2018 Jones Beach/Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show

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Originally Posted by imyrless

I was listening to the Tower after the F-22 was finished with his show. The KFRG controller thought and gave clearance for the F-22 and P-51 flyby. Then, said he wasn't coming due to low fuel as he headed back to ISP. Bummer.

Just wonder why the BA's didn't takeoff in formation. two days in a row they took off individually.

-dave-

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Yes, that was VERY unfortunate that the Raptor was low on fuel AGAIN, and couldn't
do a flyover at FRG today, especially after that was their problem on Friday also.
In past years, the F-22 Demo Team has ALWAYS done a great job doing a flyover
at FRG on their way back to ISP, and in my opinion this years Raptor Demo Team
definitely dropped ball as far as getting the most exposure for the USAF here on LI.

The Blue Angels didn't take off in formation most likely because of new FAA safety regulations.

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Originally Posted by Chris S

That timing should work out for you to find spot at the Terminal on Sunday.

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Great, thank you!

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Originally Posted by Chris S

Yeah, I was talking to Blue Angel #6 after the show today, when they were swapping out jets from Andrews,
and he said with the pending Tropical storm down in the Gulf set to hit the Pensacola area soon they're going to
stay over an extra day or two on Long Island before they head down to their next show at NAS Patuxent River.

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So either Monday or Tuesday departure?

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Originally Posted by Chris S

Yes, that was VERY unfortunate that the Raptor was low on fuel AGAIN, and couldn't
do a flyover at FRG today, especially after that was their problem on Friday also.
In past years, the F-22 Demo Team has ALWAYS done a great job doing a flyover
at FRG on their way back to ISP, and in my opinion this years Raptor Demo Team
definitely dropped ball as far as getting the most exposure for the USAF here on LI.

The Blue Angels didn't take off in formation most likely because of new FAA safety regulations.

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The demo rocked at the beach but yeah, shame they skipped flyover at KFRG. I've never seen it there but have seen pics of him faking the landing.

What do you mean didn't take off in formation? They took off one at a time?

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Originally Posted by dekdawg21

So either Monday or Tuesday departure?

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Yeah, they just didn't know what day yet, but I would lean more toward Tues. since Mon. is a holiday.

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Originally Posted by dekdawg21

The demo rocked at the beach but yeah, shame they skipped flyover at KFRG. I've never seen it there but have seen pics of him faking the landing.

What do you mean didn't take off in formation? They took off one at a time?

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In years past at FRG, the Blue Angels would always take off together as a 4 ship Diamond formation,
followed by the 2-Ship Solos formation. On Saturday they all did rapid single file takeoffs spaced out
a few seconds apart.

Though the BA's did takeoff in formation on Thursday, though there were only three...#3 was missing. As per my pic:
https://davidlobel.smugmug.com/Publi...r9/i-xJ9qRxW/A

As per Newsday: Bethpage Air Show’s second day canceled by rainy weather!
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/...how-1.18783500

We got all the way to the bridge and then saw the sign that the airshow is cancelled! Damned weather underground still shows partly cloudy with 20% chance of rain... They've always been the most reliable source, what the hell... Are interns Manning the controls this weekend?!

Dave,

Log into Smugmug and select the picture you wish to post.
Then "right click" on the image and select "properties" and click on it.
Highlight and copy the image URl from the popup window.
Go to NYC aviation forum & sign in to post a message in the thread.
On the tool bar for your post the 3rd icon from the end is a green square & it says "Insert image" when you put your cursor over it.
Click it and a pop up will appear for you to past in the the URL that you copied
Then post the image

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Originally Posted by imyrless

@fk6065: Good Morning Fred, as a fellow Smugmugger is there a way to post an image from a Smugmug gallery to this site? I tried embedding a direct link to an image using the IMG tag, but no success. Any help is most appreciative. Tnx!!

This the link I used in an earlier post with [IMG][/IMG]

“https://davidlobel.smugmug.com/Publi...z/i-gJZtKrt/A”

-Dave-

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https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/My-...hNRjhCn-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/My-...p4cDcqh-XL.jpg

Nice shots, Fred, and good seeing you the other day at FRG.

BTW, found this cool video of the Blue Angels single file takeoffs from FRG yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBasA2Tg5tk

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Originally Posted by fk6065

Dave,

Log into Smugmug and select the picture you wish to post.
Then "right click" on the image and select "properties" and click on it.
Highlight and copy the image URl from the popup window.
Go to NYC aviation forum & sign in to post a message in the thread.
On the tool bar for your post the 3rd icon from the end is a green square & it says "Insert image" when you put your cursor over it.
Click it and a pop up will appear for you to past in the the URL that you copied
Then post the image

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Fred, Thank you for the road map. Though right clicking doesn't give me what I need because Chrome brings up "Chrome Settings" and not Smugmug. But I did look further and found that when I click on the smugmug sharing icon, that's where I was able to find the URL for the JPG and size.

-dave-

This was from the Thursday first practice run without #3. And the only time I saw a takeoff with formation.
[Thank you Fred for the smugmug help on finding the JPG URL]

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...xJ9qRxW-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...25sPxWv-XL.jpg

An "artistic" view :-)

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...XCW5Hmj-XL.jpg

I love when they look and "smile" for the camera :-)


https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...m9jJswB-XL.jpg

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Originally Posted by Chris S

Nice shots, Fred, and good seeing you the other day at FRG.

BTW, found this cool video of the Blue Angels single file takeoffs from FRG yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBasA2Tg5tk

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lol that’s my video that’s my son at the end he’s a big BA fan.

Took my family to see the airshow yesterday. We arrived a bit late due to the long line of cars entering parking lot.

https://photos.smugmug.com/AirShows/...MG_8786-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/AirShows/...MG_8896-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/AirShows/...MG_9076-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/AirShows/...MG_9207-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/AirShows/...MG_9323-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/AirShows/...MG_9388-XL.jpg

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Originally Posted by Innes

lol that’s my video that’s my son at the end he’s a big BA fan.

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Nice job, thanks for posting it on Youtube !

As per their facebook page, the Blue Angels are leaving LI on Wed to head to MD for their next show. Anyone have any idea when on Wed that might be?

Snowbirds are departing sometime on Tues.

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Originally Posted by Chris S

Snowbirds are departing sometime on Tues.

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Snowbirds went wheels up at Noon.

Very sad to hear about the Skytyper that crashed earlier today