Landing at Boston (BOS) - General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport

[nemo227]

Looks like that was Fort Independence and landing on zero four right or zero four left.

[secoady]

I really like this video. I love coming home by Logan. On final approach you fly over the Conley Container Ship Terminal in Southie where the loaders look like Star Wars' AT-ATs.. The Big Dig Ted William's Tunnel is under that last stretch of water before wheels down. I soon enter that tunnel after landing. Logan is largely landfill. Much fill pulled from Harbor Islands including two small islands which were entirely swallowed up to create the airport.

[secoady]

The large Marina Bay is on Squantum. In 1910 this area was the home of the Harvard Aeronautical Society which named it the Harvard Aviation Field. Very early air meets took place there - some ill-fated. It went through a number of incarnations before becoming in 1927 a small civilian airfield, the Dennison Airport. Amelia Earhart helped finance the construction (she served as a share-holding director). She also flew on the first official flight out of the airport on September 3, 1927.

[secoady]

The water is Boston Harbor with Harbor Islands. We don't call it the Atlantic until you pass Little Brewster Island, home to Boston Light (1716), the oldest continually used light in the U.S. which beams light 27 miles out into sea.  A keeper still lives and keeps the light. You passed over Fort Independence, a pentagonal granite fort built between 1834 and 1851 – on Castle Island in South Boston.

[john2k24]

great video and great dialogue... just a couple corrections: Runways are marked in 360 degrees such as due east is runway 09 west 27 so theres no runway 40. And that body of water was the atlantic ocean! Safe travels my friend hope you enjoyed New England as well!

[nedmarc]

@john2k24, thank you for your kind words...  it is nice of you to be understanding that I'm imperfect in my narration, but I do my best with limited knowledge

[my235]

I like the dialog. Most landing videos are just quite.

[yanksrokmysox08]

Beautiful video!

Would have been even better if the sun was out and shining.

But nothing you could control.

[nedmarc]

thank you for your kind words @yanksrokmysox08

[dingdongditch1000]

Good video, better than the one at Chicago!!!

[nedmarc]

Thanks for your kind words!

[dingdongditch1000]

@nedmarc No problem!!!

[DJRosco82]

Nice video my man-sorry butt-you are wrong there-I used to live in the island @ :43 in said houses-we had atv's that we took around that salt marsh-the fort-is Ft Indepedance on CASTLE Island-not an actual Island(Georfes is further out) I was the captain on said ferry boat from Hingham-still my favorite run-tho I drive bigger boats in NYC now... Landing was 04R which I used to watch out my window from my old home wich would be DIRECTLY on the other side @ about 1:12-AWESOME VID NED!!!!

[nedmarc]

Thanks for your kind words and information..

[secoady]

@DJRosco82 Always thought captain of a Harbor ferry would be a great, great job. Tough with heavy traffic out there but still enviable.

[buttplug396]

The body of water you flew over was Boston Harbor, The fort you flew over Is Fort Warren located on Georges Island, It was built back during the Civil war and defended Bos. harbor through WW-2 ! It was also used to keep POW's ! And Ditto that was Rwy 4 R at Logan.

[nedmarc]

first, thanks for watching....

a special thank you for the additional information... it's often hard to be precise unless you fly a route often, but I figure it's better to point things out verbally and then correct later... so, even if I am wrong, the folks know what I am commenting on later (with corrections)

[buttplug396]

U-R welcome... Thanks also for the responce back! I'm from Bos. so thats why I knew that... !!! If Im flying Into LAX.. I have no Idea waht Im looking at..ow what Rwy It is! LOL Take It easy! Keep posting great Videos!

[Qantas25]

04R was your arrival.