11-29-2012, 04:08 PM
OOOOOHHHHH Good Catch!
If you look carefully, you'll see those first two helicopters are VH3s, other wise known as Marine One.
They have been up and down the coast, and I was just buzzed two weeks ago by a pair of VH3 white-tops, and escorting CH46s like in your photo (though we only had two of the Sea Knights).
Your photos are a little fuzzy, but the basic distinguishing features are present (rotor configuration, etc). The VH3s are the only military Sea kings left in service, part of the squadrom HMX-1, which ferry around the President and other white house personnel.
I had a photo i snatched of them at a PATCO station on september 20. I remember when Obama first got into office, I saw the VH3s three times in one day. I saw them in the morning, I caught up with them in Northern New Jersey, and then when i got home, they returned over my house.
I've actually been seeing the helicopters of HMX-1 alot lately. I saw them at least twice over this past summer, and twice again when Obama was out surveying storm damage here in New Jersey.
Once again, cool shot!
Here is one of my better ones. Its hard to see, but the "white tops" are a dead give away, and the Helicopters are clearly VH3s.
![[Image: IMG_0289cropped-1.jpg]](http://i543.photobucket.com/albums/gg445/CAB_IV/Aircraft/IMG_0289cropped-1.jpg)
If you look carefully, you'll see those first two helicopters are VH3s, other wise known as Marine One.
They have been up and down the coast, and I was just buzzed two weeks ago by a pair of VH3 white-tops, and escorting CH46s like in your photo (though we only had two of the Sea Knights).
Your photos are a little fuzzy, but the basic distinguishing features are present (rotor configuration, etc). The VH3s are the only military Sea kings left in service, part of the squadrom HMX-1, which ferry around the President and other white house personnel.
I had a photo i snatched of them at a PATCO station on september 20. I remember when Obama first got into office, I saw the VH3s three times in one day. I saw them in the morning, I caught up with them in Northern New Jersey, and then when i got home, they returned over my house.
I've actually been seeing the helicopters of HMX-1 alot lately. I saw them at least twice over this past summer, and twice again when Obama was out surveying storm damage here in New Jersey.
Once again, cool shot!
Here is one of my better ones. Its hard to see, but the "white tops" are a dead give away, and the Helicopters are clearly VH3s.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
![[Image: logosmall.png]](http://i543.photobucket.com/albums/gg445/CAB_IV/Model%20Trains%202013/logosmall.png)