Two Planes To Fly Over Manhattan Landmarks Monday

NEW YORK CITY — If you're looking to the skies Monday to admire out the solar eclipse (make sure you have proper eye safety), don't be distracted by two planes flying at low-altitudes near Manhattan landmarks. A Douglas DC-3 and a Beechcraft Bonanza A36TC are scheduled to make planned flyovers over the George Washington Bridge, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and along the Hudson river, police told Patch.

The flyovers, which are expected to take about 40 minutes, will occur either in the morning or around 6 p.m., police told Patch. The planes will be flying at altitudes between 600-1,100 feet. To compare, One World Trade Center rises 1,776-feet-tall.

Monday's flyover is great news for historic plane enthusiasts.

The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, a fixed-wing propeller-driven airliner, is argued to be "the greatest airplane of its time," according to aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The DC-3 was designed and built in t he 1930s and was the first aircraft that made commercial airline flights profitable without the need of government subsidies, according to Boeing. The aircraft was also widely used by the military during World War II.

A mysterious December flyover of Midtown Manhattan caused a stir when New Yorkers noticed military aircraft hovering at low altitudes. At the time, the Air National Guard insisted the flyover was "routine training flight," CBS news radio reporter, but Alex Silverman said a government source told him the military aircrafts were "involved in a Secret Service protective operation... coordinated with the FAA."

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