Fleet Week Starts May 23rd

[Matt Molnar]

Fleet Week is only a few days away. I remember last year there were a few events involving military aircraft. Anyone know what's going on this year?

[njgtr82]

try this link, theres a tab for participating aircraft
http://www.fleetweek.navy.mil/index.htm

[moose135]

try this link, theres a tab for participating aircraft
http://www.fleetweek.navy.mil/index.htm

Not sure how up to date that is. On the participating aircraft tab, they included this:


Four F-14 Tomcats from Fighter Squadron 31 - The Navy's sole Fleet Replacement Squadron for the F-14 Tomcat. The squadron trains pilots, aircrew and maintenance personnel in the operation and employment of the F-14 Tomcat fighter.

[njgtr82]

haha, I didnt look much into the site. It said fleet week 2007 so I was like this works.

[Matt Molnar]

Here we go, click Schedule and you get a PDF of this year's events...i'll post all the aviation-related stuff here.

Wednesday May 23rd
9:30 -11:00 am
Parade of Ships & Aircraft fly-over
Hudson River from Verrazano Bridge to George Washington Bridge
Narrators will be at Stapleton Pier, SI & Fort Hamilton

Thursday May 24th
8 am – 5 pm
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)
Stapleton Pier, Staten Island

9 – 11 am
USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration
USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.
Cunningham Park, Queens

Saturday May 26th
8 am – 5 pm
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)
Stapleton Pier, Staten Island

11 am – 1 pm
USMC Helicopter Raid Demonstration
USMC Helo landing, reconnaissance demonstration, and static display of weapons & aircraft, as well as camouflage face painting.
Eisenhower Park, Long Island

Sunday May 27th
8 am – 5 pm
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)
Stapleton Pier, Staten Island

Monday May 28th
8 am – 5 pm
Navy Flight Simulator (F18)
Stapleton Pier, Staten Island

[AirtrafficController]

yeah for fleet week

[Woz]

If interested, check out the shots I took of the flyover from last years Fleet Week. Took these from the roof of the building I work at in Washington Heights.

http://wozz.smugmug.com/gallery/1667270#81776641

[hiss srq]

I will be there Wed. possibly Sunday also.

[cancidas]

i'm down for wed. where is cunningham park?

[hiss srq]

Matt, lets meet up and go than together.

[SCOTYDEMCO]

Here's what I got for wednesday 9:30am-11:00am over the Hudson from verazanno to the GW Bridge

Three Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knights
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 Ospreys

[NcSchu]

How will it be held without the Intrepid and the pier?

[Matt Molnar]

Cunningham Park is on Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows. Grand Central to Francis Lewis Blvd North, make a left on Union and you'll see it immediately on your left.

[Msh744]

I saw the three CH-46's flying pretty low over the East River earlier today around 2pm. Hadn't realized that fleet week was coming up. Now their formation makes more sense.

[nikon50bigma]

Wed. tomorrow, where will the planes and ships dock?

[Tom_Turner]

Some or most of the Navy ships will probably dock in the former Navy Staten Island Homeport.

The carrier will probably dock up near where the Intrepid pier is being recostructed.

Most of the aircraft will return to wherever they came from.

Tom

[Matt Molnar]

I was out there this morning and it was pretty disappointing. Only 5 types and a total of 8 aircraft flew by:

P-3C
E-2 Hawkeye
EA-6 Prowler
Four F/A-18 Hornets
An unmarked white blimp which I'm guessing is a Navy reconnaissance platform

Also, only three Navy ships, all similar looking destroyers.

I got some good shots of the few things there were to shoot...I won't have time to edit them until later today or tomorrow.

[hiss srq]

A whole batch of choppers flew past my house at like 150 feet over the water headded west.. the was an Army AH-64 two hawks a chinook and shortly there aftert he NYPD Augusta zipped over my hose as well. I need to bring my camera fishing more often I think.