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fk6065
2014-04-09, 11:58 AM
TFR posted, looks like Air Force One will be coming into JFK Friday afternoon.

Weather looks like cloudy skies with a 30% chance of rain.

http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_6928.html
sdspinelli2
2014-04-09, 05:09 PM
UGHHH I have class! Do you know what time he is expected to arrive/depart?
lijk604
2014-04-09, 05:20 PM
The JFK TFR is from 1430-1530 local ...so sometime in that range. Departure is between 2300-2359 local.
TJK
2014-04-10, 04:39 PM
Damnit! Have an appointment I can't move.
fk6065
2014-04-10, 07:00 PM
I heard a rumor that the last time or the time before that AF-1 came in they had everyone leave Bayswater Park.

Anyone advise if that is true? And was it the Secret Service or NYPD?
Thanks.
NIKV69
2014-04-10, 07:21 PM
I heard a rumor that the last time or the time before that AF-1 came in they had everyone leave Bayswater Park.

Anyone advise if that is true? And was it the Secret Service or NYPD?
Thanks.

Last time I was there there were boys with assault rifles who checked out our bags and let us stay. Either way Secret service is on ground and in air with local authorities the whole time.
moose135
2014-04-10, 07:41 PM
Last time I was there there were boys with assault rifles who checked out our bags and let us stay.
That must be new - I've photographed AF1 from Bayswater numerous times, and never saw a soul around. Not to say they weren't watching me, but no security was even in the park, let alone approached me.
Gintaras B.
2014-04-10, 07:42 PM
Last time I was there there were boys with assault rifles who checked out our bags and let us stay. Either way Secret service is on ground and in air with local authorities the whole time.

They just checked your bags? What about lenses? What if you had a bazooka in your lense-look-like?
NickPeterman
2014-04-10, 10:14 PM
Not sure I would joke about such things online when our hobby is already subject to enough scrutiny as it is....
Delta777LR
2014-04-11, 02:40 AM
Looks like i might make it out..
NIKV69
2014-04-11, 05:53 AM
Actually I was in Inwood Park with a bunch of guys. IIRC we may have been kicked out of Bayswater right before. Which I didn't care because I don't like shooting it from Bayswater and was headed to Inwood.
sdspinelli2
2014-04-11, 08:16 AM
Ill be out today. I'll be there around noon. Anyone know what approach controller AF1 will most likely contact prior to landing?
fk6065
2014-04-11, 01:21 PM
AF-1 will use 31-L unless the wind is a major factor ..............
fk6065
2014-04-11, 03:08 PM
Landed about 3:00pm on 31-L
fk6065
2014-04-11, 05:24 PM
NCPD Helo 5 checking out the spotters at Inwood Park. BSO (Bureau of Special Operations) had a unit there, Officers got out and watched AF-1 land.

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-dBLWMj6/0/M/i-dBLWMj6-M.jpg
fk6065
2014-04-11, 05:26 PM
And a few more ................

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-B43H7XS/0/M/i-B43H7XS-M.jpg

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-xrDGwLn/0/M/i-xrDGwLn-M.jpg

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-p9qcHpv/0/M/i-p9qcHpv-M.jpg
Gintaras B.
2014-04-11, 06:26 PM
Very nice, considering weather wasn't on our side....
fk6065
2014-04-11, 06:28 PM
Thank you. I know the weather turned right before they landed they cleared a bit later for a while.
Gintaras B.
2014-04-11, 07:44 PM
Not sure I would joke about such things online when our hobby is already subject to enough scrutiny as it is....

"The Other Side Of The Coin"...If I ever catch anything suspicious on my camera..authorities will be notified before I'll post it on here...We should be considered as a part of aviation security - kinda "hidden cams around airports" - all around The World....
Anyone would disagree?

I do think, that authorities should recognize - the more TRUE airplane spotter around airport - the more that airport is more secure...