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Refueling for the Pope

What measures are taken to ensure the Pope's safety while he visits NYC?

September 25, 2015

New York, Photoblogs

This was shot at 6:58 PM tonight (12,800 ISO) from our Brooklyn garden as popular Pope Francis, visiting New York City, was holding a mass at Madison Square Garden. I kid you not.

A fighter refuels in flight, NYC airspace, 09/25/2015

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Marie

September 25, 2015

reply Great shot. Funny to watch it above us, and to see no other airline traffic over this city, at all.
Leslie in Oregon

September 29, 2015

reply For those of us who are aviation buffs, this is a particularly stunning shot. Was the airspace over New York City closed during his Madison Square Garden address? When I flew into JFK the same day the Pope left, we flew what seemed to me an unusually complicated approach pattern...perhaps due to the 150 of so heads of state flying into the city that day? Thank you for looking upward and publishing this photograph, Leslie in Oregon

Vince

September 29, 2015

reply I did look for NOTAM's and seemed to find them for the next few days more then current, but JFK had a flight restriction 8 NM around the JFK VOR on the following morning, while PHL had an absolute no-fly for an hour or so... I probably missed something as there was no other traffic at the altitude these guys were cruising at (7,000 to 10,000 ft I would assume).

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