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Aviation.High.Guy
2013-01-04, 02:34 PM
Here's some 8mm film footage I shot at LGA when I was about 14 years old. I miss how close you were able to get
to the action in those days. They had a great open air observation deck atop the main terminal. (Sorry for some of the
frames bouncing it the film to digi transfer. The sprocket holes are damaged on the original film.)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RBDa5ZwAnk
megatop412
2013-01-04, 02:53 PM
Dude! That is seriously awesome. Excellent choice of music as well, Slowhand's playing is timeless. I bet Phil will love seeing this
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-01-04, 04:07 PM
Thanks. BTW, I can't imagine why I chose a JT8 Engine for the title animation. It's so random, but I guess it was just a good
excuse to draw airplane stuff on something other than my school books. :tongue:


Dude! That is seriously awesome. Excellent choice of music as well, Slowhand's playing is timeless. I bet Phil will love seeing this
Zee71
2013-01-04, 05:12 PM
Totally vintage stuff! Thanks for sharing.
PhilDernerJr
2013-01-04, 07:05 PM
Aw, some goodies there!! Love me soem Ozark. Nice music selection too!
threeholerglory
2013-01-04, 07:13 PM
Somebody call the cleanup crew, we're gonna need a few mops! EXCELLENT footage, and phenomenal music selection...love me some Clapton! I'm sober now, but I'd venture to guess that with the right concoction, Layla could potentially sound like "LaGuardia". Jus' sayin'.
mirrodie
2013-01-04, 09:24 PM
NOt back but you missed the piano outro of that song! Nice pic tho! ;)
JHNA57
2013-01-04, 09:29 PM
Other then the fact it's on a 727, the American airlines livery remains unchanged over 30 yrs later!
RWB
2013-01-04, 10:37 PM
That's too cool! Love the G-159s!
Ychocky
2013-01-05, 03:36 AM
Superb. That shine on the AA 727 as it passes is so warming...
cancidas
2013-01-05, 10:26 AM
i miss the days when i was sitting in class on my high school's 3rd floor watching 727 arrivals into LGA one after another after another after another after another... etc.
727C47
2013-01-05, 12:25 PM
i miss the Eastern Electras !!! and the white top hockey stick 727s!!!
Gerard
2013-01-05, 12:38 PM
i miss the days when i was sitting in class on my high school's 3rd floor watching 727 arrivals into LGA one after another after another after another after another... etc.

Hey what HS? I went to Msgr McClancy in Elmhurst and the Runway 4 arrivals came RIGHT over the school!! Many a time the teachers had to pause especially when the weather was awful!!
And I remember my Dad taking me to the Observation deck at LGA!! That was always very cool!!
megatop412
2013-01-05, 12:53 PM
I can relate to that Gerard, as part of Lawrence HS class of '91, we had 31R arrivals going directly overhead. While I was attending there was a 3-year construction project to replace all the windows with soundproof ones. They worked pretty well(except for Concorde)
Gerard
2013-01-06, 10:31 PM
I can relate to that Gerard, as part of Lawrence HS class of '91, we had 31R arrivals going directly overhead. While I was attending there was a 3-year construction project to replace all the windows with soundproof ones. They worked pretty well(except for Concorde)

Haha Class of 91!! I was Class of 72 :eek::tongue::cool: My younger brother went to the same HS years later and I believe they too soundproofed the windows!!