POST YOUR PHOTOS: Emirates A380 Arrives at JFK

[Matt Molnar]

The momentous arrival of the first A380 in revenue service to JFK might not be a "hot photo" on any of the big picture sites, but here at NYCA it's going to be hotter than Jessica Alba sunbathing on the space shuttle launch pad. So post your photos HERE.

First one to post a photo of the whale bird on approach to JFK gets the undying admiration of your fellow NYCA'ers along with thousands of rubber necking anetters and jpnetters (who will have to look here since they'll be waiting a week for the pics to show up on their own sites :wink: ) and a note under your username indicating your awesomeness to all.

Please don't post anything else here until some photos are up. Thanks!

[PhilDernerJr]

We had a huge turnout today, with over 40 people coming. The Mounds were so packed that there were people standing on the soccer field.

It was a great time, and great to meet so many new faces!

We started off tailgating by Firestone, with more cars than I've ever seen in that usually-empty area of the parking lot.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a390group3.jpg

Then we worked our way over to the Mounds when we got some heads-up (thanks, TPA!). We were unfortunately plagued with clouds at game-time, so I backed off and took group photos while it passed, then we did another organized shot.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a380group2.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/a380group1.jpg

[SengaB]

A beautiful livery on a Beautiful aircraft.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/uae03.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/uae01.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/uae02.jpg


Senga

[adam613]

I saw it fly past as I was meandering through Queens... :evil: :evil: :evil: How much of that crowd actually fit on the Mound(s)?

I've been given permission to try again on Sunday...

[njgtr82]

This aircraft is starting to become one of my favorites of the modern aircraft. I didn't like it at all at first but that has changed alot, espescially after seeing it wear Emirates colors.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2723854494_3bb8619d1c_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2723854624_6197d72ded_o.jpg

Bill

[MarkLawrence]

Great pics so far everyone! Will the A380 be on a daily schedule by October? I'd love to try and catch it when I'm up there then!

[Gerard]

We had a huge turnout today, with over 40 people coming. The Mounds were so packed that there were people standing on the soccer field.

Geez does anyone work around here? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Great group shot. Now name everyone!!!!! :lol:

[ScottysAir]

I agreed. It's gorgeous pictures newest A380. I can't wait to see her in JFK sometimes in the future. I'm glad you guys were went out to JFK during A380 was inauguration into JFK. I cannot believe it that I never see huge of A380 all of my entire life.

Hopefully if I will go to JFK to see new A380. Congratulations to EK is introduces newest A380 into JFK. Thanks all.

[T-Bird76]

Here's some of mine from today. As always an amazing thanks for those who made this possible.

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_1_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_2_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_3_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_4_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_5_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_8_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_7_080108.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/JFK_EKA380_10_080108.jpg
Kenny you can put this one on your nightstand.

[Mr Smith]

nice work Tom, a mate of mine from down here was on the flight...he's currently back onboard for the return to DXB, yep, a 4hr stop at JFK after flying 15hrs then straight back to DXB and Perth.

he'll love seeing these pics.

:borat:

[jetfuel]

im so mad i had to work today, or i would have been down there to see the a380! great pictures everyone. i almost forgot i was registered on this site until today

[wunaladreamin]

Kenny you can put this one on your nightstand.

Lol you peen. I'd have thunk you'd send one to Nick.

Here she is!

http://kennys.smugmug.com/photos/343374264_4NMGy-L-1.jpg

What a great day!! Oh btw, thanks to Phil for the tasty beverages!

[JFKSTHEWAY]

T-bird76, great shots! In the shot where you can see the gate it dwarfs every aircraft around, even the AI 77W! Also, is A6 only equipped with two jetways or can I only see the top level/first jetway?

[T-Bird76]

T-bird76, great shots! In the shot where you can see the gate it dwarfs every aircraft around, even the AI 77W! Also, is A6 only equipped with two jetways or can I only see the top level/first jetway?

