Jones Beach Airshow 2012

[Gerard]

Snowbirds just radioed the tower.
Snowbird 1 has landed. 2 is coming in now.

Heard them past my house!! Cant see a thing with the low ceiling!!

[Gerard]

Heard them past my house!! Cant see a thing with the low ceiling!!

And now its POURING OUT!!!

[fk6065]

Lining up for this mornings takeoff

[Chris S]

Thanks. Where were the Snowbirds coming from?

The Snowbirds were coming in from Winnipeg.
I left FRG tonight after #1 - #3 came in and they were still waiting for #4 - #9 to arrive.

[ExplorerSport]

Anyone sure if there is a fee to get into the parking fields tomorrow at the beach?

Also, which field is best to park in to see them practice from the car?

[eric8669]

Anyone sure if there is a fee to get into the parking fields tomorrow at the beach?

Also, which field is best to park in to see them practice from the car?

Yes, they are charging for parking($10) tomorrow. I was down there to pick up my empire pass this afternoon.

[dekdawg21]

I thought for sure the F-22s would be hangered and not visible!

[Vetteman98]

Good Friday morning. Just drove past Jones Beach on the way to work and the weather is gross. Overcast, heavy fog and moderate rain. Visibility is down to around 200 yards. NWS has issued a heavy fog warning thru 10AM followed by cloudy conditions until early afternoon. They may get some practice in later today but the morning is a wash.

Steve Davies
Medford, NY
USN 1973-1984

[gettysburgerrn]

My first foray into posting pics on this site....hopefully they came out...if they did be merciful...lol

ken

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[gettysburgerrn]

ok posted links and not pictures and I have no idea why sorry.........

ken

[Gerard]

Good Friday morning. Just drove past Jones Beach on the way to work and the weather is gross. Overcast, heavy fog and moderate rain. Visibility is down to around 200 yards. NWS has issued a heavy fog warning thru 10AM followed by cloudy conditions until early afternoon. They may get some practice in later today but the morning is a wash.

Last year fog didnt lift till Noon and they squeezed in a quickie show but they also didnt have any performance teams.
Hoping for something.

[wunaladreamin]

I BLAME STEVE!!!

[Skylanerg]

I know Islip is not spotter friendly (being kind) but where exactly are they, the F-22's, being staged.

Sheltair (from the pics posted)

[PhilDernerJr]

Welcome to the site, Skylanerg!

[moose135]

Whole lotta nothing happening at FRG right now. Fog, on and off rain...

Snowbirds 1-3 got in last night, but the rest spent the night in central PA and hope to get in this morning. They were going to fly around 10:30 and again later today, but the morning hop is probably history.

Looks like the fog has gotten worse in the past hour, so I don't expect much to happen any time soon. Once things do improve, we still have a gaggle of planes that have to arrive before they can think about practice.