Jones Beach Airshow 2009

[eric8669]

Just a few from me.

[bluejuice]

went down after work and saaw the last half of the show. There was definitly a sonic boom today when he punched in the afterburners. What a sight to see with the vapor trail.The boom was unexpected..

[Sm0otHockeySpeeD]

quote "The F-18 demo was the legacy demo"

Square Loop! It was def the Super Bug! Unless you mean the Leagacy Flight with the Corsair?

Moose, You should have been at the beach...the F-18 repeated the vapor performance during the hi speed run and this time the cone lasted for a good run of the crowd line! It was the first time I saw that at a show ever and I wasn't taking video at the time.

I am soooo glad the weather worked out the way it did with clear skies. Yeah the wind could have been a lot less and the left side of my face is like numb right now. That is my only complaint. Snowbirds and T-birds shows were awesome as were the Horsemen.

I'll try to post some video when I can. I may try and get to FRG tomorrow.

Pete

Yeap, I got it and went nuts because it was my first time seeing it in person lol.

Don't mind the yelling at the end of the vid...I made some friends there and started screaming obscenities that I caught it on vid. They were pissed that they didn't.

Anyhow, here you go...

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[Gerard]

Just got back from a long day at FRG. Arrived around 10:30 and parked along New Highway. I saw the Knights plane
coming back in and the Warbirds were heading out. But they came back pretty quickly as the weather at the beach
was no go for flying. I turned on AM1100 and they announced because of low ceiling and low visibilty the show was being delayed. I cruised over to the lot by 1-9 and watched different flybys of the aircraft parked at AAM. At FRG the sun broke out and the weather warmed up but still no go at Jones Beach. But there was hope as helicopter N355AG
which was working non-stop shuttling from FRG to Jones Beach told Tower it looked like it was begining to clear. Finally
around 1PM they began the show and they pretty much compacted a 5 hour show into 2 and a half hours. They had one act after the other going out with minimal delay. The TBirds finally lined up on 1-4 at 2:35 or so and roared out with a break to the E/NE. They returned and did a formation flyby over 1 NB then turned back for a second
flyby over 1-4 then broke to the north and landed 1-4. That was cool. Later there were a number of flybys after that
including a Missing Man formation of 4 aircraft along Runway 1. Three of them landed and the fourth which I believe was a Mustang did two fast flybys on 1-9 before landing.
The Snowbirds never flew nor did the SkyTypers. Not sure why the Snowbirds didnt go up, possibly a lack of time but I'm sure someone here will fill us in.
When I left you can see T-Storms forming to the west and in fact Tower advised 355AG about one coming in along the
south shore and the pilot said he better expedite as he still had two more trips to make to Jones Beach.

[Gerard]

Hey I submitted a picture to Newsday I took Friday of the Red Bull copter and they published it.

http://myli.mycapture.com/mycapture/pho ... ryID=21654

[Sm0otHockeySpeeD]

went down after work and saaw the last half of the show. There was definitly a sonic boom today when he punched in the afterburners. What a sight to see with the vapor trail.The boom was unexpected..

I doubt there was a sonic boom.

I saw the vapor cloud yesterday, even got it on video. There's just a huge roar from the jet as it passes by, maybe your confusing that with a sonic boom??

I'm almost certain your eardrums would be hurting like hell right now had you heard a sonic boom with no protection. A sonic boom can bust out car windows at the minimum in a 1 mile radius. That could cost the Navy a heafty penny. I'm sure the pilots would be in a helluva lot of trouble as well.

[lijk604]

This is one awesome catch! My favorite of the ones you posted.

