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    Fleet Week 2008

    Wednesday, May 21st, 9:30am - Noon
    Parade of Ships and Aircraft Flyover
    Hudson River, from the Verrazano to George Washington Bridge

    Aircraft will include:
    Three Marine Corps CH-46E Chinooks
    Two Marine Corps AH-1 Cobras
    One UH-1 Huey
    One P-3C Orion from Patrol Squadron Ten
    One KC-130 Hercules
    One Navy E-2 Hawkeye from Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125
    S-3 Viking
    One EA-6B Prowler
    Four Navy F/A-18 Hornets from Strike Fighter Squadron 15
    Two AV-8B Harriers from Marine Corps Attack Squadron 542
    Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Corps Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 22

    Aircraft Info: http://www.fleetweek.navy.mil/aircraft.htm
    Fleet Week Schedule of Events: http://www.cnrma.navy.mil/fleetweek/schedule.htm
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    Re: Fleet Week 2008

    Nice, I think I'll have to head into work late on Wednesday.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Fleet Week 2008

    Wow...where is a good spot to catch the action?

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    Re: Fleet Week 2008

    There's a small park on the river around 56th St I went to last year, but I guess anywhere along the Hudson south of the George Washington Bridge would be good.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Fleet Week 2008

    I'll have to check this out if I don't get stuck on jury duty...

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    Re: Fleet Week 2008

    Anyone have any shots from today?
    Also does anyone know where the USS Nitze is docked (DDG 94)?
    Would be nice to see an Osprey on that ship.

    http://www.cnrma.navy.mil/fleetweek/ships08.htm
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    I'll have some shots this evening. Only the Hornets showed up.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Re: Fleet Week 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by nikon50bigma
    Anyone have any shots from today?
    Also does anyone know where the USS Nitze is docked (DDG 94)?
    Would be nice to see an Osprey on that ship.

    http://www.cnrma.navy.mil/fleetweek/ships08.htm
    The Osprey wouldn't be on a destroyer. It would be on the LHD, which in this case is the USS Kearsarge. I had the pleasure of being on this ship for a few days with the 24th MEU. There was some Marine helo's(at least some CH-53's) around this afternoon. The F/A-18s were from VMFA-122 who's callsign is "Nikel I forget the #" out of MCAS Beaufort, SC.

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