From a Flight on Sunday, September 15, 2013...

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Today's flight took us 7,500 feet over the New York City area not once,
but twice, as we flew to and from Simsbury, Connecticut,
where a Fly-In was taking place.

We also witnessed the massive destruction of the fire-engulfed
Seaside Heights Boardwalk as well as the Rolling Thunder coaster
that will soon be demolished at Six Flags Great Adventure
to make way for a new attraction come 2014

A total of (65) photos await your perusal.

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above...

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#1 - Low, dissipating fog over
the valley near Frenchtown, NJ

#2 - Looking north towards
Milford, NJ and the Delaware river

#3 - Edison bridge (top) carrying the
Garden State Parkway and Route 9;
The Route 35 bridge (center) and
a rail-road bridge (lower) over the
Raritan river at Perth Amboy, NJ

#4 - Staten Island ferry terminal

#5 - Container shipping yard just
east of Newark International airport
in New Jersey

#6 - Numerous, colorful containers

#7 - Over Upper New York Bay,
looking southwest at Bayonne
and the Bayonne bridge (left)

#8 - Same view as (#7), but now
we see various shipping
ports/piers in Bayonne

#9 - Liberty State Park, the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

#10 - Statue of Liberty

#11 - Ellis Island

#12 - Staten Island ferry Battery
park terminal in Lower Manhattan

#13 - Lower Manhattan, NY
(looking southwest)

#14 - Freedom Tower standing
proud; slated to open in 2014

#15 - Stuyvesant Oval apartment
complex in Manhattan, NY

#16 - United Nations Headquarters
in Manhattan, NY

#17 - Various structures on the
northern half of Roosevelt Island, NY

#18 - Looking southwest at
Midtown Manhattan, Central Park
and Roosevelt Island

#19 - Central Park, Manhattan, NY
(looking west towards NJ)

#20 - La Guardia airport in
Flushing, NY (looking southeast)

#21 - Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

#22 - Looking west at the
George Washington bridge linking
Upper Manhattan with Fort Lee, NJ

#23 - George Washington bridge

#24 - Waterbury-Oxford (OXC)
airport in Oxford, CT

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The next (2) photos are of
Quassy Amusement Park and Waterpark
in Middlebury, CT

#25

#26

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#27 - Picturesque airfield in
southwestern Connecticut

#28 - Robertson Field (4B8) airport
in Plainville, CT

#29 - Shopping Center and adjacent
Intersection of I-84 and Route 72
in Plainville, CT

#30 - Massive heliport at
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
in Stratford, CT

#31 - Intersection Loop of the
Wilbur Cross Parkway and the
Milford Parkway in Milford, CT

#32 - Igor I Sikorsky Memorial (BDR)
airport in Bridgeport, CT

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 The following (18) photos are all
located on Long Island, New York

#33 - Northport Power Station
in Northport, NY

#34 - Looking northeast along the
northern shore of Long Island
from Northport, NY

#35 - Numerous watercraft moored
at Centerport, NY

#36 - Valuable and vacant wooded
land in Huntington, NY

#37 - Walt Whitman Shops in
Huntington Station, NY

#38 - Republic (FRG) airport in
Farmingdale, NY

#39 - Interchanges of I-495
(Long Island Expressway), the
Northern Parkway and Route 135
(Ralph J Marino Expressway)
in Woodbury, NY

#40 - Looking northwest towards
Hempstead in Nassau County, NY

#41 - Belmont Park horse-racing
facility in Hempstead, NY

#42 - Both the Beth David and
Elmont Cemeteries take-up a
huge amount of real estate

#43 - Looking east at the
southern shore of Long Island

#44 - Island Park, NY

#45 - Many school buses in
Island Park, NY await for
Monday to roll around

#46 - Looking east along the
southern shore of Long Island,
from Island Park to Babylon, NY

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The next (4) photos are of
John F Kennedy International (JFK)
airport in Jamaica, NY

#47 - Looking northwest along the
longest runway which is nearly
3 miles (15,000 ft) in length

#48 - Terminal area at JFK

#49 - Looking north towards
Jamaica and Fresh Meadows, NY

#50 - Terminal area (looking north)

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The next (8) photos are of
Seaside Heights, New Jersey,

and the massive fire that recently
engulfed the southernmost portion
of the famous Seaside Heights
Boardwalk and Funtown Pier

#51 - Fire-damaged Funtown Pier
section (upper-left) and Casino
Pier re-construction after
Hurricane Sandy (near center)

#52 - Casino Pier re-construction
is progressing nicely at the
opposite end of the fire-damaged
Funtown Pier section of
the Seaside Heights Boardwalk

#53 - Around (50) businesses were
destroyed by this fire that started
at the Kohr's Custard stand
on the Boardwalk

#54

#55

#56

#57 - At the center-left you can
see the remains of the
Carousel and Arcade at Seaside;
Also note the two fire breaks that
were made by cutting away the
freshly re-built boardwalk after
Hurricane Sandy

#58

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#59 - Cattus Island Park 
in Toms River, NJ

#60 - Ocean County College
in Toms River, NJ

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The next (3) photos are of
Six Flags Great Adventure
and the last you will see of the
classic, white Rolling Thunder wooden
roller-coaster which is now closed
and set to be demolished.
 This is all to make way for a
new attraction called
Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom,
which will be added to
Kingda Ka's 400+ foot
high spike (shown below)

#61

#62

#63

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#64 - Mercer County Community
College in West Windsor, NJ

#65 - Picturesque tree/shrub nursery
near Pittstown, NJ

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See you after the next flight...