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    Keep an eye out Sunday night or Monday for the Detroit Red Wings new ride. The team plays the Islanders on Tuesday night, with a game in Chicago Sunday, then back home later in the week, so I'd expect them to drop into FRG and hang around for a day or two. The team unveiled a new jet for this hockey season, a former Midwest Express MD-81. Unfortunately, the new aircraft doesn't have Red Wings titles like their DC-9, just red and blue cheat lines and stripes on the tail. And it can be tracked...

    http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N812ME

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    There was another LE Fly By today in Massapequa for the ATF agent tragically killed by friendly fire in Seaford on New Years eve. Was FRG used again as a staging point for the copters? Thanks.

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    No it wasn't. I got out there a little before 10am, and it was a quiet morning. Read that AG Eric Holder would attend the funeral, and thought we might get a VIP transport, but nothing showed up at FRG. Did hear an "Omaha" call sign, flight of 2, check in with FRG tower going into Bethpage a little after 10. I never heard anything else from them, but that's a Customer/Border Patrol call sign, so I assume they were funeral-related traffic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moose135 View Post
    No it wasn't. I got out there a little before 10am, and it was a quiet morning. Read that AG Eric Holder would attend the funeral, and thought we might get a VIP transport, but nothing showed up at FRG. Did hear an "Omaha" call sign, flight of 2, check in with FRG tower going into Bethpage a little after 10. I never heard anything else from them, but that's a Customer/Border Patrol call sign, so I assume they were funeral-related traffic.
    Not sure if it was AG Holder or not, but a police led convoy of black SUVs rolled up to Atlantics ramp around 11ish and they got on a waiting civilian G5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moose135 View Post
    No it wasn't. I got out there a little before 10am, and it was a quiet morning. Read that AG Eric Holder would attend the funeral, and thought we might get a VIP transport, but nothing showed up at FRG. Did hear an "Omaha" call sign, flight of 2, check in with FRG tower going into Bethpage a little after 10. I never heard anything else from them, but that's a Customer/Border Patrol call sign, so I assume they were funeral-related traffic.
    Thanks John. They must have used the Nassau Air Bureau Base for their staging point. News12 had a good video shot of the FlyBy which
    featured 8 helicopters. Being the helo geek that i am I taped the story then played it back in slow-mo on my DVR. From what I saw it
    looked to be the two Custom/Omaha Astars,. two Suffolk PD Astars, two Nassau PD 407s and two NYC PD Agustas. And they also said AG Holder was there.

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    After taking some shots of a Maddog at KFRG I decided to pay some old friends a visit.



    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Love the shots Fred! Never get tired of looking at either of those birds.
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    Thanks Steve, Here are two more

    I think the plane looked like garbage

    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Where do they part the Flyers MadDog? Is that by Sheltair?
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    Yep, Shelt
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve1840 View Post
    Where do they part the Flyers MadDog? Is that by Sheltair?
    Steve...FYI...it's for the Detroit Red Wings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lijk604 View Post
    Steve...FYI...it's for the Detroit Red Wings.
    Thaaaaaat's right... oops!
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    It seems that I have quite a few emails and a PM or two about how I did the L-39's. After explaining it a few times, I figured I would just make a quick video on how I did them. Here is the video.



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    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Awesome video tut Fred... as always :-)
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    "Also known as "Derf" on the message forums."

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    Great vid Fred
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