Wrapping up a bittersweet trip to Reno for the last of the Air Races, we made a stop in Atwater to visit Castle Air Museum. They have an extensive collection of aircraft at the location of former Castle Air Force Base.
Castle Air Museum – main collection
Castle Air Memorial Brick Park.
Museum Restoration Center
Castle Air Museum is located at 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater, California, 95301
What the FAA indicates was a photo-op fly-by, coordinated with state and federal authorities, a Boeing 747 escorted by two F-16 interceptors, was flown down over the Hudson river (same approach pattern used by the killers on 9/11). The sight caused a couple of buildings near the World Trade Center crater, to be evacuated.
Since it was coordinated, it seems it would have been nice of them to tell the people in the buildings not to panic! Geez. Nothing like needlessly scaring the crap out of people.
Some photos have been taken of this event by paniced citizens, I’ll post links as soon as I can find them (they are doing multiple passes of the jets so I’m sure plenty of photos will be posted soon).
UPDATED: 5-May-2009
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