What to see and do in New York

And don’t miss the opportunity to pose with some ‘gangstas’ at purpose made photo-shoot areas around Times Square. Night-time gives the best shots.

Grand central station is worth a look and its free. If you fancy a beer try Hogs & Heifers, that is some bar. Just dont wear your Outlaws T shirt.

Before my first visit to NY somebody gave me the priceless tip

“Don’t go up the Empire State Building, because from there you can’t see the tallest building in New York. Go instead up the Rockerfeller Centre, from where you can see the Empire State. A much better vista”

They had a point.

Moggy

Yeah…Top of the rock, it’s a must do. Way way better than ESB.

If your in MoMA they’ve a Bell 47 on display. But probably not worth the admission if you just want to see a Bell 47

If you’re going to one of the big arty museums, the MET is hard to beat

A few pictures from 2010

Don’t bother with Old Rhinebeck. It’s a shadow of its former self. (I live in the Hudson Valley and knew and flew with Cole Palen and Dick King.)

I’m amazed that everybody is suggesting stuff like Chinatown when the man was obviously asking for aviation-related sights.

“Don’t go up the Empire State Building, because from there you can’t see the tallest building in New York. Go instead up the Rockerfeller Centre, from where you can see the Empire State. A much better vista”

Exactly what I was going to say! The view from “Top Of The Rock” is the best.

I’d also suggest buying a City Pass as all the places mentioned so far would then be free entry (including USS Intrepid and Concorde) Also get a subway pass as can get everywhere quickly and easy including JFK.

Peter

And for a decent cup of Tetley Tea, find this place!
This for us was a life saver, and we stopped in every evening to wind down over a cuppa:) not far from Times Square

Before my first visit to NY somebody gave me the priceless tip

“Don’t go up the Empire State Building, because from there you can’t see the tallest building in New York. Go instead up the Rockerfeller Centre, from where you can see the Empire State. A much better vista”

Moggy

As a sometime New Yorker, in as much as I go there on business a lot, I second this. It’s much less busy than the ESB. Plus you get a better view of Central Park.

Non-aviation
In addition to above I suggest taking the PATH train to Hoboken, birth place of Frank Sinatra & some great bars in a nice town. The Cake Boss also has his store here (google it!)

Aviation
Take LIRR (Long Island RailRoad) to Westbury then 5 min cab for the Cradle of Aviation Musem on Charles Lindbergh Bvld. This is next to the Nassau Coliseum where the New York Islanders (NHL) play if Ice Hockey is of interest & much easier to get ticket for than NY Rangers (MSG)

Enjoy!

Dave

I get the impression from the text (“will be doing the major sights etc”, “but would make a journey for a local ‘must see’ aviation exhibit”) and the fact the message is posted in Historic Aviation that Jason is asking about aviation related sites to visit, and not the well known tourist spots.
Would be interesting to hear about any aviation museums (thxs Bager) etc in the area.

On a less ‘museum-ee’ note…

Chinatown for an eat-in meal
Taxi-ride (possible driver swearing in traffic jams, all part of the experience)
Heli-ride round Manhatten

http://www.cradleofaviation.org/general_info/generalf.html

The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum located in East Garden City, New York on Long Island to commemorate Long Island’s part in the history of aviation. It is located on land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which, together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other airfields on the Hempstead Plains, was the site of many historic flights. In fact, so many seminal flights occurred in the area, that by the mid-1920s the cluster of airfields was already dubbed the “Cradle of Aviation”, the origin of the museum’s name

Look at the aircraft on display (click on a time period, then look on the right side of the screen).

If there are any there you just have to see…
http://www.cradleofaviation.org/exhibits/index.html

http://www.americanairpowermuseum.org/Website/Index.aspx

The American Airpower Museum, is an aviation museum located on the former site of Republic Aviation at Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, New York. It maintains a collection of aviation artifacts and an array of aircraft spanning the many years of the aircraft factory’s history.

The museum is one of relatively few worldwide that actually flies historic aircraft, in addition to its static display aircraft, vehicles, and other exhibits. It operates an original Republic P-47D fighter among others in its airworthy fleet.

http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/

The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome is a museum of World War I aircraft and antique automobiles that is located in Red Hook, New York, USA.

https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/aviation/museums

Before my first visit to NY somebody gave me the priceless tip

“Don’t go up the Empire State Building, because from there you can’t see the tallest building in New York. Go instead up the Rockerfeller Centre, from where you can see the Empire State. A much better vista”

They had a point.

Moggy

Have to agree with Tin Triangle.
Empire State at night, trip on the ferry, american indian museum next to the ferry, main railway station for the architecture, times square, walk down the main streets, Macy’s, madison square gardens. That’s as much as I managed in two days (in the days when we had an aircraft that could make this possible:().
Be aware that it is bigger than it appears on a map so forget walking everywhere and use a cab.
Not my usual sort of place but it does have a buzz about the place.
Just don’t sleep or you will miss it! 🙂