ESAM Fly-in Breakfast
Sat, Aug 15
|Empire State Aerosciences Museum
FEATURING: “WHERE WERE YOU ON 9/11?”
Time & Location
Aug 15, 2026, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Empire State Aerosciences Museum, 250 Rudy Chase Dr, Glenville, NY 12302, USA
About the event
On September 11, 2001, all aircraft overflying the US were ordered “to land at the nearest suitable airport.” This came when the Federal Aviation Administration was unable to verify how many airplanes were hijacked by terrorists. Gary Loughrey, our August breakfast presenter, was piloting a US Airways flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kansas City International Airport that day. He will share details of his unique experience from 9/11.
Glens Falls-native Gary Loughrey earned his Private License at GFL in 1970, graduated from USAF Pilot Training in 1978, and flew Lockheed C-141 transports at Charleston, South Carolina for nine years. He flew for US Airways for over 30 years. Later, he flew aerial surveying for Bluesky Geospatial in North Adams, Massachusetts. These days, Gary can be found spending time with his first-production-year 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza (N9A), an aircraft he has proudly owned for thirty years.
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