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    President's daily schedule http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule shows he is scheduled to land at 2:30 at JFK
    Overheard on JFK TOWER - S Turns are fine, U-Turns are bad....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jared Blech View Post
    I wanna run to the field to catch her departure anybody know which
    Runway they normally use... And the departure time?
    I would think late!! After 10 closer to 11?

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    Last night I heard the whole Marine fleet fly over my house in Astoria low as fuh. The sound was more intense and even sounded as though they were taking their time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D. View Post
    Last night I heard the whole Marine fleet fly over my house in Astoria low as fuh. The sound was more intense and even sounded as though they were taking their time.
    Interesting!! Wonder what they were doing so far North? Maybe they used Randalls Island for his departing LZ?

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    They do use Randall's Island a bit, yeah. They pass overhead less than 500ft above my place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D. View Post
    They do use Randall's Island a bit, yeah. They pass overhead less than 500ft above my place.
    That Big Metal must have rocked the whole neighborhood at that altitude!!

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    It really did. Other neighbors came out to see what was causing it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D. View Post
    It really did. Other neighbors came out to see what was causing it.
    Should have told them you just heard Obama declared martial Law and the helicopters were landing in Astoria Park!!! I bet it would have been easy to pick out the Tea Party people in the crowd!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D. View Post
    Last night I heard the whole Marine fleet fly over my house in Astoria low as fuh. The sound was more intense and even sounded as though they were taking their time.
    Saw a short video from Prospect Park and they were using the Sea Knights again for Nighthawk support!! Those tandem rotor copters are truly LOUD adding to the intensity if flying low!!

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    Wonder if the Ospreys are only being used for hard LZs, especially after what one did to Eisenhower Park during Fleet Week!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mateo View Post
    Wonder if the Ospreys are only being used for hard LZs, especially after what one did to Eisenhower Park during Fleet Week!
    Could be and I believe it was Staten Island or Flushing Meadow where they had the brownout/rotorwash issue!! I was at Eisenhower both years the V-22s were there and there were no problems!!

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    I saw and heard an Osprey and 2 choppers overhead while sunbathing at Coney beach last week a few days before the Presidential visit. They were heading over the Brooklyn coast from JFK towards either Prospect Pk. or Wall St. Heliport. They never returned so maybe they landed in Brooklyn. I waited 3 hours but saw nothing. A seagull tried to steal my lunch to boot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerard View Post
    Could be and I believe it was Staten Island or Flushing Meadow where they had the brownout/rotorwash issue!! I was at Eisenhower both years the V-22s were there and there were no problems!!
    Ah, whoops, I thought Eisenhower was the one on Staten Island. Staten Island was supposedly the one with major turf damage. Before anyone asks, on the Washington side of the trip, it's only the VH-3 that lands on the South Lawn. Passengers who are on the -46s (mostly press and junior WH staff) at the visit site go by road back from Andrews.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedbird1 View Post
    A seagull tried to steal my lunch to boot.
    The seagull was spotting also!!
    Spotting your lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Sorry Speed couldnt resist!!!!!!!!!!

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