Low flying jet over Manhattan

[DavidS]

Damn, that makes me mad.

As if NY didn't have enough trouble, BO decides to scare teh shit out of everyone to celibrate a pointless milestone.

We have no idea if this was BO or not. I just posted a rumor. All I know is that it was some kind of photo op. For who - I have no idea. Could be for 24 - because 24 is set in NYC for Season 8 next year. If this was Obama's doing, he better have a good fucking explanation for scaring the shit out of me and tens of thousands of other people.

 

[Yukon]

Maybe he ran out of gas and was going to land in the river?

 

[Yurt]

the buck stops with obama...

how does that plane get out without obama's approval? that is airforce one when he is flying on it...does this mean that it is so easy to simply order that plane with a fighter jet escort over NY....to get the FAA to ok it....

if obama didn't expressly ok it, then he is a lousy CIC that has no control over his airplanes

 

[DavidS]

nice going obama....

Stocks fell in New York trading after the plane was sighted at about 10 a.m. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost about 0.7 percent over 10 minutes, then recouped all of the loss by 10:20 a.m.

Air Force One ‘Photo Mission’ Over Hudson Evokes 9/11 (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Some of the media outlets are starting to mention it.

As stated before - it should be THE news story of the day -

It won't be. The pig flu is.

 

[DavidS]

I was just about to say this was probably some Obama/Hillary Clinton photo-op crap. I can't believe they would be that stupid. On second thought, yes they would.

If this was a photo-op, not only is it a huge waste of resources during an economic recession, but a logistic cluster fu-k as well to have a low flying plain over Manhattan with fighter jets trailing it...

Good lord what a PR mess that would be.

Even liberal New Yorkers would be giving Obama the finger over this if in fact it is true his administration was behind it.

why do you assume it's a "photo op"? just because someone spread a rumor?

oh righyt... cause you're a wingnut.

Uh....Jillian... the FAA said it was a Photo-op.

 

[DavidS]

the buck stops with obama...

how does that plane get out without obama's approval? that is airforce one when he is flying on it...does this mean that it is so easy to simply order that plane with a fighter jet escort over NY....to get the FAA to ok it....

if obama didn't expressly ok it, then he is a lousy CIC that has no control over his airplanes

It was not Air Force 1. It was Air Force 1's backup.

 

[DavidS]

And it's not Obama's job to be in charge of his planes. It's the Secret Service I believe.

 

[del]

i blame bush.

 

[Ravi]

It's just to distract us from the latest distraction.

 

[Maple]

But the good news is that maybe it will remind all those liberals out there that 9-11 did actually happen. But I would imagine that it scared them poopless.

 

[Gunny]

So about an hour ago, I heard on CNBC that a large plane was circling Manhattan escorted by Fighter jets. Of course any normal reaction was that scared the shit out of me.

Apparently I wasn't the only one.

Readers: Did You See the Low-Flying Jet Over Lower Manhattan? - The Middle Seat Terminal - WSJ

WTF is wrong with these people? You DO NOT have fucking fighter jets trailing a large commercial jet that's like a 747 with quad engines over Manhattan without giving us massive warning notices. The unjust panic this caused today in lower Manhattan should really be investigated.

A fucking photo-op???

Readers: Did You See the Low-Flying Jet Over Lower Manhattan? - The Middle Seat Terminal - WSJ

A plane circling Lower Manhattan escorted by two fighter jets is part of a “photo op,” said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters. The event caused some evacuations of office buildings in Lower Manhattan and Jersey City, N.J., on Monday morning.

Mr. Peters said the Defense Department is conducting a photo op that involves deploying two F-16s and escorting a Boeing 747 in the vicinity of Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. He said the maneuver is not an emergency and was coordinated in advance with the FAA and state and local officials.

“They’ll do two or three spins… and be done by 10:30,” Mr. Peters said.

Kevin Chin, a 25-year-old IT analyst with UBS working in Jersey City, N.J. was in the building when his coworker Yumi Nishiyama snapped this picture (above) around 9:40 a.m. on her iPhone. “We didn’t know what was going on until later on,” said Chin, who did not evacuate the building.

Fucking idiots. WHO THE HELL DOES THIS??

That's messed up. They should have made sure every media outlet anywhere near NYC started distributing this info DAYS in advance.

I'd have headed for the ground, that's for damned sure.

That's a 747 at least. I can't believe how stupid these people are.

I wouldn't care if it was a Cessna. You don't get a 2-fighter escort from the USAF for nothing.

It most certainly is a passenger airliner though.