[quote="heeshung"]

[Fighting_falcon_51]

Just got back from a long day at FRG. Arrived around 10:30 and parked along New Highway. I saw the Knights plane
coming back in and the Warbirds were heading out. But they came back pretty quickly as the weather at the beach
was no go for flying. I turned on AM1100 and they announced because of low ceiling and low visibilty the show was being delayed. I cruised over to the lot by 1-9 and watched different flybys of the aircraft parked at AAM. At FRG the sun broke out and the weather warmed up but still no go at Jones Beach. But there was hope as helicopter N355AG
which was working non-stop shuttling from FRG to Jones Beach told Tower it looked like it was begining to clear. Finally
around 1PM they began the show and they pretty much compacted a 5 hour show into 2 and a half hours. They had one act after the other going out with minimal delay. The TBirds finally lined up on 1-4 at 2:35 or so and roared out with a break to the E/NE. They returned and did a formation flyby over 1 NB then turned back for a second
flyby over 1-4 then broke to the north and landed 1-4. That was cool. Later there were a number of flybys after that
including a Missing Man formation of 4 aircraft along Runway 1. Three of them landed and the fourth which I believe was a Mustang did two fast flybys on 1-9 before landing.
The Snowbirds never flew nor did the SkyTypers. Not sure why the Snowbirds didnt go up, possibly a lack of time but I'm sure someone here will fill us in.
When I left you can see T-Storms forming to the west and in fact Tower advised 355AG about one coming in along the
south shore and the pilot said he better expedite as he still had two more trips to make to Jones Beach.

Ouch that stinks, did they cut a lot of stuff off? I was wondering what the delay was.

[Gerard]

>Ouch that stinks, did they cut a lot of stuff off? I was wondering what the delay was.[/quote]<

From what I saw at FRG only the Snowbirds and Skytypers didnt fly. And from what I heard on AM1100 the ANG helo
did some type of demo. Not sure if it was the SAR one with the C-130.
It was fun at Republic but I had some dread the fog wouldnt lift or the ceiling/visibilty wouldnt comply to the TBirds protocols.
In the end it turned out to be a really nice day and even the storms held off till after 5PM.
Anyone know how long they would delay the show before cancelling? Has it ever happened?

[Big Tim #70]

All I can say is DAVE WINDMILLER IS THE MAN!

I got to the beach late and nothing was flying. My wife, kids & I walked the entire length of the boardwalk and back just to kill time when the 106th Helo did an abbreviated Demo. The whole time the only thing I was hearing on the radio was that the weather didn’t look good and that teams were scrubbing their flights for the day. Then, about 1:00 I heard Dave Windmiller on the radio with the Boss and he said that he was going to do a few flyby’s and make a decision at that point. Out of the East I saw him come screaming in and by the time he got to the East Bathhouse he exclaimed over the Radio, “This is totally flyable and I’m going into my routine”! At that point he knocked out a kick A$$ routine and the flood gates were opened. All of the other pilots followed his lead and we ended up getting a pretty nice show in today.

We got to see the 106th, Dave Windmiller (AKA THE MAN), Sean Tucker, Ed Hamill, the Red Bull Mig & Helo, (no jumpers though), the F-18, the Horsemen, Heritage Flight, & a great performance by the Thunderbirds.

All in all, it was a great day of flying, even if it was a little short. Dave gets all the credit for getting the ball rolling and putting on another brilliant flying display.

went down after work and saaw the last half of the show. There was definitly a sonic boom today when he punched in the afterburners. What a sight to see with the vapor trail.The boom was unexpected..

There was NO sonic boom. I was telling Juggs about his vapor and how everybody was going nuts about it. He said that his safety observer said it was pretty insane and he caught some of it in the mirrors. He also said that he wanted to see pictures of it and I gave him this site as well as ASB as good places to find some. He said that he was "REAL CLOSE", hence the nice vapor cone... :borat:

[h2opunk1822]

i wouldnt say full blown sonic boom.. but there was def more then just a vapor trail.. and when you hear a boom.. it was a little something extra

[Fighting_falcon_51]

i wouldnt say full blown sonic boom.. but there was def more then just a vapor trail.. and when you hear a boom.. it was a little something extra

Wow, I wish I was there to see that....

Also are the two saborliners parked near sheltair for the F-18's?

[moose135]

Also are the two saborliners parked near sheltair for the F-18's?

No, they aren't here for the show. Most likely bringing some VIP visitors for Fleet Week, they've been in the past few years.

[moose135]

Here are some shots from Saturday...

Chris Baranaskas returns for his first show since losing his father.






AAM C-47 departs.


Chuck Aaron prepares to depart in the Red Bull BO-105.

[Fighting_falcon_51]

Wow, they were taking from the old control tower, right?