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It is an awesome composite
Anybody know if they moved it uner the tent today? Was going to take a ride after dark.
Stan.............awesome image!!! This is front page material. Here are some images from this morning (4/28) - the day after the Enterprise arrived. Folks were still stopping on the Van Wyke as well as families taking photos from the bridge. Lots of PA folks on the ramp getting images as well. As I walking over to the bridge ramp a T-38 departed and later in the morning the DC-9 departed as well.
A pano composed of 5 images (click on image for larger view)
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Nose shot of the 747 (notice the name of the pilots and flight engineers as well as the shuttles ferried) - Click on image for larger view
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http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Av...8Apr2012-L.jpg
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NASA DC-9 departing off RWY 31L
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I Just saw a friends photo on FB and yes it is now in the deicing hangar.Quote:
Originally Posted by fk6065
Thanks
Link? :-) I didn't think it would fit!Quote:
Originally Posted by LGA777
Thanks Ron!Quote:
Originally Posted by LGA777
It was beyond bitter cold at Battery Park. Twice the waves sent some spray at us and we were standing their since 7AM.
Our little part starts at 3:10 http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8638755
I'm still very surprised she came in yesterday and did not call it off again. IMO the conditions were not great along the Hudson.
HOLY CRAP!!!! THE KID PULLS OUT AN EPIC HOBE BANK OF A 747 with a SPACE SHUTTLE ON IT!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighting_falcon_51
That is Freakin awesome!!!!
Everyone did an awesome job and it is very good to see all the different viewpoints!
Thanks Bill. And to answer your question, I was handheld, and set in aperture priority set at f8 and ISO200Quote:
Originally Posted by Billbo1970
just drove by, It does not fit, its only about half way in. The tail of the Enterprise does not make it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by gonzalu
Yeah, as of this morning, it was in the hangar. Easily visible from the road but the nose is so far underneath that it's very difficult to take any photos of it.
Pardon my point and shoot shot, Manny, but here it isQuote:
Originally Posted by gonzalu
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...24208443_n.jpg
I was with the CNN crew in Red Hook (along with one guy from Getty Images and about 40-50 members of the public), where we froze our butts off in 30mph gusts. Shutter finger got numb, but I got some shots:
http://mlkshk.com/r/F6II
Awesome photos everybody. Friday was the ultimate day for spotters. Read my next posting which will make us feel better. I am curious if anybody spotted by LGA, by the GW Bridge, the VZ Bridge or even over the TRACON. I'd love to see those views. The Orbiter looks so great atop the SCA 747; I secretly wish that it could be displayed like that forever at the Museum but NASA would have to de-commission the SCA and remove all of its controls, just as they did to Concorde "Alpha-Delta". The Intrepid is having enough trouble finding room for the Orbiter on its Flight Deck let alone a 747 to boot, but wouldn't it look great!
Start charging-up batteries for June 4. That is the day the Enterprise is scheduled to begin her 2-day journey to Intrepid. She must be hoisted up to then placed on the barge. Great photo ops, though not equal to her Friday journey in scope. She will arrive at Intrepid on June 6. Exact times to be determined. Something to look forward to! This is deja vue for those of us freezing out in the cold by the Hudson not so long ago waiting for the Concorde barge to sail-by. At least June will be a pleasure.
Here's one of the T-38 taking off, not the best quality, mainly due to the haze off of the water:
http://joeogden.net/shuttle/IMG_0486a%201024.JPG
And here are a few from yesterday. There is a parking lot right off of the service rd of the Van Wyck that no body was hassling anyone at yesterday. We were able to park, take whatever images we wanted (the fairly straight on shots) and then we walked to a foot bridge and took some close ups.
http://joeogden.net/shuttle/IMG_1204a%201024.JPG
From the pedestrian overpass:
http://joeogden.net/shuttle/IMG_1156a%201024.JPG
If you drove further down the road, you were able to get this vantage point. I took a few shots before the NYPD chased everyone away, It's a matter of timing as the local security, even the ones in the image didn't seem to mind people pulling over and taking images.
http://joeogden.net/shuttle/IMG_1237a%201024.JPG
http://joeogden.net/shuttle/IMG_1238a%201024.JPG
Ok I'm definitely going back in the coming weeks then. I only saw it from the road.
When are they going to de-mate it?? In June when it is moved??
Sam thanks :) Works for me... that's funny looking if you ask me. They could have done a better job of storing this relic!Quote:
Originally Posted by sammers4247
Amazing photos from everyone. I love how Eric went black and white on some....very appropriate and awesome. Below are more of my favs...
