Flying past in pick-up truck, towards Albany from New York? (7)
I believe the answer is:
upstate
'towards albany from new york?' is the definition.
(Albany is upstate from New York city)
'flying past in pick-up truck' is the wordplay.
'flying' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'pick-up truck' becomes 'ute' (Australian abbreviation for utility vehicle).
'past' anagrammed gives 'psta'.
'psta' placed into 'ute' is 'UPSTATE'.
(Other definitions for upstate that I've seen before include "away from the big city" , "away from large cities" , "At set up (anag)" , "north of New York, for example" , "north of the city?" .)