Visits By Popes In NYC, 1965, 1979, 1995, 2008-Modes Of Travel

1965-There was The Vietnam Conflict-Pope Paul VI(Giovanni Batista Montini)rode by Open Air Limousine from JFK Airport, down the Van Wyck Expressway to Queens Blvd & over the Queensborough Bridge To Manhattan. It was all by car until evening, when he choppered to JFK for The Flight to Rome:

1979-Pope John Paul II(Karol Woytyla), was by Limousine, closed & Bulletproof, until near arrival at the Destination, though in Lower Manhattan, there was "The Popemobile". At Shea Stadium, for instance, The Grand Central Parkway was empty & then the Entourage came in through the Shea Centerfield Entrance(Gate F, for NFL Jets Games);

1995-PJPII was all around by bulletproof limousine & US Army Chopper, especially to Aqueduct Race Track, arriving by Copter to celebrate Mass(In The Case of 1979 and 1995, I was at the 1979 Shea Stadium Event and The Masses in Aqueduct and Central Park);

2007-Yesterday, I saw 6 US Army Field Helicopters flying above Brooklyn. I looked up & waved at all 6. One of Them Carried Papa Ratzinger to Manhattan. Pope Benedict XVI was in NY Airspace;

Godspeed Your Holiness;

The Open Air Limousine is a thing of The Past, if 09/11/01 is any indication;

Mike-RSN-NYCQ