JFK spotting 4/21/07

[AirtrafficController]

31L departures- all of the heavies departing 22R, landing 22L
JFK:
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/017.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/017.jpg)

Delta (Song) 757-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/019.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/019.jpg)

Aero Mexico 737
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/020.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/020.jpg)

Delta connection CRJ-100
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/021.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/021.jpg)

United 757-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/022.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/022.jpg)

jetBlue E190
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/023.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/023.jpg)

U.S. Airways A320
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/024.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/024.jpg)

jetBlue A320
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/025.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/025.jpg)

United 757-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/026.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/026.jpg)

Delta 737
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/027.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/027.jpg)

American Airlines 767-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/027.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/027.jpg)
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/029.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/029.jpg)

American Airlines 757-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317 ... er/030.jpg (http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/030.jpg)

All the heavy departures were on 22R and all landings 22L, 31L departures were occasional when I was there. With my binoculars, i saw some European departures( Aer Lingus A330, Delta 767-300ER, Finnair MD-11, Gemini Cargo MD-11) with some domestic departures then a few far landings on 22L ( Lufthansa A340-600, Kuwait airways 777, Fed-Ex MD-11)

[Winglets747]

FYI if you select the [img] link from Photobucket the photos will load directly in the thread.

[G-BOAD]

today we had some great weather.
while we were driving i called LGA ATIS and found out about 4 landings! i first stopped at LGA and took some photos there, but the planes were really back-lit (the sun had a heading of apx 06). here are some from LGA

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/April212007LGAJFK007.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/April212007LGAJFK049.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/April212007LGAJFK051.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/American757LGARWY4.jpg




Then i wanted to catch some 31 landings at JFK. While i was driving i saw a Air China on final. we drove into the first available spot, which was Costco. There i meet Will (winglets747). latter we moved to Firestone.
here are shots form JFK (not in arrival order, but random)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Turkish_A330_JFK_April212007_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/PIA_772_APBGJ_JFK_April212007_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Alitalia_B777_EIDDK_JFK_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/FedEx_MD11_April212007_JFK_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Virgin_744_April21_GVROC_JFK_MS2.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/PinkDelta_757_April212007_JFK_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/AF_777_FGSPF_April212007_JFK_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Mexico_B737W_EIDRC_April212007_JFK_.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/NWA_DC9_9754_April212007_JFK_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Aer_Lingus_EILAX_A330_April21_JFK_M.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Swiss_A330_HBIQI_JFK_April21_JFK_MS.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/South_African_A343_April212007_J-1.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/South_African_A343_April212007_JFK_.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/AirIndia_B744_VTAIE_April212007_JFK.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l233/mateu21/Virgin_744_April21_GVROC_JFK_MS.jpg

[Iberia A340-600]

Ok since I like the photos so much I'll comment them again Matt. ;)

Awesome shots!

[lijk604]

Matt, great shots, nice meeting ya today. Thanks again for making the soda run! I'll post some of my shots tomorrow. It was a long day and I'm too tired now to process them correctly.

[moose135]

It was good to see so many people out today, I guess the almost perfect weather had everyone itching to go shooting. Started out at Howard Beach with Tommy & Josh May for some departure shots:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145702307-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145702239-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145702379-L.jpg

Headed over to Firestone for arrivals, where we ended up with a big group...

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145693250-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692000-L.jpg

The highlight of the afternoon!

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692638-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692299-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692159-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145693182-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692968-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145691879-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145693009-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692487-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145693695-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145693632-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145691926-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692845-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145692115-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145691670-L.jpg

It was so nice today, even Mario came out to play!

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/145693775-L.jpg

[mirrodie]

Yeah, it was a nice day and while the cat's away, .... ;)


good times!

And it was nice to finally met wingleys and sopicture this aka jester

[Mellyrose]

G-BOAD, GREAT shots!!! You've made some incredible improvements. :)

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots all!!! I just hope the weather is the same in 2 weeks time when I'm there again!!!!

[stuart schechter]

Those are some SICK shots! I still love the RJ livery. Nice shots of the Pink Delta!

[T-Bird76]

Anyone notice something interesting about this A320? Yes I know its jetBlue's 100th A320 but take a look and tell me its not a touch odd.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/Blue100_jrk_042107.jpg

[MarkLawrence]

Every shade down with the exception of one??

[PhilDernerJr]

The "Blue 100" titles in the front were not there when delivered weeks ago. Those are new.

