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Republic Farmingdale (FRG) Notable Visitors
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He was here to finalize the Airshow information for the 2008 Jones Beach airshow.
When you think about it, who needs a phone, email or fax to finalize plans ;)
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Originally Posted by mirrodie
He was here to finalize the Airshow information for the 2008 Jones Beach airshow.
When you think about it, who needs a phone, email or fax to finalize plans ;)
Hey why not take your Mach 2 fighter jet to a biz meeting, man doesn't everybody?
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Originally Posted by mirrodie
He was here to finalize the Airshow information for the 2008 Jones Beach airshow.
When you think about it, who needs a phone, email or fax to finalize plans ;)
ALLRIGHT! allright, you got me!
I called in a favor cause things were slow at FRG :borat:
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i wonder how often those blue birds see snow.
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Originally Posted by mirrodie
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When you think about it, who needs a phone, email or fax to finalize plans ;)
Yea, phones are way too over rated!
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I've seen this Citation for a while now at FRG, but usually just poking out between hangars and parked aircraft down on the south side. Finally saw it Thursday out near the fence with nothing in front.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/237684253-L.jpg
It's painted up in a military-themed paint scheme, which threw me the first time I saw it, thinking it was some military visitor, until I saw the N-number on the engine cowling. The markings on the tail carry out the military theme - 97-0231 - according to the FAA registry, it was built in 1997, and has a Cessna serial number of 0231.
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Well that explains the high frequency of sightings for what I thought was a USMC VIP aircraft climbing out of Republic and why I never saw it on the visitor ramp. Cheers Moose.
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Originally Posted by moose135
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/237684253-L.jpg
It's painted up in a military-themed paint scheme, which threw me the first time I saw it, thinking it was some military visitor, until I saw the N-number on the engine cowling. The markings on the tail carry out the military theme - 97-0231 - according to the FAA registry, it was built in 1997, and has a Cessna serial number of 0231.
Moose I take it that it's legal to paint your aircraft to look like it's in the military? I mean, color scheme sure, but down to the military reggie he added...that's taking it a step to far.
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If you ever see the guy who owns that and hint his initials are...M.G. Tell him you know of a certain Fedex skipper who he still owes from a rigged game of poker-You just might get a ride!
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Was he ever in the military? Or just a fan.
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>If you ever see the guy who owns that and hint his initials are...M.G. Tell him you know of a certain Fedex skipper who he still owes from a rigged game of poker-You just might get a ride<
Yeah....your last ride!! :lol:
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After about 3 minutes of research I discovered the owner's initials are not MG, but they are the initials of his company's most popular product. Also, he was an F-16 pilot. :)
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Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
After about 3 minutes of research I discovered the owner's initials are not MG, but they are the initials of his company's most popular product. Also, he was an F-16 pilot. :)
Miracle gro?
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Originally Posted by njgtr82
Miracle gro?
You are correct, sir! Here is a Falcon of theirs I caught earlier in 2007 - this one is actually registered to the Scotts Corp.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/129030339-L.jpg
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Sunday 1/13/08: USA Jet Falcon - never seen one of these before!
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/242954375-L.jpg
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i saw him come in as i was leaving.. i was just driving back from the west side over there and didnt know what to think of him as he was taxing into atlantic...
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Originally Posted by h2opunk1822
i saw him come in as i was leaving.. i was just driving back from the west side over there and didnt know what to think of him as he was taxing into atlantic...
According to FlightAware, they came in from Willow Run (KYIP) and departed about two hours later for Memphis. Right now, they are en-route from Memphis to El Paso. I noticed there are no side windows on the jet, and I see an "Active Aero Group" logo on the tail.
I found this on-line about them - they are USA Jet's parent company...learn something new every day!
