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President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush flew into NYC today for the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's re-dedication--and also for President Bush to receive the Intrepid Freedom Award.

     

President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have arrived in NYC for Veterans Day events. Bush will be awarded the 2008 Intrepid Freedom Award at the USS Intrepid; the award is for "world leaders who embody the ideals of world freedom and democracy." Air Force One landed at JFK Airport, and then the Bushes took a helicopter to the aircraft carrier off Manhattan's West Side.

              

The rainy weather couldn't keep people from heading to the USS Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum on Saturday. The aircraft carrier-turned-museum reopened this weekend after a two-year refurbishing project. Jim Kiernan took some great photographs--some of his photos are above and his entire Flick set is here.

How long does it take for the Concorde to get to Manhattan from Brooklyn? Well, considering that the once high-flying jet is being transported by barge, four days seems about right. WCBS 880 has aerial photos of the Concorde, taken by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880, making its way to the USS Intrepid. A special crane--one that can lift 250 tons--was used to hoist the jet onto the aircraft carrier. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum reopens on November 8.

    

The U.S.S. Intrepid made it back up the Hudson to Pier 86 on the West Side today. The aircraft carrier underwent a $120 million refurbishing over the past two years and is headed back to serve as the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum.

After a two-year refurbishing stint away from its West Side pier home, the U.S.S. Intrepid is making a grand return today. The aircraft carrier will be led by a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter as well as the same tugboats that eventually pulled it from its muddy spot--and NYC fireboats will have red, white and blue water sprays. The Intrepid will be leaving its homeport in Staten Island around 11:30 a.m. and is expected to pass the Statue of LIberty at around 12:15 p.m. Then it will stop near Ground Zero to unfurl an American flag, and should be at Pier 86 (46th St & 12th Ave) by 1:30 p.m. The U.S.S. Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is scheduled to reopen on November 8.

The Staten Island Advance has video of a two-deck helicopter being placed on the U.S.S. Intrepid's flight deck. The Sikorsky helicopter, dating back to 1949, is the kind of helicopter once used on the aircraft carrier; it "holds two co-pilots in the upper cockpit and 10 crew members in the hold below." The Intrepid, which has been undergoing repairs (first in Bayonne, NJ and now in Staten Island), will be headed back to Manhattan on October 2, and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will re-open to the public on November 8.