The Enterprise is tentatively scheduled to come into New York on April 23rd, 2012. I am guessing it will be Kennedy. mark your calanders!
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The Enterprise is tentatively scheduled to come into New York on April 23rd, 2012. I am guessing it will be Kennedy. mark your calanders!
Source???
Can't reveal the source right now but here is an interesting article about the plane that ferries the shuttles and it also mentions the flights in April.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1275893.html
This has been well documented before... I posted this link some time last year
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/...dates-planned/
I ran into someone spotting awhile ago who is in the know and said the same thing that April 23rd is most likely the date it's arriving at JFK.
hmm...sounds like the last chance to get photos of the shuttle/747 combo
I suddenly see myself getting ill enough to stay home from work that day..... :tongue:
Cough!
I'm not trying to be a tool, I only asked for the sauce because as I understand it according to the link Manny posted, the date was to be April 17th. I'm only looking to be positive about the date as I'm more than likely bringing a crowd with me to JFK on whichever day.
Personally, I can't ****ing wait!
April 17th is the date for Discovery to be shuttled to Dulles in DC for the Air & Space Museum. Then on April 19th it will be transfered to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
OK now who wants to make a road trip to DC for Discovery, and then back to NYC for Enterprise????
Hey all,
(I’m not sure if I should have started a new topic)
I am new here, but I am not new to spotting. I have been lurking for a little while. I have seen the photography of many of you on Airliners and JetPhotos, and I am really impressed! I got my first taste of NYC spotting on March 5 when I came to Newark for the 787, spotted from P6. I regularly spot at PNE and PHL. I live under final approach at PNE.
So I heard somewhere that the Enterprise will be riding atop a SCA into JFK on 4/23, and then I saw it here. I was wondering who is planning to spot the Enterprise, and if I could tag along with some of you guys. I have my own transportation, so all I am asking is to tag along to whatever location you guys are at. From the spotting guide on this website, and my own Google Earth research, I see that JFK spotting is a bit more difficult (logistically, runways etc.) than Newark, La Guardia, PHL or PNE spotting. I know that I would be in good hands with experienced NYC spotters like all of you.
After the SCA/Enterprise, my priorities for the day would be- Emirates A380, El Al 747, Korean A380, KLM 777, Singapore A380, Air France A380. High priority on the first 3. But the Shuttle is the main mission, of course!
Thank you everybody,
and good luck in your spotting adventures in the meantime!
Strike, I think just about all of us will be out for this one. I started a new job last month, and the first thing I told the boss was I needed the day off when the Shuttle arrived. Keep an eye on the board, I'm sure we'll be discussing particulars as the time gets close.
Unless I have a job interview (keep dreaming), I will be out there no matter the weather or light situation. JFK has always been a shuttle alternate landing, just never thought I would see it.
I was going to be coming back from either SXM or PUJ that day but it looks like I will be back a day early. Ideally for me, it would be 31R just so I could literaly watch it land from my office but I guess I am going to have to drive out to the side of the runway. :p Cannot wait!~
Hey guys wanted to pass on the plan for the shuttle. As of right now it will be starting off at the VZ north on the Hudson at 1500 feet for photos over the Statue then to the GWB making a 180 and either going to JFK for a low approach on 31L or making a right turn at the Statue to EWR for a low approach. If it does EWR first it it will then turn North over TEB then direct to LGA for a pass. I believe it will be at 1500' over both TEB and LGA. Then over to JFK. If they go to JFK after the run up the river it will do the low approach to 31L then direct EWR, then TEB, then LGA then to 31L for full stop. Either way JFK will get a low approach then the landing. I'm just wondering what altitude they will do the low approach at EWR at, I'm waiting to hear! Hope that wasn't too confusing.
Bill
Bill you speak in confusing tongues that only ATC can understand. I plan to be out....this should be epic!!!
OK, so, can I take all that to mean no last minute BS switch to 22L? I don't think I'm the only one here that would be horrified at a last minute switcheroo. Do you know how many car accidents would happen between Far Rockaway and the Mounds?
As I heard one of us say recently, "Kennedy Tower likes to f- you in the a-" Sorry, that's the cleanest I can make that
Hopefully that 31L doesn't wind up becoming 13R. Down here at IAD we are praying for 1R, but if I am gonna be there, it will somehow become 19L. The Tower at IAD loves to do that to me :)
I would imagine they would want the longest possible runway available, and will treat this arrival much like AF1 where it gets whatever runway it wants. At least I hope so.
Hopefully the low approach will be similiar to one they did down in Texas 3 years ago in this video.:cool:
http://youtu.be/V10Lqjuv4V0
What a beast... anyway, do we have expected times to land? At JFK, it will be 31L/13R and I am betting on 31L only because it is a nice easy VFR off the water right in.. no turns, no landmarks etc.
In the morning, it will SUCK A$$ in the afternoon it can be epic...
...and how the heck am I going to get from LGA to EWR to TEB to Battery Park and to JFK in time for each? :mad:
we're still several weeks away on this and I'm already pumped as hell! Shuttle baby, shuttle!!!
I am retired and could see this but I have no car so I wouild need an approximate arrival time and runway. I saw the Enterprise years ago aboard a B747 flying over NYC enroute to the Paris Air Show but I was at work and had no camera.It was awesome! My guess is she would arrive on Rwy 31L for 2 reasons: longest runway and close enough to be shipped on a barge to Intrepid. I might hire a car to take me to a viewing location as I can't find anybody here in Brooklyn willing to take me. Please let us know the arrival information. In any case, I'll be viewing when she sails-up the Hudson.
I can empathize. How often I waited by Rwy 22L to see the Concorde land only to get it switched at the last minute to land on Rwy 22R. It also happened several times when it was switched to land on Rwy 13R while I was sitting by Rwy 13L. Since I came by car service, I had no way to change my location. Planespotting is great but is so aggravating at times. Taking photos at the terminals is best, but since 9-11, we get chased-away!
Yesterday over DC NASA T-38's did a dry run of the Fly-by route at 1500'.
http://www.space.com/15176-nasa-t38-...er-photos.html
I'm wondering if the same will happen for the NYC run?
Pete.
Oooohhh... T38's in NASA colors over NYC? Nice!
mmmmmm....tacocopter. lol
Here's a link to the Intrepid's website showing a conceptual rendering of how Space Shuttle
Enterprise will be displayed on Intrepid’s flight deck inside a "bubble", beginning Summer 2012.
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/shuttle/media.html
Oh man, just seeing the pictures of the shuttle on that 747 is making me giddy already.
"All dates and events are subject to change due to weather and operational delays."+ typical April weather=
>gulp<
I am prepared to take the month off if I had to :tongue:
I have debated keeping my boys home from school that day as it is something that they would never have the chance top see again. Amazingly, the ex didn't shoot it down. We'll see how it plays out, I for one will not miss the event, I have even debated going to DC to see the other shuttle come in as well.