99 hours in NYC
The first day in NYC, I spent the entire morning on Intrepid – a sea, air & space museum complex. so much to see there!
Lockheed A-12
In 1959, the CIA awarded the contractor Lockheed to create the new high speed, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft that was capable of avoiding interceptors and missiles. In 1965, the A-12 was declared fully operational, attaining a sustained speed of ~2300mph at 90,000 feet altitude. To put the speed in perspective, you’d be flying from Hong Kong to Toronto in 3.5 hours.
Air Intercept Missile 
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
F-14 is probably one of the greatest fighter jets of all time. So cool. The AIM-54 Phonix is a radar-guided, long-range air-to-air missile. It was supposed to shoot down Soviet bombers before they could get within range of the fleet. It first deployed in 1974 and retired in 2004, joined a few years later by the Tomcat itself as the Navy moved on to the F-18.
Grumman TBM Avenger 
a Mark 13 Torpedo 
Sto-wing 
Grumman TBM Avenger is a Torpedo Bomber. The folding wing design is called “Sto-Wing”. Rather than simply folding the outer wing panels upward, Sto-Wing mimics the way that resting birds tuck their wings against their bodies. The wide-spread implementation came about during WWII. Allowed up to 50% more aircraft to be stored aboard these ships.
Probably the most famous Avenger pilot was President George HW Bush who in 1944 despite aircraft damage and the loss of his crew, successfully piloted his Avenger in an attack on a Japanese radio station.
Joe’s Pizza on Boardway – the best cheese pizza I’ve ever had !
the first part of the climb 
spiralling up
inside the crown 
Second Day. Scheduled to visit Statue of Liberty crown at 0930 to beat the crowds.
Do What You Can’t
9/11 Memorial & Museum
The slurry wall is a concrete structure below-ground surrounding the WTC designed to keep its basement levels from being flooded by the Hudson River.
This piece of steel, once part of the north facade of the North Tower, was located at the point of impact where hijacked Flight 11 pierced the. the building at the 93rd through the 99th floors.
Missing posters. In the days following 911, Relatives and friends of those who had not returned home from the WTC posted missing person fliers throughout the city. As hope for survivors faded, the missing posters themselves became memorials
Ground Zero
Vesey Street stair remnant: The Survivors Stairs – provided an unobstructed exit for hundreds seeking to escape.
Go down this set of stairs and then just run, run as fast as you can.
– Lt. David Brink, NYPD
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