JFK - 12/31/07: Last Spotting Trip of the Year! (Lotta Pix)

[moose135]

With clear skies, and winds out of the northwest, I headed out to JFK this afternoon for a little spotting. Started at HoBe - just missed a great banking departure of a JAL 744 while sitting on Cross Bay Blvd. Unfortunately, it was one of the few decent departures of the afternoon - things were dead out there!

Here's the only decent departure shot I got in over an hour at HoBe, although I did meet up with another (pro) photographer I've shot with there before, so at least I wasn't standing around in the cold all by myself :wink:
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With nothing moving on the airfield, we headed over to Firestone. It was Triple-7 day at JFK, starting with El Al...
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And a pleasant surprise, a second El Al 777 at the end of the day!
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Winglets were also in style.
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They may never retire these old birds.
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Had an Air China 744 off 31L pass overhead.
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The setting sun and growing shadows marked the end of the day, and the end of another great year of spotting.
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Hope everyone has a Happy New Year, filled with lots of great aircraft to photograph!

[PhilDernerJr]

Great quality, Moose. Tack sharp.

[nwafan20]

Very nice, good catch on that NW DC-9, I love it!

[adam613]

Sweet shots (as usual), Moose! I knew I should have played hooky from work today :)

[ChrisW]

Great shots! A great year of spotting indeed! Here's to 2008!

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots to end the year Moose!!

[lijk604]

Moose those 2 El-Al 777's were a perfect way to end 2007.
Here's looking forward to a great 2008!
Hopefully we will have in 2008:
New planes in service (A380)
New airlines to catch (Kingfisher)
New places to shoot.

[Gerard]

Love the shot of the KLM with the bird underneath!!

[INNflight]

Beautiful shots Moose! The light ons these is just brilliant....have to visit someday in winter...but then again, you'll probably have snowfalls :wink:

[NYARTCCFAN]

Those 190's of B6 are sure snazzy.