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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) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I, too, grew up very close to the local airport. When our family was in Wichita, I always pleaded to go to the airport and we'd spend an afternoon on the observation deck. Those fabulous days are gone forever. Airports are very hostile now. I don't see why any young person would venture into aviation now.
Big Fun! As the sons of airline pilots, growing up under the approach paths of Atlanta International in the 1960's pre-security days, we thought we were entitled to the run of the airport. Friendly night shift mechanics often allowed us to
roam around the maintenance hangers and even sit unescorted in the cockpits as long as we didn't 'touch anything'. It's hard to believe now.
Before the current ATL terminal was built midfield, the terminal was on the north side of the airport and a huge field covered with bushes all there was between the east/west parallel runways. We often crossed the single barbed-wire fence and rode our bikes in there in the evenings. The bold among us could venture through the weeds to lay in the drainage ditches just yards from the wing tips of DC-8's, 727's and the occasional Constellation departing 8R or 9L. Wish I still had the pictures of the underside of their wings! Loud and thrilling.
roam around the maintenance hangers and even sit unescorted in the cockpits as long as we didn't 'touch anything'. It's hard to believe now.
Before the current ATL terminal was built midfield, the terminal was on the north side of the airport and a huge field covered with bushes all there was between the east/west parallel runways. We often crossed the single barbed-wire fence and rode our bikes in there in the evenings. The bold among us could venture through the weeds to lay in the drainage ditches just yards from the wing tips of DC-8's, 727's and the occasional Constellation departing 8R or 9L. Wish I still had the pictures of the underside of their wings! Loud and thrilling.
Those were the days weren't they!
This was great. As a child in the 60's, my parents would treat me to trips to CLE to watch the planes coming and going. All the wonderful stuff I used to see there. And laying in bed at night listening to the propliners take off and drone on forever it seemed like. Those Beech 18's and DC-3's were special. Smoking jets are cool, but radials were better.
When I got older, my friends and I would go there and just sit and watch for hours. At night, we used to wander through the concourses going into the different shops looking around, and wander onto the parked aircraft as well.
Sometimes, we snuck under the fence and would watch from the end of the runway as the planes roared over us. It was a rite of passage for all of us. Back then, aviation was magical still. A way that you could escape to see all parts of the world, just like in books.
Nowadays, you show up someplace near an airport with a camera, and the police are there within fifteen minutes checking you out, and making you leave.
Kids these days have no clue what they missed out on.
When I got older, my friends and I would go there and just sit and watch for hours. At night, we used to wander through the concourses going into the different shops looking around, and wander onto the parked aircraft as well.
Sometimes, we snuck under the fence and would watch from the end of the runway as the planes roared over us. It was a rite of passage for all of us. Back then, aviation was magical still. A way that you could escape to see all parts of the world, just like in books.
Nowadays, you show up someplace near an airport with a camera, and the police are there within fifteen minutes checking you out, and making you leave.
Kids these days have no clue what they missed out on.
Back when kids shot airplanes at airports with video cameras, not TSA agents with rifles. I wish I were around then, for the glory days of the airlines.
Wow. Exceptionally well put, jfflyboy. Poignant words, that harken back to a more innocent time, when kids could have fun at airports, marvel at the planes and noise and not fear yet another attack.