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For Logan airport in Boston, Revere Beach is one place with a pretty good view of airliners, and is short walk from the Blue Line. You can also see a bunch of
by neilv 3y ago
For Logan airport in Boston, Revere Beach is one place with a pretty good view of airliners, and is short walk from the Blue Line.
You can also see a bunch of other places on a map that line up with runways: South Boston (including Castle Island), East Boston, and a bit further from Logan is the harborwalk around Long Wharf and the aquarium. (The aquarium might also be interesting to kids. There's some free viewing windows for a little of it, while walking past, to maybe gauge interest before paying admission. And there's various tourist things in that area, including various harbor boat rides.)
A camera/cameraphone with >1x lens will get them a closer look at planes. Or binoculars/monocular if you want to reduce screen time, or to encourage appreciating it in the moment rather than trying to capture it. (What kind of hearing protection works for kids?)
- adriand 3y agoGoing to Pearson airport in Toronto with my dad is one of my few early childhood memories. I don’t know exactly where we were but it was a popular enough spot that someone had set up a hotdog stand. In my mind it very clearly registers as a scene from the 80s. The aircraft everyone was hoping for was the 747. I still remember the roar of that thing coming in.
- sokoloff 3y agoRush fans will know this, but part of the HN crowd won’t and likely find it interesting: there’s a musical connection between Rush’s YYZ song and the Morse code identifier transmitted from a nav beacon at the Pearson Airport (IATA code YYZ) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YYZ_(song) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YYZ_(song)