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njgtr82
2008-11-04, 01:20 PM
A French Navy Aérospatiale Dauphin was flying up and down the Hudson this morning doing some sightseeing(taking photos too) around Manahattan and the Statue of Liberty. It then went and landed on the BEM Monge near the Verrazano, which is a French missle tracking and space observing ship.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6305018
T-Bird76
2008-11-04, 02:31 PM
Send a troop of Boy Scouts to commandeer her!
PhilDernerJr
2008-11-04, 03:56 PM
They fought the Civil Air Patrol and lost.
moose135
2008-11-04, 03:59 PM
They fought the Civil Air Patrol and lost.
And you know first hand about fighting the CAP :shock:
T-Bird76
2008-11-04, 04:48 PM
They fought the Civil Air Patrol and lost.
And you know first hand about fighting the CAP :shock:

Moose go easy on Phil he's been beat up by Girl Scouts before....although I think by choice... ;)
wunaladreamin
2008-11-04, 05:11 PM
[quote="Phil D.":18mg6b1r]They fought the Civil Air Patrol and lost.
And you know first hand about fighting the CAP :shock:

Moose go easy on Phil he's been beat up by Girl Scouts before....although I think by choice... ;)[/quote:18mg6b1r]
Speakin' of girl scouts...Tommy, you sellin' cookies again this year? lol
Matt Molnar
2008-11-04, 05:33 PM
They were here to welcome us to the family of socialist nations...that is until they surrendered to a departing Liberty Helicopters sightseeing tour. Boy were those tourists confused.
PhilDernerJr
2008-11-04, 07:05 PM
They fought the Civil Air Patrol and lost.
And you know first hand about fighting the CAP :shock:

HAHA. I forgot about that, I do!
T-Bird76
2008-11-04, 08:16 PM
Speakin' of girl scouts...Tommy, you sellin' cookies again this year? lol

I'll let you know I'm not sure yet. Hey Kenny did you welcome your fellow countrymen....I thought I saw some guy in camouflage shorts down by the shoreline waving a white flag.
Gerard
2008-11-04, 08:19 PM
A French Navy Aérospatiale Dauphin was flying up and down the Hudson this morning doing some sightseeing(taking photos too) around Manahattan and the Statue of Liberty. It then went and landed on the BEM Monge near the Verrazano, which is a French missle tracking and space observing ship.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6305018

Pretty cool. I wonder if they were in contact with EWR/LGA ATC or even self-announcing on the Hudson River freq?
mirrodie
2008-11-04, 09:01 PM
They fought the Civil Air Patrol and lost.


I thought they surrendered too.
wunaladreamin
2008-11-04, 09:44 PM
Speakin' of girl scouts...Tommy, you sellin' cookies again this year? lol

I'll let you know I'm not sure yet. Hey Kenny did you welcome your fellow countrymen....I thought I saw some guy in camouflage shorts down by the shoreline waving a white flag.
Wasn't me. I was out voting for McCain and buying a large coffee (black, no sugar thank you). Must have been another Starbucks store manager you saw. :D
T-Bird76
2008-11-04, 09:48 PM
Speakin' of girl scouts...Tommy, you sellin' cookies again this year? lol

I'll let you know I'm not sure yet. Hey Kenny did you welcome your fellow countrymen....I thought I saw some guy in camouflage shorts down by the shoreline waving a white flag.
Wasn't me. I was out voting for McCain :D

So your day wasn't productive then? LOLOLOL ;)
wunaladreamin
2008-11-04, 10:13 PM
The way it seems to be going now, no it wasn't lol (yikes). :shock:
njgtr82
2008-11-04, 11:57 PM
A French Navy Aérospatiale Dauphin was flying up and down the Hudson this morning doing some sightseeing(taking photos too) around Manahattan and the Statue of Liberty. It then went and landed on the BEM Monge near the Verrazano, which is a French missle tracking and space observing ship.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6305018

Pretty cool. I wonder if they were in contact with EWR/LGA ATC or even self-announcing on the Hudson River freq?

they were talking to us at EWR
Tom_Turner
2008-11-05, 01:58 AM
Nice helo....

Here is the French Missile Tracker as it arrived in New York Harbor last week....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2994726798_746da442dd_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2994726448_4ea56638ea_o.jpg

Probably the most interesting maritime visitor so far this year.... We get USA-NAVY Bataan on Wednesday... A good run on Military vessels this year... South Korean Navy, Italian & Netherlands Submarines, Canadian Refueler and the list goes on....

Tom
lijk604
2008-11-05, 04:55 PM
Looks like a CNN broadcast vessel. :lol:
njgtr82
2008-11-05, 05:34 PM
I was told at work today that until Tuesday(Veteran's Day) there will be a good amount of military helo's flying up and down the river for the re-opening of the Intrepid and Veteran's day. Today there was a flight of 2 Seahawks doing numerous flights up and down the river and then going back and forth to a ship off the coast.
Gerard
2008-11-05, 08:13 PM
Pretty cool. I wonder if they were in contact with EWR/LGA ATC or even self-announcing on the Hudson River freq?[/quote]

>they were talking to us at EWR[/quote]<

Cool. thanks. I always wondered if foreign military helos buzzing around the Harbor and Manhattan kept in radio contact. It
makes sense since that area can be pretty busy with helo traffic.