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Originally Posted by StanNJ1
Aside from how amazing the shuttle is, I loved seeing the NASA DC-9 photos!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zee71
Sadly, by far the most amazing spotting event of all time...I missed. I'm stuck in Florida for 5 weeks of class. So happy that you guys had such a great time with it though!
After years of joking "space shuttle on final to JFK" it really happened. Unreal.
Pictures taken from 56th Street at the Hudson. Almost a video...
Thanks to NYCAviation for the tweets getting me there at the right time. It took just about as long to get down/cross town as it did for the 747 to get there from Dulles.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3&l=951d3efdf0
http://www.universetoday.com/wp-cont...04_946-710.jpg
Where's James T. Kirk?
Filming Hooker..... was the only one with a day job at the timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Gerard
Just when Enterprise was heading up the Hudson over Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. (lot more photogs not visible that were lined up against the wall on the right side)Quote:
Originally Posted by Roush6NY
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...a/a11859ca.jpg
At first many thanks to the forum for the information about the timetable and the spotter locations!
And here are the results
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/30/11aaspacek.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9...aanasadc9k.jpg
Thanks and Cheers from Berlin/Germany
@ CX777
Thanks for the pic, I am the guy with the sandy coat!
Damn Moose. How long did you train in it for?Quote:
Originally Posted by moose135
What I would do to be in the back seat.
With a Hooker or filming (TJ)Hooker??:redface:Quote:
Originally Posted by ronsmytheiii_nsf
Mmmm TJ Hooker didnt start till 1982 and I believe this pic is from the late 70s. :tongue:
Joe,Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
Those are great pictures.
I live in Howard Beach so maybe I'll go over to that parking lot and try and take some pictures.
Is this area it's under where the Enterprise/SCA is being kept until it's taken off the SCA and transported to the Intrepid? I thought it was going to be housed inside a hanger.
Mike.
For anyone interested here is what the LGA fly-by looked like, not sure who took this video but decent view. This fly-by seemed much higher than the JFK one, thinking they ended up being a little higher than the advertised 1000 feet but I could be wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAvA9BlVbBE
About 6 or 7 months, I forget exactly how much time I have in it, a hundred something hours, all at 1.1 hours at a time. A handful of those flights were in the back seat - when we did our instrument training, we rode in the back, with the IP up front, so we could pull the hood over. Student pilots weren't allowed to land from the backseat though - landing from the front seat could be hard enough at times!Quote:
Originally Posted by gpalz1
Thanks for the compliments Mike, and welcome to NYCAviation. I do not have any inside info on the shuttle. From what I read, they are supposed to store the shuttle in an enclosed hangar, as you can see, it doesn't fit into this one. If I had to make a guess, I would say that it will stay where it is for another few days or so until the equipment arrives from DC to demate the two. Once that occurs, they will move the shuttle to an enclosed hangar like they are supposed to. It is currently too tall for such storage. Then the SCA will head back to Florida for the next shuttle going to CA in the fall as there's no reason for it to stay here.Quote:
Originally Posted by crowe-t
On a side note, I had taped(DVR'd) Cnn's (the NASA channel is not available on FIOS) coverage of the arrival and watched it this morning. They had nice footage, however, when it came for the actual landing, their footage was horribly pixalated! It looked as though they went from HD to something that my cell phone would have recorded. What a disappointment! I don't know if they were correct, they stated that the SCA/Shuttle combination weighed less than a standard 747 filled with passengers, yet said that the shuttle weighed 150,000 lbs. Just a bit of useless info that i thought that I'd pass along if anyone was interested.
Yep, WCBS had a camera on the south side of the runway as well which was highly pixalated. It must have been using some sort of cell connection like LTE or maybe microwave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
I too have many pictures from Friday, Some from the JetBlue Tower and some from the tarmac`, but to all you guys and gals who posted their pictures and comments from all over the world, to this wonderful site, I just want to say Thanks . NYC Aviation has got to be THE BEST aviation site in the world. Lets keep up the good work..
just playing around with some of my images. here's one i like.
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_0157.jpg
Outstanding Eric! Love the edit! +1Quote:
Originally Posted by eric8669
Two thumbs up! Well done Eric.
Very nice Eric! Great work
Here ya go, Gerard!
He's in there yelling at the 747 to step on it.... https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...14499369_n.jpg
Courtesy of George Takei on Facebook, btw...
LOL, that's funny