Obama To Land at Long Beach - LGB

[Midnight Mover]

Whew! I made it back from what turned out to be a longer outing than expected. I made it to Long Beach around 2 p.m. and drove around a bit to come up with my best guess at what would be a good spot to catch AF-1. I settled on a little park just west of CSULB. It's on the north side of Atherton across from Whaley Park. AF-1 was right on time and I was able to pick up some pretty decent shots.
I was driving away to try and catch the motorcade when I noticed 3 Presidential CH-53's and 2 Whitehawks heading South. I figured Obama flew to Costa Mesa instead of drove so I made my way over to the fairgrounds. Sure enough, all 5 helos were in the parking lot. The area was locked down pretty tight so getting any type of shot was extremely difficult. I drove around a bit and found a decent spot to shoot from. All I could get was the 53's through some trees. The Whitehawks were completely obscured from view.
The saving grace was capturing the departure. Not the best, but worth the effort.
Photos coming soon...

Sweet

[Midnight Mover]

Got a static shot along with the 737-800 that came out of Andrews from Signal Hill. Didn't have time to go over to the fence near her, but there were quite a few people over there so it doesn't seem as restricted as one would imagine. She should be there until tomorrow, departure time unknown.

Nice. On the news I saw more people getting some shots. Safety in numbers

[aero-engineer]

BTW - at 5:45 PM I saw three White Top helos (Two Paves and the Stallion) flying North following the 405 and going over LAX in transit from OC to Burbank for the Tonight Show.

Kevin
aero-engineer

[GTagami]

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[robin990]

It is a good looking plane.......all the BS to take pics is just to much for me........best thing is to catch em when they break down , like Damon did.......and Damon , if that happens again....you got my number.

All i really care about are the CH-53Es , of which you can buy 8 of for the price of 1 VH-71.

[Midnight Mover]

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Oh ya, great shots

[Midnight Mover]

BTW - at 5:45 PM I saw three White Top helos (Two Paves and the Stallion) flying North following the 405 and going over LAX in transit from OC to Burbank for the Tonight Show.

Kevin
aero-engineer

Missed em

[NikonGuy]

Great Shots Glen! NICE! 

[Midnight Mover]

Would have been fun, but work Gotta pay for all that camera equip. 

[NikonGuy]

Hahahaha I agree with you Robert...   

[phantomphan1974]

3 or 4 of the VH-53's flew into Santa Monica with the Nighthawks but it was getting dark.  I was in Culver City and no camera  

Great shots Glen!!!

[phantomphan1974]

I called Fernando, no answer.  Tonight show is tomorrow.  He's staying at the Beverly Hilton on Wilshire and Santa Monica.

[NikonGuy]

Waaaaaat!!!! SMO?? OMG I can't believe I missed it!    When is the president leaving?

[NikonGuy]

GRRRRRR! LOL! Im about to check my voicemail msg's... I dont think I had service Damon.. 

[GTagami]

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