A-6 on approach to FRG

[mirrodie]

just wait til I set the camera on timer....the sounds that emanate.

[hiss srq]

shes flipping gorgeous

[moose135]

Stopped by again after work when the sun was in a better spot, and ran into MORS-AB-ALTO, who had a stepladder so he could try to get some shots over the fence.

Here are a few of my evening shots:









One of the ACY Gambler flights came in while we were there:



I got to talking to the security guard (sounds like he may be ex-Grumman) who was inside the fence about the Prowler and taking pictures - he thought it was great that MOR had a ladder with him, and I told him it's not unusual for those of us who are serious about this sort of thing to bring ladders, etc. He was also working the night the F-14s were at FRG, and he said about 10pm some guy came down with an SUV, got out his camera equipment, and climbed on top to shoot pictures. I said "Hey, that's my friend Fred!" There was also a woman from Grumman there (outside the fence) who said that despite all the photos the NG photogs took when the Tomcats were here, there aren't any where employees can see them. The security guard remembered Fred's website, although he called it "wallpapers.com". I corrected him, and told her she could find lots of Fred's pictures there.

The guard told me the Prowler is expected to leave around 10am Thursday. Looks like I need to be out of the office for a while tomorrow morning :-)

[SCOTYDEMCO]

Rob sleeps with that stepladder, lol. Maybe I'll take a trip out there tomorrow.

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Thought I would post these before me and the old stepladder hit the hay.
Pleasure to meet you Moose. I'll be there tomorrow around 10 for their departure.

[SCOTYDEMCO]

Nice shots Rob. Nice light

[lijk604]

She just took off @ 1040....and I was in a meeting, missed the takeoff.
Heard it, but didnt shoot it. DAMN!

[GrummanFan]

Argh are you freakin kidding me!!! :evil: I thought it was at the Jetcenter, so when I drove down New Highway and saw nothing I thought it was gone. Damnit I had so much film and I wasted all that gas...next time Im circling the airport a few times before I leave.

[pgengler]

The one thing I miss about my old job is being able to hop down to FRG when the getting's good. Oh well, the extra $15k a year (not to mention this is less soul-sucking) makes up for that. 8)

[hiss srq]

LOL at Soul Sucking. Anyone know how long those beauties will remain in the fleet since the A-6 and the Tomcat have gotten the shaft

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Made it there for the departure on time. Should have played it safe and parked along New Highway, but I figured I would try to get a different angle this time so I set up by the 56th. Bad call as they took up most of 14 to get off the ground before breaking to the East. Thought we would get a flyby which never happened. However, it looked like it circled Grumman's Bethpage facility twice before departing for good. I'll have some pics from today up in a bit.

With the Prowlers set to be around until at least 2013-15 I'm sure I'll have a few more chances to finally get a decent airborne shot of one.

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Here are the pics I got today of the Prowler from VAQ-139, the Cougars based at NAS Whidbey Island. Their webiste

http://www.naswi.navy.mil/vaq-139/vaq139home_2.htm















Here'a nother Tomcat plate car I saw outside the tower. Had to take a picture of us both together.



And here's a Swiss registered Global Express I caught last week

[Matt Molnar]

Great shots!

[T-Bird76]

Man those are fantastic shots!!! LOVE THEM! That call sign is great to! "Wedge"

[pgengler]

MORS-AB-ALTO, which of those Tomcat plates is yours? If you're "14TOMCAT", then I (briefly) spoke you (well, I commented on those being the right plates for the day) when the Tomcats were leaving Republic last month. (If not, well, then I briefly spoke with whoever it is that has those plates...)