Memories fly these planes‎ (Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 and Douglas F3D Skyknight Black Widow aircrafts)

A trio of planes from the Intrepid in Manhattan are waiting on a barge here before embarking on a final voyage to the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville.

It is unclear when the planes, from the sea, air and space museum, will begin the 10-hour trip up the Hudson River and through the Erie Canal, which opens next week.

"The schedule is somewhat flexible and contingent upon the opening of the canal and access for a crane to the pier site," John Panoski, aerosciences museum vice president, said last week.

The planes, which were moved out of the New York City museum to make way for the space shuttle Enterprise, arrived Sunday at the Port of Albany.


Source: PORT OF ALBANY — Albany Times Union | By Bryan Fitzgerald - April 24, 2012

Photo Stories: Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 & Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight moved out of the New York City museum

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: A crane lifts a vintage Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 aircraft from the flight deck of the USS Intrepid on April 18, 2012 in New York City. In order to make room for NASA space shuttle Enterprise on the flight deck at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, three historic planes were lifted off by crane. A Supermarine Scimitar F.1 British Royal Navy fighter, a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight and a Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 will be transported to their new home at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville, New York. Enterprise, the original NASA orbiter, will arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday, April 23. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)

A barge with historic planes bound for the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville at the Port of Albany on Monday April 23, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. The planes from front to back are Douglas F3D-2 (F-10) Skyknight, a Supermarine Scimitar F.1 British Royal Navy fighter bomber and a Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15 aircraft. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Douglas F3D Skyknight Black Widow, one of the planes from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, rests on a barge at the Port of Albany on Monday. The plane, one of three to be removed from the Intrepid to make room for the Space Shuttle Enterprise is bound for the The Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville. (Bryan Fitzgerald / Times Union)

A Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 aircraft is removed from the deck of the The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in New York. The museum moved three aircrafts from its flight deck Wednesday to make room for the space shuttle Enterprise. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Workers prepare a harness on a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight before a crane lifted it from the flight deck of the USS Intrepid on April 18, 2012 in New York City. In order to make room for NASA space shuttle Enterprise on the flight deck at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, three historic planes were lifted off by crane. A Supermarine Scimitar F.1 British Royal Navy fighter, a Douglas F3D-2 Skyknight and a Mikoyan Gurevich MIG-15 will be transported to their new home at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville, New York. Enterprise, the original NASA orbiter, will arrive at John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday, April 23. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)


(4/24/2012)