LOL I beg to differ about your pic but I'm not pic-ky!! :biggrin::smile:
Was that you on New Highway sitting on the roof of the Minivan?
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I was told the reason was high winds. Guess the pilots/owners didn't want to chance it today. One was coming from NJ. Forgot where the other one was coming from. I should have called before making the trip out. What a dud. My advice is to call first. Well at least I was able to listen to Tony Harnell's new CD on the drive out there.
"The Avro Lancaster flown out of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario, one of only two airworthy Lancasters in the world, is known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster in honour of Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski,and is painted in the markings of his aircraft."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mynarski
I like it too!!!
Here are two from today
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A few of my shots from Saturday...
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Members of the Lancaster crew with some of the AAM staff.
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First Spitfire landed about 9 am
Any idea when the Lancaster and Spitfires depart on Monday?
Spitfire is expecting to leave around Noon, preferably with a couple of passes before he departs. The Lancaster is scheduled to depart around 3pm. Based on that, I would imagine the Memorial Flight would be sometime before Noon.
Must make it down there tomorrow. Need get these old warbirds with an old film camera lol. I think it matches in a way.
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The musuem held a ceremony to honor those who defeated the Luftwaffe in the skies over England during the Battle of Britain. Ken Rose, 83, now living on Long Island, talks about his experiences as a teenager during that time with Acting Consul-General and Deputy Head of Mission, Dominic Meiklejohn, OBE.
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Although he didn't fly it during the day, Duffy did start the Spitfire, allowing the crowd to hear the roar of the Merlin engine.
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Tucked away for the night.
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Wow. Looks like it just rolled off the assembly line. Fantastic restoration job.
Great job by the AAM. I arrived around 10:30 and positioned myself by the lot closest to the "covered" fence overlooking the numbers of 1-9. Well my patience paid off when i saw them prepping the Lancaster and the Spitfire. And the Thunderbolt joined them. The Lancaster took off first and after a delay due to a couple of arrivals the Spitfire and Thunderbolt went out to catch up with them. At this point I moved over to the hill across from Dave & Busters joining a whole bunch of people. The three aircraft returned and did two really cool formation Fly-Bys. Then the Lancaster & Thunderbolt headed out over the ocean and the Spitfire returned for two fast Fly-Bys before saying goodbye and heading out South going home. The Thunderbolt returned and did one high fly-by before landing. I had my scanner with me(headphones) and was waiting to see if the Lancaster was returning. They didnt disappoint flying another fast and low pass before coming around to land. From there I headed to the beach and around 3:05 here comes the Lancaster turning over Tobay Beach and heading south along the shoreline before disappearing from sight. That was a bonus to see them again. Were they heading home? I thought they were based in Ontario? Maybe doing a little sightseeing before heading North?
Great job guys.
A few from today's flybys
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AAM's P-47 Thunderbolt
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Spitfire
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And the Lancaster
What a great day at the AAM. Here are some pictures of our distinguished guests:
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Thanks
On Facebook, Flight Engineer Craig Brookhouse confirmed what i was thinking they might have been doing. They headed down to the Harbor then up the Hudson to give the city a farewell salute and thanks before heading to the Great White North!! :smile: Once again THANKS that was just an awesome display of airpower today!!!:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
AWESOME shots everyone !!
I had a great time at the AAM today watching the all flyovers by the Spitfire, Lancaster and Thunderbolt also!! :biggrin:
Tom Duffy's BEAUTIFUL Spitfire Mk IX is just an AMAZING aircraft and it does look like it came straight from the factory !!
Great job once again by the AAM organizing this special Battle of Britain Celebration weekend at FRG !!
The front office of the Lancaster. It was a designed and operated as a single-pilot aircraft during WWII, however, for civilian certification, they added a second set of controls and seat.
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Tom doesn't have a lot of time in the Spit, so he wasn't comfortable in close. That didn't make for great 3-ship photos, but I made do...
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Later in the afternoon, the museum launched their B-25.
