There was a period when flying to Upper Michigan from Detroit involved a substantial amount of flying to the northeast (even if you took off to the southwest, which is 95% of the time in Detroit) - until you could see the Pontiac Silverdome, then the pilot would bank and then fly northwest from that point. This would really piss off anyone alert enough to know where they were heading...
This would be comparable to taking off from Logan to the southwest over South Boston, doubling back to Cape Ann, and then flying northwest to Montreal.
We used to joke the pilot had to fly northeast until he got to I-75, so he could follow it north.
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There was a period when flying to Upper Michigan from Detroit involved a substantial amount of flying to the northeast (even if you took off to the southwest, which is 95% of the time in Detroit) - until you could see the Pontiac Silverdome, then the pilot would bank and then fly northwest from that point. This would really piss off anyone alert enough to know where they were heading...
This would be comparable to taking off from Logan to the southwest over South Boston, doubling back to Cape Ann, and then flying northwest to Montreal.
We used to joke the pilot had to fly northeast until he got to I-75, so he could follow it north.