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Sad....very sad!
WHAT! JONES BEACH!!!!!!! :x :shock:
Hopefully they won't go through with all the closures... I was really shocked to see the Jones Beach Fireworks on the list.
JONES BEACHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! WHATTTTTTTTTTT! :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by george
The Bayswater Park Closing gave NYCAviation an unexpected mention in the Queens Chronicle today.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?news ... 4908&rfi=6
They're not closing Jones Beach, just canceling the annual 4th of July fireworks.Quote:
Originally Posted by NLovis
i know but still WHATTTTTTTTTT :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
Unreal, now we will not be getting our tax refund checks in a timely manner because NY is out of money? My God will Paterson go down as one of the worst people to ever call himself a politician. I am embarrassed and ashamed to say I live in the state of NY. I don't get surprised when I see a state like California in this shape but NY should have never gotten to this point. It really is sad.
Paterson is a mess but he did not run the State into fiscal catastrophe. What's he going to do, print dollars? Maybe Ravitch can borrow more and postpone doomsday since the unions are too strong, the politicians too weak and the public too unreasonable...
Pataki (D'amato) was at the helm for a long time and before that Cuomo (king of the 1 shot sell off deals) and now the Democrats want his son to be the governor... Shelly Silver runs New York State. (and Joe Bruno is off to jail, or already there??)
The cuts are going to come from someplace and since nearly everything is a protected interest or entitlement.......
Of course we do have over a 100 military bases on foreign soil (if not several times that) at the moment, and I suppose Goldman Sachs is doing well... don't worry, be happy... :D
Tom
NYS has always been a mess economically. For some reason they (along with NYC) love to give huge tax breaks to developers and spend tons of money on useless and not-so-long-lasting projects. I remember when Pres. Ford told us (NYC) to go F ourselves on a bail out. Can anyone blame him?
HEY! That's me and my nephew in that photo. I gave the Press guy the NYC Aviation website address so he could lookup the airliner following and passion that we all share.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
Well I guess today was the last day. Remains to be seen if they actually lock the place or just stop maintaining it.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/que ... cal/queens
I was going to ask - are they going to actually lock it up? or what?
No idea. I'm going to visit tomorrow afternoon after work to have a look.
Very bad news. Is the park really closed now?
I will arrive in NY for spotting tomorrow from Germany. Is there another opportunity to take pictures when runway 4 is in use?
PLEASE DO SOMETHING !!!! :((
Don't close the gate.... let us use the Bayswater !!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/...4cdcf99ef0.jpg
I present you all with what I hope is good news that will continue. I took these 90 minutes ago...
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/I...00401-1607.jpg
http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/I...00401-1610.jpg
It lives! And there were a lot of people in there today...just no spotters. I hope it is left open as such.
(wear your boots...very muddy!)
Very good. I hope to have 400mm within the next month and I plan to make that a top stop. :borat:
Wow, from the look of these pictures if this was being "Maintained" then the state was being ripped off. WhatQuote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
a dump. Great for spotting but seriously, it looks like the workers were calling it in.
YES!!! I guess ill be heading there Sat morning
My thoughts exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Gerard
I was there at 10-11:30 this morning. Does that make me the first spotter at Bayswater after it closed? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
I love the truck tire.
I was there a few weeks ago (3/6) and none of that trash was there. :?:
http://images.zwire.com/local/Z/Zwir...37865_S322.jpg
Hmm hope i can get a camera soon. or at least a lense that will work with my old camera.
Let's not get too excited. It is possible the April 1st closure date was dependent on the new state budget taking affect. However, as usual, the budget is late, and it's not clear when it will be done. It is still possible the park will close.
Mood killer. GET EM :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
Much of the garbage is surely from the rough weather we've been having. There was a lot of erosion on the "shore" there....branches and stuff that has washed up.
Anyone interested in being part of a clean-up crew?
Im always ready to help, whenever Im in NY. Unfortunately Im at work in MD now for a few months, but trying to catch one maybe 2 days at home in NY somewhere around end of April (wanna also catch Mets-Cups game :))
You can cound me in pending date and time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
as of 4/3 Bayswater is alive and well albeit still very muddy at the entrance.
Yea I had every intention of heading out but I lost track of time and I doubt 3 hours of sleep will do anything. Next week i must remember to track the time.
Went Friday 4/2 and got there late for my taste (9.45) as I walked from the Mott Av subway station. Let's just say that the walk is an interesting experience in urban sociology -- one during which you had better keep your expensive glass from view. Good news is the park is indeed open, bad news is that if the pedestrian gate (on the right in Phil's image) is closed, there is no obvious way to get in. I tried wading through tall grass at the eastern end of the park, but you need a machete and tick bites would be a virtual certainty in summer. I had to retreat after getting maybe 15 meters in. Also: do wear waterproof boots as the park is really muddy, as others have noted.
I did a bit of cleaning up using the large and sadly unused trash cans and chatted with two friendly locals -- of the kind wielding fishing rods, not 400 zooms -- who totally shared my feelings towards the motherbleepers who don't pick up their bleeping trash. After an hour or so of collecting empty Red Bulls and White Castle wrappers, the heavies started showing up, out of 22R. Hazy conditions and liberal use of the contrast slider in CS3 produced the following:
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...91_y93Mq-M.jpg
Planes trains boats trucks, I like this one:
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...44_twH2S-M.jpg
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...07_iacQd-M.jpg
One day I'll catch one of these things and the tower when it's not hazy:
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...42_PRKiB-M.jpg
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...95_QdMZq-M.jpg
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...64_tTEwe-M.jpg
http://arinyc.smugmug.com/Other/Bays...01_h6TLJ-M.jpg
Nice shots
[quote="Arinyc"]Went Friday 4/2 and got there late for my taste (9.45) as I walked from the Mott Av subway station. Let's just say that the walk is an interesting experience in urban sociology -- one during which you had better keep your expensive glass from view.
Yeah the things you do for spotting. :lol: Years ago I was down there checking out a water SAR on the ocean side
and wondered if my car would still be there when I got back.
Thankfully at 9:45AM most of the "undesirables" are probably still crashed out from the previous evening. :)
Glad I dont have to be around that area :mrgreen:
Wow, seriously, a big thank you!!! It's great that you did that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arinyc
Way to go. Maby we need some signs? Some that even idiots can understand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
Way to go. Maby some signs are needed? Some that even idiots can understand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.