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Active Aero Group, through its Active Aero Charter unit, can help your airfreight and a carrier's cargo capacity find each other. The company's online CharterNet service lets shippers list freight for transport so carriers can bid for the business. Active Aero Charter works with some 170 carriers that collectively maintain some 2,000 aircraft of more than 100 types. About a third of the flights brokered through CharterNet are undertaken by Active Aero Group subsidiary USA Jet Airlines, which transports air cargo with a fleet of more than two dozen planes, mainly Dassault Falcon 20s and McDonnell Douglass DC-9s.
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Yeah, USA Jet is based at Willow Run (KYIP) out here in Detroit, have some Dc-9's and those Falcons. They also do some PAX charter work.
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I've seen their DC-9s here on hockey charters in the past, never knew they had Falcons too. Interesting visitor, to say the least!
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I love small cute jets.... Great stuff Moose!!!
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/243155574-L.jpg
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fred, that looks like one fun and powerful airplane! kinda reminds me of this one:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...s/00000004.jpg
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I went nuts in this thread with over 500 photoshops.....100 or so were probably chop jobs
http://www.airdisaster.com/forums/sh...ight=photoshop
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I caught the Kalitta bird, too...
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245211079-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245211210-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245211612-L.jpg
In a couple of shots I got of her climbing out (not really good enough to post) you can see on the starboard wing the remnants of her old registration - CN-RMP - from her days with Royal Air Maroc.
Also saw the ExpressJet ERJ the same afternoon.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245210643-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245210818-L.jpg
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moose, who was expressjet flying for? are they doing charters?
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Not sure, Matt. I've seen that same jet in to FRG a few times before on charter work, but I don't know who they were for.
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yes they are doing charter work.. i forgot for which college.. earlier that day we had the Dc-9 come in for st. johns
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I tawt I taw a putty tat! I've seen this Cessna down at the south end for ages, but finally got a shot in good light without anything in the way.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245620054-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245620119-L.jpg
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With the Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes playing a home-and-home series (this afternoon on LI, and Tuesday night in Carolina) I knew there would be some hockey charters around. They arrived Sunday afternoon, and with today's game time, they will be departing for RDU after dark, but I did catch this one, parked next to Hangar 5.
Pace Airlines 733 N373PA
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245879804-L.jpg
The Isles' Miami Air 738 was in it's normal spot next to Atlantic, but right up close to the fence as usual. Also caught News 12 departing - they are usually parked in a spot that's tough to shoot, and depart to the south, so it's not always easy to grab them.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245879529-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/245879586-L.jpg
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IAI Westwind Astra, owned by Gulfstream, used for Airborne Products Support. Landed at FRG around 12:30 this afternoon, parked down by John K's old place on the south side. Per FlightAware, she should be gone by the time you read this...
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/251605733-L.jpg
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Not really today at Farmingdale but still neat! Please Note...none of the pictures are duplicates and all were taken the first week during the landing and demilling of the F-14. You my find some Heli action in there too.
Image sizes on the original are 1024 pixels PER IMAGE!!!! I can not put the full res shot online because some pictures in there are not to be released to public as of yet! I AM NOT ALLOWED!!!! ;) I could have made more images for higher resolution but then you will not see as much quality on the individual shots.
http://derf.smugmug.com/photos/251631030-L.jpg
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OMG Fred that is unbelievable! How long did that take to put together???
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Originally Posted by moose135
IAI Westwind Astra, owned by Gulfstream, used for Airborne Products Support. Landed at FRG around 12:30 this afternoon, parked down by John K's old place on the south side. Per FlightAware, she should be gone by the time you read this...
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/251605733-L.jpg
Yep, that's the old place. The only thing I miss there though is.....ah....well...nothing really. LOL!
Very interesting that Gulfstream actually sent that bird up, must have something to do with the G550 that they own now.
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Took about 2 hours...here is a better one
Image sizes is 7840X2325 and contains 2480 images!
Small Version
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Sto...Mosaic1024.jpg
HUGE VERSION
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Sto...%20Mosaic2.JPG
Please Note 224 Pictures of the Last Flight and De-milling are located here
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...6130#101844719
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I Miss her more and more each day im working!.. awesome job!!!
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