F-14 X2 to LGA

2 F-14s in formation flew over my house from Base to final for LGA runway 22 an 1:00pm....... They had bright red tails.

Senga

Probably did a flyover for Yankees opening day.

Ohh yes that woudl explain it.

Phil told me Melanie got some shots of them..I hope she will post them.

Senga

I got shots of both. There was actually one yellow tail, and one red....

Even at full zoom, they were pretty far away, and there were some clouds on the horizon, so not awesome pics. I'll post em in a bit. :)

Saw them from Great Neck but was looking for the flyover from the game, came back around with there gear down to land. It was in deed the Tomcatters CAG bird with the red tail! I was expecting Rhinos. The pilots usually go to the game for the seventh inning stretch to sing God Bless America. I will be heading over to LGA later, hopefully we can see them depart!

I made a few calls and supposedly they are spending the night and leaving tomorrow..time unknown :(

-Matt

Anyone know what time this sports game is?
This will probably be our last time to ever see an F-14 in operation.

Senga

Game started at 1:05

Oh wow today..so they already did the fly over?

Senga

Yeah they flew over at about 12:50 or so. They came back around as I saw them with gear down and landed at LGA. I was hoping to catch their departure today but now we hear they will be spending the night? I may still drive over to see I I can get a shot of them parked today. Thanks for the info Matt.

Here are a couple shots of them. Really bad light by this time of day, plus the haze and pretty far...I'm not happy with the quality, but it was pretty cool to see.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/F...low_041106.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/F14_Red_041106.jpg

Nice shots there :) FEXIX lives on!
Senga

Thanks for posting Mel, pretty nice shots actually, I saw the second one land from work. I take the 4 train from the Bronx to work most days and today I SO WANTED to get off the train at 161 street !

Cheers

LGA777

What's even BETTER about this....is that I went out this morning at about 10:30 to catch the scheduled 11am PSA....never showed :(

I was pretty disappointed, but RIGHT before the F14s came around, PSA did! I was actually LAUGHING (I was alone, remember).

Too bad the light and haze sucked. Oh well. More excitement than my days usually bring. :)

I wish wish fate shared that kind of fortune with me.

Senga