Jet Blue/FDNY Flight over Hudson on 10/23

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From NYCOEM: On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, between 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM, N615JB, an Airbus A320 painted with FDNY theme will overfly the Hudson River from the Verrazano Bridge north to the George Washington Bridge at 2,000 feet. The aircraft will be subsequently be vectored to JFK.

The flight over the Hudson River will be filmed by news media, both airborne in helicopters and on the ground. The flight and the following ceremony at JFK will be featured on morning news shows.

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Awesome! Thanks for the heads up.....should be a great sight to see. Here's some more background I found:

Barger and his JetBlue leadership team conducted their latest near monthly "officer huddle" meeting at the FDNY's fire academy on Randall's Island.
They took part in the FDNY Foundation's "Firefighter for a Day" program, which seeks to immerse executives in an innovative team-building experience with various scenarios firefighters face every day that require top-class teamwork, leadership and problem-solving.
"We're New York's hometown airline," Barger said, adding that he was inspired by the FDNY's leadership and collaboration abilities that are "necessary to fire-fight here across the five boroughs" of New York. He said his leadership team will be taking the lessons learned to the front lines of JetBlue.

Blue Bravest is on its way

What: Our newest A320 livery in support of the FDNY Foundation is coming home to New York!

When: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 approximately 7:15 AM EST

Where: Spot the plane as it makes a NYC fly by along the West side of Manhattan

Like all New Yorkers, we have a special place in out hearts for the brave men and women of the New York City Fire Department. In fact, many of them are family; around 250 of our crewmembers are former FDNY!

As a company, we are proud to support the FDNY Foundation - the official not-for-profit of the FDNY established to promote Fire Safety in New York City and the professional development, training, and education of members of the FDNY.

To honor these great men and women and our support for the FDNY Foundation, we’re introducing a beautiful new custom paint job on one of our A320s and will show it off by flying it along the West side of Manhattan Wednesday morning. We’re calling it “Blue Bravest” but the one thing we’re not doing is telling you what it looks like ahead of time!

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NY Post has a sneak photo: http://nypost.com/2013/10/22/jetblues-secret-new-fdny-plane-leaks-online/

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Photo courtesy of FDNY Emerald Society Facebook Page.

Photo courtesy of R4 Facebook Page.

Edited October 23, 2013 by x4093k

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Nice honor by Jet Blue.. I will be booking Jet Blue when possible. Beautiful paint job.