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I saw them starting to dismantle this Lear on Monday, today it was loaded up on a trailer, ready to roll.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...97_ZfBjv-L.jpg
Fred has a unique shot of the cockpit on JP.net:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=137049
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Moose, where do you go to get that access?
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That Lear 25 was part of The Air East Fleet. It was an insurance write off after receiving heavy damage during a pop up hail storm on approach to FRG back in July.
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No special access, Kenny - all my photos on this page were shot through the fence.
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Question. St. Johns flew out of FRG to play Notre Dame tonight.
They arrive back at FRG late this evening/early this AM.
Any idea who/what they used?
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They usually take a dornier 328.. im not working now.. but i think they use air charter service..
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[quote="mirrodie"]Question. St. Johns flew out of FRG to play Notre Dame tonight.
Interesting that they use FRG and not LGA or JFK but I guess they can get in and out faster than using a larger
commercial airport.
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Interesting that they use FRG and not LGA or JFK but I guess they can get in and out faster than using a larger
commercial airport.
I believe ramp/runway fees are cheaper too.
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Occasionally thry fly USAirways as well. I have seen the girls teams getting on 145's out of LGA a few times.
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Just chekced flightaware. Looks like they flew the Usa Jet Airlines dc9-30.
Lucky dawgs and I'm sure they don't even realize it ;)
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They probably think it is a regualr old airliners like the rest. If only.
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Your cable dollars at work :wink: Cablevision's B734 arriving this afternoon from Palm Beach. There were about 20 Town Cars, plus some higher-end rides as well, parked around the ramp next to their hangar to pick up the passengers. According to FlightAware, she's heading back to Miami any time now.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...10_tdTiv-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...00_cJtYo-L.jpg
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I was hanging around waiting for her around 2, but she never showed, so it seems i just missed. I did see the obscene amount of Town Cars and people in fancy suits though.
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Two Gulfstreams came in with the 737, here is N101CV.
Heli 301CV & 401CV taxied up to the 737 to pick up some pax.
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...787-N101CV.jpg
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Do the Rangers and Knicks use 37NY also or do they use a seperate charter?
Cablevision also has this copter http://www.helispot.com/photo/0003340 and one or
two fixed wings in the same color scheme (though registered to NY Aircam in Woodbury).
I thought they also owned Chopper 12 but now I see that US Helicopters in North Carolina
owns it.
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> According to FlightAware, she's heading back to Miami any time now.<
Rangers are in Florida (Tampa, Miami) this weekend.
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that's a nice scheme, glad they keep it common to the fleet. what do the helos look like?
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Shameless self-plug here.
The helo's look like this:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5811563
Only difference is the tail #
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>that's a nice scheme, glad they keep it common to the fleet. what do the helos look like?<
And it is a very busy IFR operation also. The helos make regular stops at both the Bethpage and
Woodbury pads and when one of the ships is down for maintenance they bring in a back-up 76.
At one point Dolan wanted to build a pad at the Rangers/Knicks training facilty up in Greenburgh, NY
(Westchester County) but I believe he was turned down by the locals. Now has to drive over from
HPN.
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After my weekly job search/therapy meeting, I was hanging out at FRG waiting to meet some friends for lunch when I heard rotors thumping past. Looked up to see this guy taxi up to the terminal. They sat there about for 10 minutes, with the engines running, then taxied out and departed again. Maybe the pilot needed to hit the head :wink:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...94_UVEeR-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...63_A2tdA-L.jpg
Check out News12 landing in the background.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...40_XSHDV-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...20_d2CYX-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/2...02_Wh785-L.jpg
One of the airport Ops/ARFF guys was marshaling them out, and when he saw me by the fence taking pictures, he started waving and pointing. I waved back then returned to the car. As they taxied by, I got out and took some more shots, and he started heading my way again. I just waved and left.
BTW - today is "National Check Your ISO Day". Was shooting last night, and forgot to reset my ISO from 400, so I couldn't figure out at first why I was getting shutter speeds of 1/2000 at f/7.1.
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> They sat there about for 10 minutes, with the engines running, then taxied out and departed again. Maybe the pilot needed to hit the head :wink: <
You know that could be closer to the truth than you think. Over the years I've seen lots of
military helos stop at FRG, especially over by the Jet Center, for about 30 minutes to an hour
then head out again. Depending how far their flight is they could be grabbing a bite to eat,
stretch their legs, bathroom and up and out.
>One of the airport Ops/ARFF guys was marshaling them out, and when he saw me by the fence taking pictures, he started waving and pointing. I waved back then returned to the car. As they taxied by, I got out and took some more shots, and he started heading my way again. I just waved and left.<
Mmmm, that is interesting. I've been there plenty of times,as have you,and never saw that before.
Maybe he just wanted to meet the legendary "Moose" :lol:
GREAT shots!!
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moose, nice work. who cares about the ISO when the subjuest is so beautiful...
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Nice shot, wondering what the door emblem is for. Also, they're flying with the " Disco Ball." Don't see it that often.
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>Nice shot, wondering what the door emblem is for.<
Interesting. I've seen lots of ANG Hawks but dont remember seeing that "National Guard" emblem. Is that
something new? Maybe to differentiate from "regular" army?
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Nice shot, wondering what the door emblem is for. Also, they're flying with the " Disco Ball." Don't see it that often.
true, rare to see a guard bird.
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>Nice shot, wondering what the door emblem is for.<
Interesting. I've seen lots of ANG Hawks but dont remember seeing that "National Guard" emblem. Is that
something new? Maybe to differentiate from "regular" army?
from what i remember they're usually put on guard helos that do either VIP or media flights.
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Almost looks like the birds from the NY Army Air Nat'l Guard @ ISP.
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I can't count how many times that fence on New Highway gets destroyed....Just this year alone I've seen it wrecked 5 or more times. I'm waiting for either the State or the Town to put in a guard rail. The person was prob speeding hit one of the craters in that road and lost control. Even the most bombed out road in Iraq isn't as bad as New Highway.
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Looking at that accident.. there is another one might be getting cleared out.. but the crime scene was all over it and a nicely smashed up car along the cemetery fence..
and we actually had an interesting day that day when the blackhawk here, we had the US Navy Kingair Be-300, and a sikorski s-92 which was absolutely crazy looking!
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Even the most bombed out road in Iraq isn't as bad as New Highway.
LOL!! sad, but so true. there doesn't look to be that much damage tot hat SUV though.
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> The person was prob speeding hit one of the craters in that road and lost control. Even the most bombed out road in Iraq isn't as bad as New Highway.<
LOL you are so right!! And I'm surprised there arent more crashes. I've lost count of the number of cars that have
blown past me because they thought I was going too slow.
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>and we actually had an interesting day that day when the blackhawk here, we had the US Navy Kingair Be-300, and a sikorski s-92 which was absolutely crazy looking!<
Another reason I love FRG. You never know who might be visiting.
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The issue with new hwy is because the rain washes the side of the road out leaving the very edge of the road much higher. If you are driving and happen to look away at an aircraft and you slip off the side of the road, you try to put the car back on the road.....THAT IS WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE! The tire has a hard time on the lip and you pull the weel left until you clear it and are now sailing into the other lane.... This one here involded another car
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...37_TdmGq-L.jpg
The ONLY way to fix new Hwy is to pave about 3 feet out from the roads edge on each side. Only then will the fence repairmen have the weekend off! :borat:
For now, if you go off the road.....KEEP GOING OFF. You can go off the road doing 100MPH and you will have no problem.... Try getting back on the road at any speed right now is just not possible.
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http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...94_nkqTi-L.jpg
Here you can clearly see at least a 4inch lip on the very bottom of this picture... I have seen much deeper. This part of the road is not that bad either!!! Be careful until they fix it again...it is a yearly thing. Last year they came and filled in with fresh soil. Great fix right? :borat:
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well between the 4" lips and a turn that if you dont know the turn and its ether dark or foggy out.. your going right across the other lane and into that fence too.. i cant tell you how many times leaving work ive had someone barley hit me from not knowing that turn
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Beautiful day Sat. so before I went to my daughters soccer game I did a ride by FRG. Just as I arrived at
the Jet center CG helo 6559 from ASAC was cranked up, taxied over to Runway 1 and did a running take-off
to the north and then out to the east and over to the shore. Parked in the front of Hangar 5 sat two of my favorite ships the Agusta 109. N200BK (a tenant of FRG) and visitor N80NY sat in the shining sun. Then
N355AG was pulled out, fueled up and out to the NE to the Bridgeport, Ct area. N5G is a regular movie/TV copter and today they must be in front of the camera as it had a NEWS15 WMNY logo on the
side. At my daughters soccer game in East Meadow just north of NUMC around 4:10 one of the NCPD
Bell 407s passed by low and fast heading out to the SW. 15 minutes they were back and on final to the pad
at NUMC with a medevac. Quick run there.
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Nice, I like the angle one that one.