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Where can I watch planes? (Northern NJ)
Greetings.
I am not a pilot, though some day I would like to start lessons. I live near TEB and CDW. I have two toddlers who love airplanes. At CDW, I have been able to find a place not on airport grounds where we can spot the planes taking off and landing. However, TEB is closer. At TEB, I was told by a guard that there is no place on airport property that I can go, that it's against the law. The only place I have received permission to watch is a bit far away, and the view is not that great. Does anybody know of a decent place where I can go with the children to watch planes? I like to take my scanner so that I can follow along with the action. Unfortunately, things have changed so much from when I was a kid. I used to be able to go to PHL and watch planes without a hassle... Thanks in advance for any input. |
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TeleTechnician wrote:
Greetings. I am not a pilot, though some day I would like to start lessons. I live near TEB and CDW. I have two toddlers who love airplanes. At CDW, I have been able to find a place not on airport grounds where we can spot the planes taking off and landing. However, TEB is closer. At TEB, I was told by a guard that there is no place on airport property that I can go, that it's against the law. The only place I have received permission to watch is a bit far away, and the view is not that great. Does anybody know of a decent place where I can go with the children to watch planes? I like to take my scanner so that I can follow along with the action. Unfortunately, things have changed so much from when I was a kid. I used to be able to go to PHL and watch planes without a hassle... Thanks in advance for any input. Can't help you as I'm in France - but you do know *why* things have changed, of course. I learned to fly in Florida and have followed the post-9/11 changes in US general aviation with a sense of dismay. The response seems to be a gross over-reaction to an almost paranoid level. After all, that kid in Florida proved that if you fly a Cessna into a skyscraper, the plane bounces off and the building goes 'huh?'. |
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However, TEB is closer. At
TEB, I was told by a guard that there is no place on airport property that I can go, that it's against the law. The only place I have received permission to watch is a bit far away, and the view is not that great Havent been there in years but you used to be able to park on the east side of the airport on the road to the control tower (off the main road, Rt1/9?) and watch take-offs and landings there. And it's behind the fence not on airport property. Of course they might be busting balls for loitering a little more in our post 9/11 world. I live 20 minutes or less from Republic here on Long Island and there area numerous vantage points to watch ALL types of aircraft from corporate jets, general aviation,helicopters and even warbirds. They have a nice area to park and watch by the tower but there are many other places to watch depending on what runways they are using. And no hassling either. |
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TeleTechnician wrote in message
Try Somerset Airport (SMQ) in Bedminster. It's very kid friendly, lots of families just to watch. In the warmer & nicer weather its nice just to sit over on the side under the trees and watch the gliders getting towed up. Sounds like it's a haul for you though. |
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Does anybody know of a decent place where I can go with the children to
watch planes? I like to take my scanner so that I can follow along with the action. One of the best places, if the wind is blowing from the South or Southwest is at Lincoln Park Airport. If you pass the airport heading west, there is an area with picnic tables right along side the threshold. Also, you can sit on the porch at the Restaurant at the Airport. |
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TeleTechnician ) wrote:
I am not a pilot, though some day I would like to start lessons. I live near TEB and CDW. I have two toddlers who love airplanes. Apologies if it was mentioned elsewhere in this thread (as I have not gone through all the posts) but Lincoln Park Airport, located in Lincoln Park, NJ (425 Beaverbrook Road, Lincoln Park, NJ 07035) has a restaurant right alongside the runway. If the weather is warm enough, you can sit at a table on their porch, sip a coffee or soda and watch all kinds of smaller aircraft work the pattern. They even carry the Unicom freq. over a PA system on the porch. -- Peter ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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