire Stat building they were the landmarks of NYC.
@@thehouseofcrumblingidols2694 What an desaster. It was sadly the beginning of a very sad era in the whole world: Afghanistan, Irak, Lybia, Syria and now Ukraine.....
Don’t listen to the naysayers- NYC is going to go through an adjustment, as are all the cities around the World. It will be 2-3 years before all stores are opened up again. But when the pandemic is clear, you’re going to see a massive swell of people coming back to cities. People are so tired of being bored. They want excitement again. NYC is one answer to that - and a really good one.
Splendid job!! Righto!! Crisp clear images. Two years ago I fly from NYC down the east coast to Florida flew over and saw what you showed only in reverse. It was a wondrous flight as it became night. I saw many planes flying over/past us. My cell battery was dead so I couldn't record it. My face was glued to the action. Thank you for this video. Safe travels.
Gostei muito do seu vídeo. Sou do Brasil, ainda não fui a New York, e fiquei surpreso com a vista aérea da ilha de Manhattan e também da gigantesca área plana do terreno a perder de vista. Obrigado por compartilhar. Tchau.
This was an amazing video showing the amazing views of NYC and approach to LGA. I’ve been on board doing the same many times. This video is truly amazing and brought me joy. You are very talented. 😊
In 1995, I moved to Long Island and took the train to Penn Station, Manhattan, and then walked to the "TWIN TOWERS" and went to the roof-top Observatory,,, Then I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Brooklyn and then walked across the Queensboro Bridge back into Manhattan, to Penn Station and took the train back home to Long Island... Such a nice walk.... I stayed in New York for a year, then became a Traveling Marketing Manager traveling America for 10 years...... GOSH, the NYC Skyline looks sooooo different, and now has sooooo many more Skyscrapers.
I took this same flight path in 1997 (to LaGuardia)....the difference being the old World Trade Center was still there, and there are a LOT more skyscrapers in NY now!
Thank you very much for this video so many beautiful and greats memories from New York 🗽 in the 1970s and 80s I Really appreciate and GOD Bless New York 🗽 city I miss NY .
Every time I land into LGA, I always feel like I'm "home". I haven't been to NY in several years and have been living the majority of my life in Florida but NY still feels like my real home.
No. We don't have much green areas overall. But, we do have some massive parks with a ton of green areas like Central Park, Prospect Park and The Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn. 99 percent of New York City used to be wild nature with almost all trees. Then lower Manhattan became a small town and they went north slowly knocking down all the trees and wild life. Eventually, rich people started knocking down trees in Brooklyn and eventually Queens, building their summer homes there. Today, 90 percent of the city is buildings and concrete streets, etc.
@@frankgrimesification Bypass all the incredible achievements and concentrate only on the negative. What a shit covered lens you view the world with. Bet you're fun at parties.
Stunning approach! They’ve performed the EXPRESSWAY VISUAL RWY 31 at LGA. “When cleared for a Expressway Approach to Rwy 31 (while on LGA VORR-225), cross DIALS at 2500' or above. Turn right at DIALS heading 085^and descend to Rwy 31 via the Long Island Expressway and Flushing MeadowPark.”
@@newblackconcepts4705 No delta flights between Syracuse and La Guardia. And according to the trajectory this flight comes from somewhere northeast of NYC.
@@nickcockayne7880 Yes, you are correct. If you are sitting behind the wing and it were not in the picture, it would be a catastrophe. The only reason I mentioned it was that when I take pictures or video from the airplane I try to sit in front of the wing (and the last 4 times I flew I early boarded) so that the wing doesn't make it hard to see the sights.
