Air Force One to Visit JFK on Thursday September 16th

[Matt Molnar]

Air Force One will fly President Obama to New York on Thursday afternoon. Judging by the TFRs, it looks like he will then fly Marine One to Stamford, Connecticut to attend a fundraiser for US Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal.

http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_4910.html

http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_4914.html

http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_4916.html

http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_4917.html

[Gerard]

[QUOTE=GothamSpotter;429603]Air Force One will fly President Obama to New York on Thursday afternoon. Judging by the TFRs, it looks like he will then fly Marine One to Stamford, Connecticut to attend a fundraiser for US Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal.

Is that faster than flying into Bradley? Or can Bradley not handle a 747?

[Matt Molnar]

BDL can handle anything...they took an A380 divert last weekend and I think they see 747 freighters pretty frequently, but JFK is a lot closer.

[lijk604]

DISLIKE!

[moose135]

DISLIKE!
Because you are working and can't get pictures? It's supposed to be lousy weather Thursday afternoon anyway...

[cancidas]

DISLIKE!

same here! at least i don't plan on working so i won't have to deal with airborne holds and departure delays for his majesty's arrival...

[Gerard]

, but JFK is a lot closer.

Ya know I didnt realize that. Thought Bradley was closer but a quick Mapquest shows JFK-Stamford 40 miles with BDL-Stamford 92 miles. :redface:

[hiss srq]

As usual, I will watch him coast over head at about 1,000 feet or so and feel an urge to puke as it does so. On another note, BDL sees the An124. My folks have packed many a Sikorsky on to them out of BDL. It can handle anything including the Myria.

[lijk604]

Because you are working and can't get pictures? It's supposed to be lousy weather Thursday afternoon anyway...

Well that, and every TFR he puts up in the NY Area is another headache!

[Matt Molnar]

Looks like it may start raining just as the TFR is scheduled to begin at 4:30pm.

Won't be great weather for a chopper ride...will they still use Marine One?

[Matt Molnar]

The eagle has landed, just before the storms. Hearing reports that she flew up the East River and hooked a right over Brooklyn enroute to 13L rather than the usual 31R action.

[Gerard]

Looks like it may start raining just as the TFR is scheduled to begin at 4:30pm.
Won't be great weather for a chopper ride...will they still use Marine One?

I was wondering the same thing. Must have all been in the timing. What time they touched down and they could get him on Marine 1. This is a powerful and deadly storm with tornado
warnings for NYC. But also moving very fast.

[Gerard]

I think the storm was in S.I. around 5PM so thats cutting it close!!

[Gerard]

Cablevision 301CV just past my house into FRG (7:09) so I guess things have calmed down though I see on the radar more rain and some TStorms still to the West.

[eric8669]

AF1 just departed 13L

Tower: There's going to be a 15min departure hold.
Airline pilot: Is this due to weather or other?
Tower: Other

[Gerard]

I was wondering the same thing. Must have all been in the timing. What time they touched down and they could get him on Marine 1. This is a powerful and deadly storm with tornado
warnings for NYC. But also moving very fast.

Watching Nick Gregory on Fox now the timeline was about 5:29 in the Bayonne (NJ) Staten Island area and around 5:46 for the JFK area so they were definitely ahead of the oncoming wall of this monster storm but not by much. Anyone know where the LZ in Stamford was?

[Gerard]

Watching Nick Gregory on Fox now the timeline was about 5:29 in the Bayonne (NJ) Staten Island area and around 5:46 for the JFK area so they were definitely ahead of the oncoming wall of this monster storm but not by much. Anyone know where the LZ in Stamford was?

And I gather the "go" "no go" is entirely in the hands of the Marine pilots. No pressure from the White House staff. :wink::wink: