The hornet departed around 1:30 this afternoon
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The hornet departed around 1:30 this afternoon
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Great shot Mike! Here's what I got.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/692/2...eb469338_k.jpgBlue Angel 7 KFRG 12-01-2015-4 by Stephen Spinelli, on Flickr
Anyone know what they are doing over by the Sheltair ramp? I see they have an area sectioned off by the parking lot fence and construction equipment inside!!
F-18 just roared over Old Bethpage heading north. Looks like he/she was climbing then hooked a right somewhere over Bayville/Lloyd harbor and headed east. Startled me out of my power nap. LOL.
It didn't look like an Angel.
That's just a King Air that's based there. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JKR25. N205-something-something if I remember correctly (but not 205CM).
Canadian Snow Bird came into Republic this morning for Jones Beach advance.
Already left & down in DC.
Cops chased a drunk driver last night who then decided to plow through a fence on New Highway and speed onto a runway.....
http://longisland.news12.com/news/co...ice-1.11467729
Miami Air 734 came in from Newark around 2:30. No one aboard and it is leaving to Columbus, Ohio around 5PM. After Islanders changed to Swift Air didnt think we would see Miami again!! Nice little surprise!!
A Cobra and a Huey came into Republic today around 4:30. they were just South of Sheltair.
So for awhile now I see major work being done on the wooded area between Runways 32 and 1. Construction equipment has been taking down trees amd flattening the surface. Made a few inquiries on FB and found some very interesting information which I never knew. That area is called Breslau Gardens and once was a community where people lived. And from what I read it new hangars and a tie down area for Sheltair will be built.
Here's something i found while searching.....https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/...reslau-gardens
Very nice find.
Thanks for taking the time to do the research
and thanks for posting Gerard.
Islanders returned from Florida Saturday afternoon around 3PM after their exciting OT winner in Florida Friday night!! Originally their Swift Air 737 was scheduled to depart FLL at 11:30AM Friday night but of course with the game ending around 12:15AM that didnt happen!! I guess they decided to stay in Florida (Hi, I needed rooms for about 30 people, lol) and left at 12:30 Saturday afternoon. There were a few fans hanging out by the Atlantic parking area but the players pretty much jumped in their cars and sped away!! By 4:45 the B737 was airborne again heading to Chicago Midway!!
There's been a B738 parked at Sheltair since Tuesday, any idea what it's about?
The BBJ will be departing on the 3rd
Yes, Global Jet Austria. Saw that it came in from Las Vegas earlier in the week.
Over on Atlantics back ramp sat the beautiful G-V of Sexyjet. Awesome livery
http://www.sexyjet.net/
Looks like the BBJ is managed by Global Jet but owned by Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/...172db678_k.jpgMYBBJ 2_ by Stephen Spinelli, on Flickr
I was also extremely excited to see SexyJet!
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1568/...62f25b48_k.jpgSexy Jet by Stephen Spinelli, on Flickr
Driving on rte 110, i just saw what i think was one of the Breitling guys flyover, hook a hard left over republic, came back around and landed. Awesome sight.
I saw one fly over my shop in Kings Park about that time, it was really moving & heading straight towards FRG. It was pretty high up, wasn't sure if it was one of them or the L-39.
Any reason why blue angel #5 was there a few hours ago? Alongside a dornier 328 jet
You haven't been paying attention, Mario. They had a maintenance issue during the air show and the jet has been here since. They have been standing down since the crash in Tennessee the week after our show, so it has been sitting at Republic, waiting for the team to send folks back to get it.
I was riding down New Highway tonight and saw the Hendrick's Gin Flying Cucumber Blimp is back at FRG again.:cool:
The crash at FRG tonite that shut down the airport was on Runway 19 but also effected Runway 14 so the two Blue Angel aircraft stayed overnight to enjoy the full moon and the first night of summer on Long Island.
The plane was N127DW a 1978 Swearingen SA226-T registered to Ponderosa Air LLC of Farmingdale, NY
Any idea when Bert is leaving?
All was quiet when I passed by at 9.
As of 10:30 they were still there but some activity as per my people on scene lol
A nice Boeing 737 landed today around 4:45. Taxied over to the Main Terminal where it went under a US Customs check then everyone reborded and it taxied over to Sheltair to drop off its 7 passengers!! Left around an hour later. It was N800KS based out of LA and from someones research over on FB he believes its owned by Steven Spielberg!! I tried to do a trip check on Flighaware but the flight tracking was blocked!!
Does anyone know what they will be filming next Tuesday 9/20 which will result in the runway closure? (G2 and G run up is at the approach end of Runway 1 or the Rt 109 side. Also across at the Main Terminal) To: Republic Airport Tenants
From: Airport Manager
Date: 9/12/2016
Re: Runway Closure 1-19 / Film Shoot
There is a scheduled runway closure for runway 1-19 and taxiway closure for taxiway "G" between "G2" and the "G" run up area on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. The runway and taxiway will be closed from 9:30 am to 7:30 pm for a film shoot. In addition, the Main Terminal Building lobby and ? of the Main Terminal parking lot will also be closed from 6:30 am until 10:30 pm.
All tenants are advised to frequently check NOTAMS for updates or changes to this schedule.
FYI- I stopped by FRG today and they were filming for the TV show Madame Secretary over on the east side of Rwy 1.
BTW, I also saw there's a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 737 parked at Sheltair next to the fence and a Czech Republic A319
parked over on the other side of the airport by Atlantic and they're both in town for the UN General Assemby.
Navy C-130 landed at Republic late afternoon (5:40) and taxied over to Sheltair. Saw a picture on Facebook and it was fitted with external fuel tanks. Bags were unloaded into waiting vans. Speculation it might have been part of the evacuation of civilians from Quantanamo Bay due to the Hurricane!!
Apparently the C-130 stayed over and is getting ready to depart any second now.
The Herc (KC-130T 162309) was from VX-30 at NAS Point Mugu. It still carried the tail code (QH) for VMGR-234