OT: F-15s dropping flares over Bridgewater

[BigRnj]

A380 ?

A380s don’t use EWR ... they fly in and out of JFK

 

[198hamilton]

Last time he was in Bedminster a small plane violated the no fly zone and was escorted to an airport in Sussex county. An F-15 flew right overhead twice. The sound was deafening. It was low and I got a good long look very cool. When they did that flying tour a couple of months ago they flew right overhead over lake hopatcong so I had a clear view. They weren't that loud though

 

[BigRnj]

So this guy took off from Monmouth Executive airport (BLM) and headed straight for Trump, hows that for coincidence 0__0:Wink:

 

[iReC89]

Anyone catch the pair of osprey helicopters last weekend around 4:10 in Asbury Park? Pretty cool. They came from inland and turned up the shore line

 

[HPNJRUfan]

Anyone catch the pair of a osprey helicopters last weekend around 4:10 in Asbury Park? Pretty cool. They came from inland and turned up the shore line

Saw a group of 3 fly low over my house in EB - found out right after that it was Trump enroute to his fundraiser in Elberon.

 

[RUPete]

They don't have one.

Just kidding.

 

[WhiteBus]

Just kidding.

The most underrated scene in Cannonball Run..

 

[Joey Bags]

Have never used FlightTracker but I'm sure its a fine app. FlightAware is a good website, or the one that I usually use is ADS-B Exchange

Here is the flight path for N197RV, today's TFR offender:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N197RV/history/20200815/1617Z/KBLM/N43

Some more interesting posts from that same radio forum:
"I was following that as it happened. He got within a few miles of Trump's golf course before he finally turned. Fighter head-butted him and shot flares. The outcome could have been much different."
"Lucky it did not get shot down, the flight path took it right above the golf course before he turned. People in the area report that the fighter dropped flares in front of the plane and the CG chopper was lined up right behind the aircraft..."
"I was cringing when the fighter called out to the TACP on 350.1 that he'd be deploying flares. You REALLY have to screw up to evoke that response, especially with homes in the area. I think that is the closest any idiot...er...pilot has gotten yet in the last 4 years. On ADS-B, there was an unident chopper and another fighter lined up to give him a colonoscopy, and I promise you the assigned aircraft on station were probably fully ready to achieve tone lock."
"I do not understand how much time elapsed til interception. The aircraft was on 330 heading right from BLM direct Blairstown. It spent quite a bit of time in the TFR and the track was clearly a problem early on. Odd."
"The problem is the several small airports within the TFR that they have agreed to give leeway for. Particularly Solberg and Somerset. It seemed like they were giving him a chance to line up for either one and then realized...yeah...not happening."

Great info and that all verifies from what I saw. From my vantage point it looked like the chopper was the bogey but I guess it was a single engine and the chopper was coast guard out of KSMQ.

 

[BigWill]

Air Force One is whichever aircraft the President is travelling in at the time, not just the 747.

It's amazing the roar of military engines at just normal speeds.

At our Camp up in the Adirondacks we used to see NY Air National Guard fighters in the mountains doing air to air manuvers.

My buddy that flew F-4's for NJANG once beat an USAF F-16 in a dog fight out in the restricted air space East of AC. That is not supposed to happen !

 

[Knight Shift]

Maybe the same info posted in the link above:

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/sto...d-airspace-while-trump-bedminster/5590324002/

 

[RU#1fan]

He was suppose to be throwing out the first pitch tonight at Yankee Stadium, but later said he was too busy fighting covid to do that. Of course, it turned out he was simply lying about being asked in the first place and he has nothing on his publicly released schedule today ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They didn’t want the POTUS being disturbed while he was on his golf course cheating on his game game.
Working hard on that COVID plan.

 

[Extra Point]

I took a couple choppy videos Saturday (below). The fighter in the distance was north of me, probably over Bridgewater. And then what appeared to be a United jet flying on the low side going south east almost towards New Brunswick. I heard the fighters most of the day but couldn't see them.

 

[BigWill]

They didn’t want the POTUS being disturbed while he was on his golf course cheating on his game game.
Working hard on that COVID plan.

Yeah he took a break from the labs that are waiting for his new formula for the Wuhan virus.

Working hard on your TDS, I see....