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Our flight today starts at Linden Municipal Airport in Linden, New Jersey. The airfield is one of few uncontrolled general aviation airports in the NYC metro area and is home to approximately 90 light aircraft. It also serves as a helicopter base for many of the news choppers that operate in the busy airspace above NYC. There’s only one runway at Linden, designated 9/27, and is 4,137 ft in length. If you’re an avid fan of the Red Bull Air Races, then you might recall the world championships were hosted from Linden in 2010.

Robinson R44 N441EK inside the hangar.


Several Bell news choppers


A look at our ride for today, Robinson R22 Beta II N778MR. This machine is powered by a four-cylinder Lycoming OV-360, delivering a whopping total of 145 horsepower. Which isn’t that much more than a lawnmower, when you think about it. Is it too late to kiss the ground?





Now that we’ve squeezed inside and strapped in, let’s get comfortable! The bubble canopy on the R22 offers excellent all-around vision. If you’re used to flying in a traditional fixed-wing airplane like a Cessna 172, one of the first things you notice is the absolute bare minimum of instrumentation. This is truly a VFR machine.


A few minutes later and we’re off! One unmistakable feature of the landscape around Linden is the huge number of distinct white storage tanks. These tanks are part of the Bayway Refinery, which is the second largest oil refinery on the east coast producing approximately 230,000 barrels of oil every day.





Overhead the New Jersey Turnpike. Flying any lower and you could recreate the opening credits of The Sopranos.


As we fly towards Manhattan, we cross a number of major waterways including the Kill Van Kull, a major shipping channel which separates New York and New Jersey. Looking north offers a view of the Port of Bayonne.


Various boats





The ‘Teardrop Memorial’ in Bayonne, New Jersey. This ten storey sculpture was a gift from Russia to the United States following the September 11 attacks.


Lady Liberty in the early morning hours. The first boatload of tourists doesn’t depart the mainland until 08:30 AM and we’ve managed to sneak into the air just in time to beat them.





The Staten Island Ferry passes in the opposite direction. Did you know that riding on the ferry is free? Now you’ve ran out of excuses for not visiting your friend Eric Long!


Lower Manhattan. The rather-bizarre reddish-brown water was the result of sediment run-off from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.


Downtown Manhattan Heliport, aka Wall Street Heliport.


Pier 11 / Wall St, a seaport which is used by four different ferry companies. Plenty of commuters heading to work on this particular Monday morning.


The South Street Seaport, looking a little more intact than depicted in a Crysis 2 multiplayer map.


Passing over the Brooklyn Bridge





A little farther up the East River, past the Williamsburg Bridge





#1 United Stations Plaza


The iconic art-deco styled Chrysler Building





Wall to wall skyscrapers.





Guggenheim Museum


Cleopatra’s Needle, a granite Egyptian obelisk which dates to 1450 BC. It was first installed in Central Park in 1881.


More to follow?

Hey everybody, it's been a while since I've been on here, but just wanted to say hi and share a few pictures!  

Impressive thunderstorm throwing out some crazy lightning



Landing and taxiing in Germany



F-16 receivers taking off in front of us



Playing around with the radar and painting other airplanes around us...737 4 miles ahead



A bunch of cargo



A shot out the back of the boom operators window while flying over Atlantic City



F-18s on the wing



Closer shot



Middle East sunsets are some of the best in the world



Engineer Panel



Me taking the runway for departure



Off the coast of New York



Big storm



Got sent this from a spotter at Prestwick...us landing for a fuel stop.  (I did not take this)



Another one from the spotter




Squeezing through.....







Hope you enjoy & hope everybody is doing well!


-Chris

Just got back from a trip to the west coast.  Will update as I process more photos.

Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ




Zion National Park, Hurricane, UT


Cabrillo Highway, Cambria, CA


Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA




Interstate 40, Kingman, AZ


Grand Canyon, AZ

Just wanted to extend a holiday greeting and wish everyone a Merry Christmas!  

Intended use:

Just thought I'd update you all.

Lilly Alice born Friday 24th August - 6lb 13

Just two from yesterday morning on my day off:

Delta with a special sticker:


The flying mirror:


Taken with my D700 / 70-300VR




btw: 767 with winglets looks gorgeous!

