That's an awfully big plane for "taking some photos".
Posted on 04/27/2009 7:30:01 AM PDT by LottieDah
FAA says low-flying plane over Staten Island is 'pre-planned' flight to take photos by Staten Island Advance Monday April 27, 2009, 10:03 AM
A plane, that appears to be a commercial jet tailed by fighter jets, is a "pre-planned" military flight taking photos of the Statue of Liberty, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Reports indicate it may be Air Force One.
"It is pre-planned, pre-coordinated with everyone involved," said FAA spokesman Jim Peters. "It's a military flight over New York to take photos."
Peters, who stressed it is not an emergency, said the flight is circling the Statue of Liberty and New York City to take photos.
Peters said city officials as well as state government agencies in New York and New Jersey were briefed on the flight in advance.
Small pix @ link ^^
And they say nothing to anyone? I read of evacuations in NY.
This o-thing is a loose cannon. We’d beter watch this guy.
I just saw a photo of the plane with the fighter jet behind it, I really don’t believe this explanation one bit.
You’re right it was thoughtless. The whole country has gone nuts it feels like sometimes.
Its probably a propaganda film about Obama landing Air Force One in the Hudson and saving everyone aboard.
That's an awfully big plane for "taking some photos".
The explanation is bogus. Using a jet for taking pictures of the Statue of Liberty? Why?
That’s Air Force One!!!
It feels like Dear Leader is mocking us. After 9/11, this was thoughtless, at best.
This is astounding. To fly a low flying jet over the Hudson just to get pictures, and then not warn everyone on the ground in advance? Does anyone in this administration even remember 9/11 ? Absolutely tone deaf. Wow.
And the Carbon Foot Print is?
The only planes I know of in the USAF inventory that are painted like that are either the two VC-25s that are used as Air Force One, or the E-4 airborne command posts. More than likely, it’s a VC-25.
Which begs a few questions. Why the hell do you take a 747 out low over New York for a photo op, and was the TOTUS onboard?
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Probably the ‘before’ pictures...
Very wierd. First, why do they need pictures? Second, why do they need pictures taken from one of the AF-1 jets, and not some other jet? Third, why didn’t they let people know they would be doing this?
That's why they released the "torture" memos and photos. When the next strike comes, they can blame it on Bush (we brought it on ourselves, more liberal BS canards, etc.).
Weird.
Yeah and the explanation is so phony sounding it is cryptic. People are probably still worried.
Well even if we were all gonna die I would not trust Obama to bother telling us.
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