First, I am sorry if any of this comes across as bragging, but who else can I share this kind of experience with? I've already been laughed at in the office.
Today, I got to fly on a repositioning ferry flight from JFK-LGA. I did a LOT of unique flying last year, and when I switched to my office position as opposed to the road, one thing I wished I was able to do was to fly between JFK and LGA. Doing this was one of my big goals as a flying enthusiast.
Many of us here have looked up these occasional ferry flights from American or whomever and looked at the short flight times and the routes for two airports that are only 9 miles apart. I didn't know what to expect for myself, as runway configurations can send the plane in any direction.
The flight started off here at Hardstand 61 at JFK's Terminal 4 on one of our 757-200s (view from my plane, I know that a 737).
We took off on 31L. With only 4 people total on the aircraft, we were airborne well before the threshold. Our left bank once we were climbing brought us over Brooklyn, where I actually got to snap a pic of the Concorde at Floyd Bennett (my pics were taken with a point and shoot, please go easy on me).
We continued down to the tip of Brooklyn, turned around and made our way northeast to get in line for ILS 22 at LGA. The sun was low and it was just gorgeous getting to see the city.
That is where we reached our maximum altitude of 4,000ft. I was hoping for better runway configs, and was almost disappointed flying over LGA like that.
We lined up for 22 and landed in a decent amount of crosswind....right into the blinding sunset. I'd show a pic, but it's all white from the sun. haha
This is our route:
It was only 26 minutes, longer than I thought, but a great experience. I am glad I work for the company that I work for. The airline industry can be rough for people, but my company looks out for its employees.
Here's the rare site itself:
Thanks for letting me share this experience with you all.