 

[Gunny]

A photo op?

What a grand idea, the city that was hit by terrorist flown jetliners has a jetliner trailed by interceptors so someone can take pictures.

Do any of these people have IQs higher then an endtable?

Good point. Obviously, Truthmatters is behind it ...

 

[Maple]

We are having a serious problem getting rid of those detainees at GITMO, No one wants them. I suggest that we put them all on board AIR FORCE ONE and secretly parachute them back into their countries. What say you.

 

[manu1959]

...... a photo opportunity for Air Force One, sources told the Post.

OBAMA PLANE PHOTO OP STARTLES NEW YORKERS - New York Post

change we can believe in.......

 

[manu1959]

the buck stops with obama...

how does that plane get out without obama's approval? that is airforce one when he is flying on it...does this mean that it is so easy to simply order that plane with a fighter jet escort over NY....to get the FAA to ok it....

if obama didn't expressly ok it, then he is a lousy CIC that has no control over his airplanes

It was not Air Force 1. It was Air Force 1's backup.

actully they are not called airforce 1 unless the pres is on the plane....so no matter which plane he is on it is air force one.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One

Air Force One is the air traffic control call sign of any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States.[1] Since 1990, the presidential fleet has consisted of two specifically configured, highly customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft – tail codes Special Air Mission (SAM) "28000" and SAM "29000" – with Air Force designation "VC-25A". While these aircraft are referred to as "Air Force One" only while the president is on board

 

[DavidS]

Plane stupid: Mayor Bloomberg outraged over military photo-op involving low-flying presidential jet

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The NYPD confirmed that it had been told of the Pentagon's "aerial photo mission" last Thursday but ordered to stay quiet about it.



Sen. Chuck Schumer called the whole incident "absolutely outrageous and appalling."
"To think that the FAA would plan such a photo shoot and not warn the public, knowing full well that New Yorkers still have the vivid memory of 9/11 etched in their minds," he said. [/QUOTE]


Once again - this had nothing to do with Obama. This was DoD.

 

[oreo]

Oh now--com-on guys--he was probably just waving to his loyal subjects down below. And to be certain--Obama will show up at those hospitals where the coronaries are from this incident.


BTW--I guess so much for EARTH DAY!

 

[Yurt]

the buck stops with obama...

how does that plane get out without obama's approval? that is airforce one when he is flying on it...does this mean that it is so easy to simply order that plane with a fighter jet escort over NY....to get the FAA to ok it....

if obama didn't expressly ok it, then he is a lousy CIC that has no control over his airplanes

It was not Air Force 1. It was Air Force 1's backup.

yes, and it becomes air force one when the president is on board...it is one of the planes he uses, it is one of the presidential planes...how is it that a presidential plane gets out for a photo op and obama is clueless....

not necessarily you, but i find it ironic how the libs don't believe bush could not have known about 9/11 before hand....but readily accept that obama "loses" one of the presidential planes that flies in a manner just like 9/11....

 

[Ravi]

the buck stops with obama...

how does that plane get out without obama's approval? that is airforce one when he is flying on it...does this mean that it is so easy to simply order that plane with a fighter jet escort over NY....to get the FAA to ok it....

if obama didn't expressly ok it, then he is a lousy CIC that has no control over his airplanes

It was not Air Force 1. It was Air Force 1's backup.

yes, and it becomes air force one when the president is on board...it is one of the planes he uses, it is one of the presidential planes...how is it that a presidential plane gets out for a photo op and obama is clueless....

not necessarily you, but i find it ironic how the libs don't believe bush could not have known about 9/11 before hand....but readily accept that obama "loses" one of the presidential planes that flies in a manner just like 9/11....

"Loses?" Someone has already taken responsibility...put down the crack pipe.

Next you'll be telling us Obama was dropping pictures of torture victims over Manhattan in a plot to discredit the Bush administration.

 

[manu1959]

It was not Air Force 1. It was Air Force 1's backup.

yes, and it becomes air force one when the president is on board...it is one of the planes he uses, it is one of the presidential planes...how is it that a presidential plane gets out for a photo op and obama is clueless....

not necessarily you, but i find it ironic how the libs don't believe bush could not have known about 9/11 before hand....but readily accept that obama "loses" one of the presidential planes that flies in a manner just like 9/11....

"Loses?" Someone has already taken responsibility...put down the crack pipe.

Next you'll be telling us Obama was dropping pictures of torture victims over Manhattan in a plot to discredit the Bush administration.

nah i think msnbc is going to have a 1 hour special.....