Their only hope of returning to the present day is to increase altitude and speed in an attempt to catch the same 'jet stream'. After another flash of light and violent shaking, New York City is once again visible, and although they still cannot contact Idlewild, they are able to reach LaGuardia Airport. However, the air traffic controller on the radio does not understand their technological references. The controller eventually clears the aircraft to land at LaGuardia, but orders the captain to report to the CAA office afterward; the captain remarks that they haven't called the Federal Aviation Agency by that name in years. The copilot spots the buildings and structures from the New York World's Fair of 1939 below, making the crew realize that they did come back, but "not far enough".
their only hope of returning to the present day is to increase altitude and speed in an attempt to catch the same 'jet stream' after another flash of light and violent shaking new york city is once again visible and although they still cannot contact idlewild they are able to reach laguardia airport however the air traffic controller on the radio does not understand their technological references the controller eventually clears the aircraft to land at laguardia but orders the captain to report to the caa office afterward; the captain remarks that they haven't called the federal aviation agency by that name in years the copilot spots the buildings and structures from the new york world's fair of 1939 below making the crew realize that they did come back but "not far enough"