This is a good story,I work on the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department in the rescue division as a paramedic. I transported a gentleman yesterday who lives in Boston and was visting down here with his daughter. This older gent tripped going down a step and landed on his knee which was pretty swollen. We were talking about Boston on the way to the hospital and this sub meet and he told me he was in the navy and on the USS Apollo which was a sub tender during the latter stages of WW2. He loves submarines but was unable to be assigned to one during his tour of duty. This fine gentleman gave me his address and phone number and would love to meet the group and take us to a great Boston eatery while we are in the city.

JeffG

which air-port should Europeans fly to?
Boston, I assume, can be reached directly from many cities here. but there was something written about Hartford?
please explain to me which one would be better
(so I can make arrangements!)

Hartford is a regional airport. Coming from overseas you'd have to land in Boston or NYC and connect to a local flight in order to get to it.

This is why I suggest spending the first night/day in Boston so as to allow time for everyone to arrive and make it easy for us to make multiple trips to the airport to pick up folks arriving at different times. Then, after seeing the Constitution the next day, and giving time for late comers to catch up, we could caravan down to NL for the bulk of the stay.

Just a suggestion though.

Seems logical August.

Email Neal and get him to add that to the itinerary. :)

Ahhh, I'm getting excited!

Oh i'm sure Neal and Sub both read every post in this sub forum. :DL

Heh yeah I'm sure, this is one of the first forums I check when I log on to Subsim

Me too!

seems logical to me!
thx for your explanation.

VIE - Boston Logan (and back) costs around €520 atm
1 stop at Heathrow though.

The airport you want is Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks. It's just north of Hartford.

Suggestions are 100% welcome. Yes, good idea, we need to consider airports. Boston or Bradley? I'm not worried about drivers, we can manage that. Can some of you Europeans check you usual flight agencies and see if there is a big difference in airfare between Bradley and Boston? I see $292 RT from Houston to Bradley, $209 from Hou to Boston, that's a hotel room right there.

Gatwick to Boston: $813 US dollars
Heathrow to Boston: $439 US dollars

Heathrow to Bradley: $638 US dollars
Gatwick to Bradley: $692 US dollars

If those prices hold up, it makes sense to consider alternatives.

If we do Bradley, we can follow the New London, Boston, Fall River, New London agenda. If Boston, then it would make more sense to base in Boston and make the excursion to New London on Saturday. Something to think about.




Yeah, I just got to this today, something about a SH5 review has kept me tied up for weeks. :D

the price-difference is around €200 ($260) and one stop more (at least from central-Europe). the UK-members might get a better deal, I suppose.

does someone know about flight-plans from London (all the same which airport) to Hartford Bradley?
couldn't find any useful informations .....
thx in advance!

Unfortunately you're not going to be able to fly directly into Bradley "International" Airport from Europe unless you come through Canada.

From their website:
http://www.bradleyairport.com/Flights/index.aspx

thx!
now I understand why I couldn't find any results in my searches .... ;)

edit:
as I see now Hartford is not that far away from Boston or even New York.
there might by means of public transport (trains or buses) for travelling from either location to Hartford anyway, aren't they??

There are buses from NYC to Hartford... Greyhound either handles the lines themselves, or "subcontracts". Shouldn't be too much of a problem. The bus terminal in Hartford is a good ten miles or so away from Bradley International, though. Call it a $30 taxi ride, if I remember right. The wife and I had a flight cancelled due to bad weather this past February, so we ended up busing into Hartford and flying out of Bradley. Otherwise, I'd have no clue :D.

I plan on participating... New London's only a three hour drive away from Albany, NY. I'll pass through Hartford on my way, too, if we need extra transportation. My Subaru Outback ain't a bus, but it rides better :03:.

Yes, if this meet is anything like the Houston meets, there are almost always enough local US drivers in attendance to handle transportation. It's pretty cool to get to know a few guys in the car, and then later switch and get some new guys to get to know. Just like being on a sub :)

Just one cotton picking minute here ... that doesn't sound like the boats I was on :o

All we did is switch crews ... perhaps the new Navy has female crew members in mind, but I doubt if hot bunking will be allowed :woot:

New London sounds great to me ... hope I can make it. I served five tours of duty out of Groton, Conn (which is where the real sub base is) back in 67 to 71 on the USS Ethan Allen SSBN 609 (Blue) which never even saw new London due to being in Rota, Spain and the Navy would just fly us back and forth in old DC-super strech 8's out of Quosent Point, Rhode Island.

It's the atmosphere in New London that the submarine service generates that you will feel and come to love even if you don't understand it.

There is a submarine library you should check out too ... it has all of the books and many models of subs that were first prototypes.

Good luck to all ... hope to see you there

Hi
 

Dates suits me. :salute:

I'll drive out from Michigan,,never driven that east bound direction.
I also have to fly to Orlando in mid October,,, so phew:D it is in September.

Whatever you guys decide, don't forget to keep possible attendants informed and up-to-date. I'm not reading the forums to often lately, so there's a chance I'll miss stuff on the way.

I've been doing a little basic search, and going there and coming back would cost me between 600 and 700 euros, and that's doing a "lots-of-months-in-advance" search. If I search for flights this month, it can cost up to 2000 euros, total price AFAIK. So, the sooner this is dealt with the better, or else my assistance would be in grave danger due to the impossibility to afford such high prices if having to buy the tickets in short-notice (the trip and hotel for the 2009 meet almost depleted my account). :-?

Cheers :rock:

Oh huh, interesting info, thanks August - didn't know they flew to Canada. However, Toronto + Air Canada usually means it's s**t expensive :shifty:

It would be a good idea if the meet could somehow start up in Boston - would simplify it for people who want to catch direct flights.