Republic Farmingdale (FRG) Notable Visitors

You mean these two?

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They are local, based out of the AAM. N4207W has been around for a couple of years, and N7511Q was just obtained in May, a week or so before the airshow. In fact, if you notice, the paint on N4207W is shiny, while N7511Q is more of a flat finish. That's because 07W was repainted after arriving in the States, while 11Q is more or less fresh off the Czech AF flight line.

Here they are, side-by-side inside the AAM, a few days before the Memorial Day airshow.

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The AAM.. had to bring them over to our side b/c they were getting that big blue flying boat out (not sure what it is), but i know it didnt go flying b/c last time i was over there it was missing a few peices... those 2 L-39's are usually kept inside the hangar!

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The AAM.. had to bring them over to our side b/c they were getting that big blue flying boat out (not sure what it is), but i know it didnt go flying b/c last time i was over there it was missing a few peices... those 2 L-39's are usually kept inside the hangar!

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That's the PBY Catalina. She is undergoing restoration at the museum - they got her from the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY in November 2006. I wasn't able to get out there to shoot the move, but I know someone who was there :wink:

Here's how she looked when they flew her in back in 2006:

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nice shots moose! she sure is pretty...

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The AAM.. had to bring them over to our side b/c they were getting that big blue flying boat out (not sure what it is), but i know it didnt go flying b/c last time i was over there it was missing a few peices... those 2 L-39's are usually kept inside the hangar!

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Thanks all.
I saw that "big blue flying boat" when I passed by on New Highway and had to double back to see what the heck that thing was as I was
partially obscured from the road. Real cool looking and I hope to see it flying again some day.

I came into work today and to my suprise Charter Air has a new EMB-120... 289Yv.. an old United Express [email protected]!

I know Fred got better pictures, but here are a few I got late this afternoon:

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interesting. looks funky with the bare-metal cowlings.

Here are a few of mine
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This was from last week...
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Lets go a little retro wity My old shots of the PBY arrival
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Who operates those Jetstreams? Are they for the Atlantic City Runs?

That was my gig back in the day. I worked at LI Airlines(aka Executive Airlines) from 93-95 and flew that route with the Twin Otters and Piper Navajo.

Pete

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Who operates those Jetstreams? Are they for the Atlantic City Runs?

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You mean the EMB-120 Brasilia? Yes, they do the AC run.

Here's the first of the holiday weekend visitors:

B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft"

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B-17 Flying Fortress "Nine O Nine"

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This little Cessna Skymaster is registered to the AAM, but is a rare sight around FRG:

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Hey moose, this is Eric from Suffolk County Photography Group.......I wanted to know if your going to be there Saturday at the airport.....I would love to meet up with ya.....

Ended up stopping by for a little bit this afternoon as the sky cleared a little, ended up hanging around the terminal parking lot rather than the museum, and caught the Boys from Brookhaven doing their thing:

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