[mirrodie]

the one window shade open? that must be uber-ultra rare

[T-Bird76]

the one window shade open? that must be uber-ultra rare

That's exactly what I was thinking, its rather rare indeed...

[njgtr82]

Almost all of the shades are down while landing?

[SengaB]

Possibly a prisoner transport flight. They use JBU once in a while.


Senga

[T-Bird76]

Possibly a prisoner transport flight. They use JBU once in a while.


Senga

Thats interesting Senga. I was wondering why all the shades would be down but one. I know ppl do shut the shades but I found it odd that so many were closed especially on landing.

[MarkLawrence]

Would prisoner flights not land at LGA being closer to Rikers? Or is there a fed facility or something closer to JFK?

[mirrodie]

Possibly a prisoner transport flight. They use JBU once in a while.


Senga



WOw, I never knew that.


So then that would be a super-duper-uber-ultra rare photo of ConAir operated by Jetblue.

[Matt Molnar]

Would prisoner flights not land at LGA being closer to Rikers? Or is there a fed facility or something closer to JFK?
There are federal lockups in Brooklyn and lower Manhattan where JFK would be closer. Rikers is used only for city prisoners.

It looks like that photo was taken late in the day, and the sun is at Tommy's back which means it would be shining right in those passengers eyes. Isn't it a pretty good likelihood they just closed their shades to block the glare?

[MarkLawrence]

Ahhhh...ok...thanks Matt - not being from the area - you know - all we see is Rikers on TV :lol:

[AirtrafficController]

I think that the sun was bright so they closed the shades. i dont think they would transport prisoners on a commercial flight because its too risky and how would they chain the feet cuffs to the floor?

[PhilDernerJr]

I think it was jsut because the sun was low and probably in everyone's faces. I doubt it was little more than that.

[njgtr82]

I think that the sun was bright so they closed the shades. i dont think they would transport prisoners on a commercial flight because its too risky and how would they chain the feet cuffs to the floor?

The discovery channel has had the show "ConAir" on a few times and it says that they cannot chain them to the seats because its a safety risk. They have the hand and leg cuffs but they are not chained to the seats. They do in fact charter commercial aircraft as well. There was a Pan Am 727 a couple of months ago that came in to EWR doing one of these flights using the callsign Justice like the rest of them. Was met by prison vans and lots of police.

[AirtrafficController]

I assure you that the guards had thier fingers on the trigger because the only thing between a safe flight and a take over is the seat belt.

[lijk604]

okay...back to the regular topic...Here is my contribution from Saturday...although I am still going through shots.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/B-2469_042107_JFK.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/F-GSPF_042107_JFK.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/PH-BFB_042107_JFK.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/N610DL_042107_JFK.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/HB-IQI_042107_JFK.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/JY-AIA_042107_JFK.jpg

Stopped by FRG on the way home and got 2 nice shots:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/N381QS_042107_FRG.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b233/lijk604/N857AA_042107_FRG.jpg

[hiss srq]

I love the Citation Sovrign. Those are BIG citations. The tail on them reminds me of a jetstar tail.

[T-Bird76]

I think it was jsut because the sun was low and probably in everyone's faces. I doubt it was little more than that.

It was the only plane that had all the shades but one closed.

[T-Bird76]

Here's a few of mine.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/AerLingus_jfk_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/Airfrance_jfk_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/cathay_a345_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/Emirates_jfk_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/PinkDelta_JFK_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/qantas_jfk_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/SouthAfrican_jfk_042107.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/World_JFK_042107.jpg

[stuart schechter]

Where was that first shot at FRG? Nice pics!

[moose135]

So Tommy, you are telling me that after I shot just about the entire JB Airbus fleet the last couple of weeks without seeing #100, you guys got it over at The Mounds after I left? :(

[lijk604]

So Tommy, you are telling me that after I shot just about the entire JB Airbus fleet the last couple of weeks without seeing #100, you guys got it over at The Mounds after I left? :(

Life's just not fair Moose, I feel the same way! :lol:

[lijk604]

Where was that first shot at FRG? Nice pics!

Next to the main terminal.

[ATAIndy]

So Tommy, you are telling me that after I shot just about the entire JB Airbus fleet the last couple of weeks without seeing #100, you guys got it over at The Mounds after I left? :(

Life's just not fair Moose, I feel the same way! :lol:

At least you get to see B6... they have so far neglected IND. :lol:

[T-Bird76]

So Tommy, you are telling me that after I shot just about the entire JB Airbus fleet the last couple of weeks without seeing #100, you guys got it over at The Mounds after I left? :(

And in great light Moose, LOL :twisted: