Heard a rumor a pair of Growlers were due in last night, but with the weather, I didn't bother heading over.
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Heard a rumor a pair of Growlers were due in last night, but with the weather, I didn't bother heading over.
2 Growlers from VAQ-132 Scorpians are sitting on ramp by the terminal.
Here are a few quick shots:
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Does anyone know when they are leaving?
Also, I overheard someone mentioning something about a Blue Angel due into Farmingdale today or tomorrow, does anyone have any ifo on that as well?
Thanks,
joe
Heard Blue Angels #1 and #7 are up in the Boston Area today doing their pre-visit at Logan,
so there's a still a chance they might do their pre-visit at FRG within the next week also
before they head back home to Pensacola for Thanksgiving :wink:
I stopped by this afternoon, but between the rain and some folks looking at the jets, I couldn't get any decent shots. After dark, the rain stopped, and the people cleared out...
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OUTSTANDING SHOTS MOOSE !! :biggrin:
Really nice shots there, Moose.
Great shots Moose.
Thanks guys! All I heard was they are leaving Friday morning, but no details about time.
They just took off at 9:36, while upset that I missed them, at least I got to see one of them fly over. I heard the unmistakable roar and made it outside just in time to catch the second jet.
Flight aware shows them delayed until 10:18, so unfortunately that doesn't seem to be very accurate. I checked it earlier and it didn't mention that flight, unless something else showed up in the night that we were unaware of?
Military flights don't show up on FlightAware, but I see what you were looking at - that's really odd. Someone must have made a typo when entering the flight plan and never deleted it.
They cranked up around 9:20, and blasted off Runway 32 around twenty minutes later.
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Two kept the burners lit a little longer...yeah, the airport is going to get noise complaints. :biggrin:
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GREAT shots Moose and thanks again for the heads up !! :wink:
It was AWESOME hearing the Growler's BURNERS and that
SWEET SOUND OF FREEDOM at FRG today !!!!!! :cool:
Tex Sutton sitting at Sheltair, Islanders charter prepping and idling over at Atlantic right along the fence on 109 and what looked to be a CG Aux/CAP meeting at the Main Terminal. There were about 12 planes sitting on the ramp there. And boy was it a nice day with temps around 62 and nice sun.
Great shots Moose!
Just caught this plane flying in:
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Not the greatest shot, I was checking out Flight Aware and saw that it was due in any second, so I ran out front and took the shot. This is the view from my front yard. If I had more time, I would have liked to have caught it landing. I had a 28-135mm lens on the camera otherwise it would have been zoomed in closer. It's just not an angle seen much in photos.
Joe
Oh, meant to ask, was there a chartered MD-80 of sorts at FRG sometime on Sat or Sunday? I saw one overhead but the trajectory suggests it was from FRG and not some haphazard lost LGA arrival...
There were two MD-83's in town recently, one on Friday and one on Sunday, different owners.
A US Jet MD-83 arrived early Friday afternoon from BED, and departed later in the afternoon, heading to RDU.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS114
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS609
Another US Jet MD-83 departed FRG on Sunday around Noon, heading to Montreal - looks like it arrived Sunday morning.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS209
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS115
The NHL schedule tells me it was likely the Boston Bruins arriving Friday and departing Sunday, for their game with the Islanders on Saturday. They then had a game with the Canadiens on Monday.
Joe, that Delta jet was probably bringing the Flyers in for tomorrow's game.
Blue Angel 7 is at FRG now! Parked at the terminal, scheduled to depart between 2:30 and 3pm...
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Thanks for the heads up, Chris & Christina!
Glad you were able to get out there a snag a few shots. Great work Moose!
Looks like he left a little late. At around 4:15, while getting some fresh air outside my office in Melville, I happened to look up and see an F-18 departing FRG northbound along Rt. 110. He was moving really fast and disappeared into the cloud layer in less than a minute! (Do these guys need to abide by the 250 kt limit?)
Yes, they went off late - by then, the clouds had moved in pretty well. And no, they don't have to follow the 250kt limit if operational requirements dictate otherwise. When I flew the T-38, our normal cruise speed was 300kt IAS, and we always flew that speed in normal operations.
Here's a few shots from me with my new lens, unfortunately, it isn't suited for zooms as it's max reach is 105mm:
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Nice shots, Joe. I guess you were in the gaggle in the parking lot, sorry we didn't get to talk.
Thanks, I was the one standing on top of the Pathfinder. I was honestly expecting the plane to be gone when I got there as I didn't see the post about it being in town until about 4, at which point I quickly grabbed my camera and headed out. I thought that you might have been the guy standing on his truck, but it wasn't you. I asked if he was John and he said no. That's your name, right? I thought that I saw it in a previous post.
Also, Moose, I like your shots as well, I wish that the sun was still out when I got there. It makes a big difference with the Blues!
Nice shots, Joe and Moose! Wish I could have been there ...
NYPD 14 came in today and landed over at Atlantic. They left about an hour later and though I didnt see it I believe they were here to pick up the Mayor or PC who came in
for the wake of the slain oficer in West Babylon.
According to Newsday, Commissioner Kelly attended the wake today. Bloomberg is expected to join him for the funeral on Monday.
A Rutan Long-EZ dropped in today.
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