As Mets fans gear up for their goodbyes to Shea Stadium, the N.Y. Times notes that airline pilots will also miss their La Guardia Airport landmark. The stadium is a guidepost for a visual approach to the runway. The airplane noise is a notorious Shea characteristic and it seems some pilots liked hearing their own planes on the local game broadcasts when radios were still used in cockpits: “There were guys who would goose the throttles to make a louder noise so they could hear themselves on the radio.” Gee, thanks for that extra noise.