Liverpool FC Beats Audio
Nike Blazers
Hugo Boss & Armani T-Shirts

Asked the girlfriend to marry me, she said yes - so All in all a good Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone!

nightfox, on 16 March 2014 - 09:16 AM, said:

This made me smile.

Well, passed my CL-65 type rating and I am now holding a ATP. No longer a Commercial MEL, now an ATP MEL. And no longer a CL-65 SIC type rated, now just full CL-65. Way easier to obtain than I thought....

Sup,

i share now my first fs2004 screens in 2013 almost 10 years with this sim(christmas 2003)..

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Ya well there's your problem.

Save some time;

























"It's done, and will be out this week."

Ethiopian Airlines flew their brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Washington Dulles following delivery at Paine Field.

Short Final to 1R


Touchdown














Water Canon Salute

























Heading Inside...the Business Class Seat Controls

Hey guys,

Just another forum topic for another flight certificate. I did my Airplane Multi-Engine Instructor as my Initial Instructor checkride. About 3 hours of oral, and 1.4 on the Hobbs. This morning I'm flying the trusty Skyhawk hoping to get my Single Engine Instructor certificate within the next week here. A lot has changed around these forums since I joined, but I hope you guys are glad to see another Flight Simmer move up the ranks from being a 13 year old punk to a professional pilot.

AmericanAirfan

Independence76, on 07 March 2014 - 09:59 PM, said:

Ha, oooo look at me Mr Bigshot.

So, the time of year has arrived, where the aircraft are exactly where they should be, in the sky. So, I figured I'd do what I'd like to make the norm, and post some stuff from yesterdays Spring Air Show at Duxford.

It was a day blessed with glorious sunshine, un-clouded for the entire day and pretty nasty for distance photography as a result. But this years new toys, the 7D, 100-400 L, Tamron 10-24 and Canon 17-40 f4 L performed admirably, and I'm really pleased I decided to blow £3000+ to change systems!

Here are a few tasters....

Princess Elizabeth & Snafu/War Eagle




Pitts




Harvards - The Fighter Collection/Aircraft Restoration Company






One from the BBMF




You can see all shots if you click through to the set on flickr

You've probably heard by now about the bizzare sandstorms that the high winds brought a couple of days ago (if not you'll see below), but here's my best efforts regardless   I know the shutter speeds are too high on the P-3/CP-130 but it honestly was that windy that I didn't want to risk the shot.

At first it was like


then a little bit worse...


and then....


Here's my proper shots.

I made the right decision to head straight for 202Sqn as soon as I arrived

Pair of Budgies by JRuxton, on Flickr


RAF Sea King HAR3 by JRuxton, on Flickr


Finally got to see the Pave Hawks I've been dying to witness for what seems like ever  

USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk JW13-1 Crewman by JRuxton, on Flickr


USAF HH-60G Pave Hawk JW13-1 by JRuxton, on Flickr

I then headed round to 23

Maritime Patrol Lineup JW13-1 by JRuxton, on Flickr


German PC-9 JW13-1 by JRuxton, on Flickr


RCAF CP-140 Aurora JW13-1 by JRuxton, on Flickr


FAB P-3AM Orion JW13-1 Landing by JRuxton, on Flickr


FAB P-3AM Orion JW13-1 by JRuxton, on Flickr

Having passed EWR, it’s a quick five mile trip south and the airfield is quickly in sight.





Back on solid ground, alive and without having dropped any cameras!

Evening

Thought i'd throw up a few shots i had taken this week at London Heathrow. All are on final to RWY 09L.


AG-EDX by daveygurm10, on Flickr


A6-ETM by daveygurm10, on Flickr


5B-DCK-NOSE by daveygurm10, on Flickr


5B-DCK by daveygurm10, on Flickr


PH-BGO by daveygurm10, on Flickr


SU-GDU by daveygurm10, on Flickr


HB-IJL by daveygurm10, on Flickr


G-STBD by daveygurm10, on Flickr


G-EUPV by daveygurm10, on Flickr


D-AKNV by daveygurm10, on Flickr


EI-DVF by daveygurm10, on Flickr


G-BNLJ by daveygurm10, on Flickr


G-CIVB by daveygurm10, on Flickr


G-VLUV by daveygurm10, on Flickr


Thanks for viewing

P.S Still learning photography so these are not perfect but i'm trying...........