Red Arrows to visit Republic Airport

[Gerard]

GREAT SHOTS BY ALL!!!
Wondering, did the copters from FRG fly them out to a reception?
And why only nine flew in the formation for the show? It looks like the 10th stayed away from the formations.
Thanks all.

[Gerard]

>The roar couldn't match that of the Blue Angels<

Yeah that was one of the things I noticed when they did the flyby at FRG!! Can you imagine the sound of ELEVEN Blue Angels? LOL!!

[lijk604]

And why only nine flew in the formation for the show? It looks like the 10th stayed away from the formations.

He was the lookout. Flies overhead watching for traffic, is he sees any, he gets on the radio and says:
"LOOKOUT!" :lol:

[cancidas]

Preflight briefing. Listening to tower when they left, it sounded like they were flying VFR up to Rhode Island!

i would! it's a great flight, and at thier speeds it's nice quick hop.

great shots as always moose!

[moose135]

And why only nine flew in the formation for the show? It looks like the 10th stayed away from the formations.

They only use 9 aircraft for their show. They had two spares with them on this trip. "Red 10" is the normal spare aircraft, and doesn't take part in the display. The pilot is the team safety officer and narrator. He also uses it as the camera plane for photo shoots. I assume he was flying Wednesday evening to shoot the photos of the team at the Statue of Liberty.

[Steven Holzinger]

Red 10 did announce...

[Speedbird1]

I caught the airshow over New York Harbor from the roof of my house. It looked awesome. They shot-out red,white and blue colors while passing over the Statue then passed over the VZ Bridge. It's strange that the British Royal Force "Red Arrows" puts on an airshow over NYC while our own Blue Angels do not.

[Gerard]

> He also uses it as the camera plane for photo shoots. I assume he was flying Wednesday evening to shoot the photos of the team at the Statue of Liberty.[/quote]

Thanks. Thought that might be it. On one of the pictures you can see him in the background. Also in one of the pictures you can see a helicopter hovering way
up high which was another camera ship.

[Gerard]

But first, right before the show, I was treated to a vintage Bell 47..


Love that copter. But where was he that you had such a close-up? Did they have an LZ set up on SI?

[moose135]

Love that copter. But where was he that you had such a close-up? Did they have an LZ set up on SI?

I got a shot of him also - he made a low pass down the beach before the show.

[Speedbird1]

South Beach, NY is in Staten Island on the shoreline just south of the Verrazano Bridge.

[pgengler]

Finally made it through a couple of photos from the other day:







Too bad I'm busy (and the weather looks iffy) this weekend, or I'd drive up to RI to see them do their full show.

[wunaladreamin]

Here's a few of mine. Phil, Moose...where the hell were you guys?

[pgengler]

Here's a few of mine. Phil, Moose...where the hell were you guys?

We were down on the beach near the water, just to the right (looking toward the water) of the tent.

[moose135]

Here's a few of mine. Phil, Moose...where the hell were you guys?

We were down on the beach near the water, just to the right (looking toward the water) of the tent.

What he said...in fact, if instead of avoiding Nikon50Bigma (Pat, btw) you had followed him, you would have found us

Let me just echo what everyone else has said - GREAT SHOTS EVERYONE! It looks like once again, the folks at NYCA had this historic event covered from every angle. Good work!