I am pleased that these flyovers were directed to those cities which developed and made these vehicles fly...like Houston, Cape Canaveral.....you know, showing their appreciation. Oh, excuse me...New York and Washington...they get that perk.
Dude, I think you're missing the point of the flyover.
The shuttle flew in or out of Houston and Cape Canaveral all the time. What would be the point of another flyover of their home bases?
There has never been a shuttle in the sky around NYC before. That was what was interesting about it.