From the FAA:
NEW YORK TRACON SPECIAL EVENTS NOTIFICATION
TO: JFK, LGA, and EWR Areas, JFK, EWR, LGA and TEB Towers & TMU
(FYI LIB and ISP Areas)
WHEN: Monday, April 23, 2012, @1430Z (1030 lcl)
Rain Date Wednesday, April 25, 2012 @1430Z (1030 lcl)
WHAT: Pluto 95/B747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA)
REMARKS: Pluto 95/B747,the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA, a B-747 with the Space Shuttle Enterprise attached) will fly from Dulles Airport to JFK on Monday, April 23, 2012 at approximately 10:30 am. If weather should be below 3000’ and 5 miles, the mission will be postponed to Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
Maximum airspeed will be 250kts, maneuvers to be conducted at 200kts,
maximum cross wind component 20kts.
Pluto 90/C-9 will depart IAD 30 minutes ahead of the B-747 in order to provide weather information along the route of flight, but will proceed to JFK and land without flying the proposed SCA route.
Pluto 98/99/ T-38's will depart either Stewart (SWF) or Republic (FRG) and will be taking photographs of the SCA for the duration of the flight. The aircraft will hold at CHANT prior to engaging with SCA.
SCA will arrive via the CAMRN FOUR ARRIVAL. CAMRN handoff to EMPYR, EMPYR point out to EWR, LGA and TEB towers.
SCA will fly north over the Hudson River @ 1,500', start a climb to 3,000' after the GWB so as to remain in the Class B. Aircraft will turn left at the Tappan Zee Bridge, join the Hudson River southbound at the Alpine Tower and descend to 1500’ over the Hudson.
Once past the Verrazano…
IF EWR IS ON 22’s (see attached PRIMARY PROPOSAL)
EMPYR will handoff to JFK area and SCA will proceed eastbound south of the shore at 1,500’ and overfly JFK’s RWY 31L. Flybys at each airport will be at 1000’ AGL.
JFK will handoff to EWR Departure, 4N 119.2 (point out to LGA), SCA will overfly the Statue of Liberty, (no lower than 1500’ AGL), then EWR’s RWY 29 at 1,000’.After the EWR flyby, the SCA will start a climbing right turn to 2,000’. Pass over TEB (NOT executing a flyby).
EWR handoff to LGA, SCA will overfly LGA RWY 13 at 1,000’, LGA handoff to JFK, SCA will climb to 2,000’ and be vectored to overfly N90 and then land JFK RWY 31L.
IF EWR IS ON 4’s (see attached NORTH FLOW PROPOSAL)
Once past the Verrazano…
EMPYR will handoff to EWR, SCA will make a right turn to overfly EWR’s RWY 4R at 1,000’, continue north climbing to 2,000’ and make a right turn over TEB.
(NOT executing a flyby).
EWR will hand off to LGA, SCA will overfly LGA’s RWY 13 at 1,000’.
LGA will hand off to JFK, SCA will climb to 2,000’ and be vectored to overfly N90 and then land at JFK RWY 31L.
