Shuttle Enterprise to New York April 23rd, 2012

[Joe]

Here's one of the T-38 taking off, not the best quality, mainly due to the haze off of the water:



And here are a few from yesterday. There is a parking lot right off of the service rd of the Van Wyck that no body was hassling anyone at yesterday. We were able to park, take whatever images we wanted (the fairly straight on shots) and then we walked to a foot bridge and took some close ups.



From the pedestrian overpass:



If you drove further down the road, you were able to get this vantage point. I took a few shots before the NYPD chased everyone away, It's a matter of timing as the local security, even the ones in the image didn't seem to mind people pulling over and taking images.

[sammers4247]

Ok I'm definitely going back in the coming weeks then. I only saw it from the road.

When are they going to de-mate it?? In June when it is moved??

[gonzalu]

Pardon my point and shoot shot, Manny, but here it is

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Sam thanks :) Works for me... that's funny looking if you ask me. They could have done a better job of storing this relic!

[PhilDernerJr]

Amazing photos from everyone. I love how Eric went black and white on some....very appropriate and awesome. Below are more of my favs...

Shot this composite from Weehawken

Aside from how amazing the shuttle is, I loved seeing the NASA DC-9 photos!

Sadly, by far the most amazing spotting event of all time...I missed. I'm stuck in Florida for 5 weeks of class. So happy that you guys had such a great time with it though!

After years of joking "space shuttle on final to JFK" it really happened. Unreal.

[mikemercury]

Pictures taken from 56th Street at the Hudson. Almost a video...

Thanks to NYCAviation for the tweets getting me there at the right time. It took just about as long to get down/cross town as it did for the 747 to get there from Dulles.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3&l=951d3efdf0

[Gerard]

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Where's James T. Kirk?

[ronsmytheiii_nsf]

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Where's James T. Kirk?

Filming Hooker..... was the only one with a day job at the time

[CX777]

Great shots guys ! I am sooo bummed out that I had no way out of work today to be there

Looking forward to seeing more. Anyone took a group shot of the 75 heads at Bayswater ?

Just when Enterprise was heading up the Hudson over Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (lot more photogs not visible that were lined up against the wall on the right side)

[THX Express]

At first many thanks to the forum for the information about the timetable and the spotter locations!

And here are the results







Thanks and Cheers from Berlin/Germany

@ CX777

Thanks for the pic, I am the guy with the sandy coat!

[gpalz1]

Number one on my list of fun airplanes to fly! Extended trail in the T-38 was just a license to steal.

Damn Moose. How long did you train in it for?

What I would do to be in the back seat.

[Gerard]

Filming Hooker..... was the only one with a day job at the time

With a Hooker or filming (TJ)Hooker??
Mmmm TJ Hooker didnt start till 1982 and I believe this pic is from the late 70s.

[crowe-t]

Here's one of the T-38 taking off, not the best quality, mainly due to the haze off of the water:



And here are a few from yesterday. There is a parking lot right off of the service rd of the Van Wyck that no body was hassling anyone at yesterday. We were able to park, take whatever images we wanted (the fairly straight on shots) and then we walked to a foot bridge and took some close ups.



From the pedestrian overpass:



If you drove further down the road, you were able to get this vantage point. I took a few shots before the NYPD chased everyone away, It's a matter of timing as the local security, even the ones in the image didn't seem to mind people pulling over and taking images.

Joe,

Those are great pictures.

I live in Howard Beach so maybe I'll go over to that parking lot and try and take some pictures.

Is this area it's under where the Enterprise/SCA is being kept until it's taken off the SCA and transported to the Intrepid? I thought it was going to be housed inside a hanger.

Mike.

[LGA777]

For anyone interested here is what the LGA fly-by looked like, not sure who took this video but decent view. This fly-by seemed much higher than the JFK one, thinking they ended up being a little higher than the advertised 1000 feet but I could be wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAvA9BlVbBE

[moose135]

Damn Moose. How long did you train in it for?

What I would do to be in the back seat.

About 6 or 7 months, I forget exactly how much time I have in it, a hundred something hours, all at 1.1 hours at a time. A handful of those flights were in the back seat - when we did our instrument training, we rode in the back, with the IP up front, so we could pull the hood over. Student pilots weren't allowed to land from the backseat though - landing from the front seat could be hard enough at times!

[Joe]

Joe,

Those are great pictures.

I live in Howard Beach so maybe I'll go over to that parking lot and try and take some pictures.

Is this area it's under where the Enterprise/SCA is being kept until it's taken off the SCA and transported to the Intrepid? I thought it was going to be housed inside a hanger.

Mike.

Thanks for the compliments Mike, and welcome to NYCAviation. I do not have any inside info on the shuttle. From what I read, they are supposed to store the shuttle in an enclosed hangar, as you can see, it doesn't fit into this one. If I had to make a guess, I would say that it will stay where it is for another few days or so until the equipment arrives from DC to demate the two. Once that occurs, they will move the shuttle to an enclosed hangar like they are supposed to. It is currently too tall for such storage. Then the SCA will head back to Florida for the next shuttle going to CA in the fall as there's no reason for it to stay here.