Jet Blue to do a flyover of the NYC metro area tonite 7pm

[Imzadi]

Jet Blue, which had donated free flights to volunteer healthcare workers from all across the U.S., to come help NYC during the the apex of the Coronavirus, will do a low altitude flyover in salute to our hometown healthcare heroes and first responders with 3 of their planes tonight at 7pm - when many of healthcare workers get off of their shift. I said that the Blue Angels should have done their flyover at 7pm. Jet Blue listened to me. I don't think the Jet Blue planes will fly in any group formation, they can barely fly straight singly. Just kidding.

The flyover will include the airline's three New York-themed special jets honoring the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), New York Police Department (NYPD) and all who live in and love New York (I LOVE NY/Empire State Development).

If you go out to watch them, WEAR YOUR MASK and remember to socially distance.

 

[mjkacmom]

I don’t think the blue angels could’ve scheduled it at 7, wasn’t it a couple of hours in total?

 

[Flight]

I hope that some people seeing a large airline flying that route so close to the New York City skyline will not become concerned.

 

[John VN]

rarely fly together BLUE ANGELS and THUNDERBIRDS

 

[MillauFr]

I wonder if they will be selling Mint Class viewing areas on the banks of the Hudson complete with food and beverage?

 

[wowsmom]

I wonder if they will be selling Mint Class viewing areas on the banks of the Hudson complete with food and beverage?

We flew Mint Seattle to JFK last year and it was amazing!

 

[Imzadi]

I wonder if they will be selling Mint Class viewing areas on the banks of the Hudson complete with food and beverage?

<sigh!> That means only cargo hold viewing for me.

 

[mjkacmom]

I hope that some people seeing a large airline flying that route so close to the New York City skyline will not become concerned.

Lol that was my first thought!

 

[Imzadi]

BTW, in addition to all the free flights to bring volunteer healthcare workers to NYC during the apex:

"Jet Blue is donating pairs of roundtrip flight certificates for 10,000 healthcare workers at the Mount Sinai Health System, including their Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island campuses, as well as at NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public healthcare system in the United States with more than 70 locations across the city’s five boroughs.​

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JetBlue is now calling on customers to thank the healthcare heroes in their life – from doctors and nurses, to pharmacists, therapists, social workers, public health administrators and more – by nominating them for a chance to receive one of 90,000 pairs of roundtrip flight certificates for two [to anywhere Jet Blue flies] to use when the time is right. Starting today through May 15, 2020, customers can submit a brief description of why they are nominating their healthcare hero. For more information and full terms, please visit jetblue.com/healthcarehero.​

 

[MillauFr]

Lol that was my first thought!

JetBlue is like a family friend in NYC.

 

[MillauFr]

<sigh!> That means only cargo hold viewing for me.

You can also gain access if you had 10 AirTrain trips on your MetroCard over the last 12 months. Plus they are crediting you a 50% bonus for all trips originating or departing from Terminal 5 JFK.

 

[bcla]

I've seen a large commercial aircraft doing a low pass flyby. It was interesting, but I didn't really see the point. It was a United Airlines 747-400 (just before retirement) at the San Francisco Fleet Week airshow. Obviously it wouldn't be doing any aerobatics.

 

[Imzadi]

I hope that some people seeing a large airline flying that route so close to the New York City skyline will not become concerned.

Lol that was my first thought!

Well, it turned into such a non-event.

I saw the planes. They were way too high and spaced too far apart to be meaningful. I think Jet Blue got so much push back from NYers on social media, saying the same thing, that they ended up flying up almost about as high planes usually do, when circling around Manhattan in a holding pattern, when coming in for a landing at one of the airports.

You can see the planes in this video below. At the 6:38 mark, you can see one fly high enough past the new World Trade Center.

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1DXxyeRgXQexM