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One of the more poignant moments of the weekend. Tom Duffy is talking with the sister of Robert Minnick. Minnick was a Long Island native, who joined the RCAF in 1940, and was trained as a pilot. In August 1941, Minnick was killed in Scotland while training to fly the Spitfire. He was the first Long Island resident to be lost in WWII. Among his effects, his pilot's log was returned to his sister, however she never really knew what all the entries meant. When she heard there was going to be a Spitfire at the museum, she and her son came down to see it and the pilot. Tom spent some time explaining the entries, telling her about the types of aircraft and missions her brother flew during training. She was absolutely thrilled to see the aircraft, talk to Tom, and learn more about her brother, nearly 70 years after his death.
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Note to self: When I say "I'll only be there for an hour, I don't need sunscreen," I'm lying.
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If I owned a plane that cost three million dollars, I wouldn't let someone else fuel it, either.
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One of those cuss-word inducing intrusions, but I kinda like it anyway.
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The rest at http://dfalk.smugmug.com/Airplanes/A...97662542_gdqBB
All in all, an excellent program put on by the museum and an extremely fun few days of aircraft and history awesomeness. I'm moving up to Connecticut at the end of the week, so sadly I won't be able to jet on over to FRG on a moment's notice when something cool shows up. But I couldn't think of a better way to spend my last weekend on LI!
This event was a big let down after all the hype. ALL the info that was presented in the ensuing days stated that the ceremony would take place Sunday at Noon with the memorial flight as part of it. I purposedly moved things around to attend Sunday to see the Lanc and Spit fly, as it was stated that Sunday was the day and 'maybe' they might fly on Monday. What happened then? Why could the Lanc not have been positioned outside the fence until the 1200 flight, and then brought inside for people to tour it? There was an announcement made that it would fly on Sunday, I hung around all day but the flight never materialized. I kept asking every volunteer I could find for an update but no one was given any info.
I left disappointed. I guess to see a Lanc and Spit fly I'll need to go back to the UK? (or Canada at least)
Sorry you were disappointed, ch2tdriver, but they were fighting windy conditions (especially cross-winds) all day Saturday and Sunday. That is the reason why the Spit didn't arrive until Sunday morning (it was scheduled for Saturday with the Lanc) and it put a damper on flight operations all weekend. With its narrow-track landing gear, the Spit is a handful in crosswinds, and I can understand Tom being especially careful. In talking with the Lancaster crew, their arrival on Saturday was a bit sporting, and they too wanted to exercise caution. The hope was to have both aircraft fly on Sunday, but the winds did not cooperate. The reason you weren't able to get an update from the museum volunteers was that the situation was fluid, and every attempt was made to fly the aircraft on Sunday. If anything, the flight crews were more disappointed than you that they were unable to fly on Sunday.
Unfortunately, that is part of the reality when you are dealing with 70 year old airplanes.
That's really nice work, Dan! I love your perspective on things, and that first C-47 shot is some of the best panning work I've seen! Sorry to see you leaving the Island, but good luck up in CT, and I hope to bump into you now and then.
Here are two from yesterday's takeoff:
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I can fully appreciate that, regarding the winds and operations. However the museum could have done a much better job of keeping people informed of this. Not once was the weather as a factor mentioned. If on the PA it was mentioned "Folks we're keeping an eye on the wind situation today.....as of now it is a factor.....don't want to risk these planes.....etc.." I would have kept the band on my wrist, left early, tried to salvage my day and come back the following afternoon. As it was I hung around in hopes that they would fly, as there was a brief reference that the Lanc would, when they were offering a ride opp for $2 grand.
Moose BTW nice to meet you Saturday...I was the one with Eric H.
The AAM was updating their plans on their Facebook page and as of Sat night they werent sure about flying on Sunday because of the weather. I also like that if you become a "fan" of their page they will answer your questions, follow up on comments and allow you to post pictures.
32/14 was closed today.
I have a few days of editing left but here is one I was processing and I liked.... what do you think? I thought the Panorama look helped it out a little.... Like or don't like?
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I think that looks amazing. I love how the other planes are in the back shadows. Almost ghostly or something.
Sweet Fred, just sweet. I think the pano crop really works on this shot.
Thanks guys, here are a few more shots
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I have many more located here
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/...94891781_nMqJy
Nice Dept of Justice maroon AStar, N779CP, was parked on the back ramp of Atlantic. Had a crew of 3 in solid khaki flightsuits, one sporting a shoulder holster. Headed out to the NW
around 2PM. They used the "Charlie Pop" call sign when departing as opposed to a govt call sign like "Flint", "Omaha" or "Idaho".