GREAT shots Moose and thanks again for the heads up !! :wink:
It was AWESOME hearing the Growler's BURNERS and that
SWEET SOUND OF FREEDOM at FRG today !!!!!! :cool:
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GREAT shots Moose and thanks again for the heads up !! :wink:
It was AWESOME hearing the Growler's BURNERS and that
SWEET SOUND OF FREEDOM at FRG today !!!!!! :cool:
Tex Sutton sitting at Sheltair, Islanders charter prepping and idling over at Atlantic right along the fence on 109 and what looked to be a CG Aux/CAP meeting at the Main Terminal. There were about 12 planes sitting on the ramp there. And boy was it a nice day with temps around 62 and nice sun.
Great shots Moose!
Just caught this plane flying in:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6091/6...cc34938f_b.jpg
Not the greatest shot, I was checking out Flight Aware and saw that it was due in any second, so I ran out front and took the shot. This is the view from my front yard. If I had more time, I would have liked to have caught it landing. I had a 28-135mm lens on the camera otherwise it would have been zoomed in closer. It's just not an angle seen much in photos.
Joe
Oh, meant to ask, was there a chartered MD-80 of sorts at FRG sometime on Sat or Sunday? I saw one overhead but the trajectory suggests it was from FRG and not some haphazard lost LGA arrival...
There were two MD-83's in town recently, one on Friday and one on Sunday, different owners.
A US Jet MD-83 arrived early Friday afternoon from BED, and departed later in the afternoon, heading to RDU.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS114
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS609
Another US Jet MD-83 departed FRG on Sunday around Noon, heading to Montreal - looks like it arrived Sunday morning.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS209
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JUS115
The NHL schedule tells me it was likely the Boston Bruins arriving Friday and departing Sunday, for their game with the Islanders on Saturday. They then had a game with the Canadiens on Monday.
Joe, that Delta jet was probably bringing the Flyers in for tomorrow's game.
Blue Angel 7 is at FRG now! Parked at the terminal, scheduled to depart between 2:30 and 3pm...
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...ngelsFA-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...ngelsFA-XL.jpg
http://www.moose135photography.com/A...ngelsFA-XL.jpg
Thanks for the heads up, Chris & Christina!
Glad you were able to get out there a snag a few shots. Great work Moose!
Looks like he left a little late. At around 4:15, while getting some fresh air outside my office in Melville, I happened to look up and see an F-18 departing FRG northbound along Rt. 110. He was moving really fast and disappeared into the cloud layer in less than a minute! (Do these guys need to abide by the 250 kt limit?)
Yes, they went off late - by then, the clouds had moved in pretty well. And no, they don't have to follow the 250kt limit if operational requirements dictate otherwise. When I flew the T-38, our normal cruise speed was 300kt IAS, and we always flew that speed in normal operations.
Here's a few shots from me with my new lens, unfortunately, it isn't suited for zooms as it's max reach is 105mm:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7144/6...9ede2949_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6...a6ee340d_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6...368ef58e_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6...43b3abf4_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6...5a97e1e4_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6...40b260c1_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6...0b1dd9f5_b.jpg
Nice shots, Joe. I guess you were in the gaggle in the parking lot, sorry we didn't get to talk.