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by cactus73
Sun Apr 08, 2018 7:30 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: New LGA runway 31 Approach??? (w/ photos)
Replies: 11
Views: 4412

Re: New LGA runway 31 Approach??? (w/ photos)

It’s not at all rare. Fly in on any flight from the north or east when LGA has a northwest wind and voila. If you come in on the HAARP arrival during use of the Expressway Visual or RNP 31 your route is to fly over the field, then be vectored to the Hudson, and eventually sequences into the final s...

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by cactus73
Sun Apr 08, 2018 5:23 pm
Forum: Technical/Operations
Topic: New LGA runway 31 Approach??? (w/ photos)
Replies: 11
Views: 4412

Re: New LGA runway 31 Approach??? (w/ photos)

I remember a flight from Providence to LGA in the 90's on one of those Shorts propeller jobs that followed this route. Since it was a slower plane the view as we circled over lower Manhattan was absolutely spectacular. It's very rare to take this route, I think I may have experienced it only one ot...

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by cactus73
Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:20 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AA CEO says no new hubs, fleet growth, point to point flying
Replies: 93
Views: 19142

Re: AA CEO says no new hubs, fleet growth, point to point flying

What would exactly be the point of another HUB or point to point flying? Their value is their HUBS which took decades and billions to develop. Doing any flying not related to them is almost always going to be an unwise financial decision, they are at least a couple of decades away from coming anywh...

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