There's three jetways there, you can't see the first one.

[JFKSTHEWAY]

Thank's T-bird, and now when I look at the picture a little closer, I can see the first jetway's bottom under the second one a little, thank;s for pointing that out

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

Those are amazing shots!!! I love the one of the plane parked at the gate with the two jetways!

[moose135]

Great shots, everyone! It was good to see so many people out for the arrival today. Tommy, very nice work, glad you were in town to catch her this time. And thanks for the heads up on the runway use.

A three hour trip back to Pennsylvania, and dial-up access means I won't won't be posting any photos for a day or two.

[LGA777]

Great shots everybody and I regret being unable to get the day off from work. But despite work the Beast was visible with the naked eye from our Ramp Tower at LGA, and biniculars gave us a pretty nice view.

The local TV news coverage had some interior shots that where simply amazing, much more plus than Singapore.

Cheers

LGA777

[moose135]

Surprisingly, one of the local stations out of Wilkes-Barre, PA just showed a clip of the A380 landing at JFK on the local news. Just a short clip showing the touchdown and landing roll, looked like it was shot by one of the NY news helicopters, but still interesting to see it get covered out here in the sticks. :wink:

[JohnJ]

Excellent shots, all!

It was a pleasure meeting some of you folks today. Special thanks to Phil, who in all probability saved the day for me. Had I been flying solo, I'd probably have stayed camped out by 31R and would have missed the arrival.

With the Mounds view, it's tough to get a unique angle but here's my best shot of the day - pity about the clouds, but it could have been worse:

http://airshots.homestead.com/files/emirates_a6eda_ain_8283.jpg

[moose135]

Of course I wasn't going to get any sleep if I didn't go through a few of my shots, here are a couple I managed to shove through the phone line...

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/343445425_4MZwm-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/343443347_aYYRg-L.jpg


Glad I stayed down on the soccer field - these were shot at the short end of my 100-400, without much cropping.

[Delta777LR]

Well I gotta say it was a pleasure seeing you guys out there today. I had a great tim just hanging with you guys.. I just wanna say thanks to Phil for the drinks,and Kenny and Andy for giving me a ride around.. Heres my shots here..

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/sergair/aviation%20photos%20part%202/IMG_1558.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/sergair/aviation%20photos%20part%202/IMG_1565.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/sergair/aviation%20photos%20part%202/IMG_1566.jpg
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/sergair/aviation%20photos%20part%202/IMG_1571.jpg

[Smartass Flyboy]

The approach & landing from FF
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/IMG_1017.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/AUT_0104.JPG

Then everyone moved from FF to T4 where it appears Tom and I took many pics of each other :lol:

http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/IMG_1021.JPG

Is it me or did one of the crash trucks start their half of the arch late??? 8)
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/IMG_1022.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/IMG_1023.JPG

after a little editing..
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/water%20arch.jpg

Tom? Is that you on the other side?
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/AG-EDA.jpg

Looking right up their APU exhaust pipe. Clicked about 1 second before jet balst from a 4 engine taxi blew me off the tug I was standing on (thanks B6)
http://www.freewebs.com/smartassflyboy/AG-EDA%20aft.jpg

[nwafan20]

Just one for now....

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6946/jfk8108044eg6.jpg

[nwafan20]

Here is Stuart walking down to our new spotting location to get away from you freaks..... (Himself, Jordan and I risked everything to get down there and get some shots haha)

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/6058/jfk8108026ba3.jpg

[stuart schechter]

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6393/a6edand0.jpg

[Gerard]

Surprisingly, one of the local stations out of Wilkes-Barre, PA just showed a clip of the A380 landing at JFK on the local news. Just a short clip showing the touchdown and landing roll, looked like it was shot by one of the NY news helicopters, but still interesting to see it get covered out here in the sticks. :wink:

There was from what I have seen and read a lot of media coverage for this event (TV, newspapers).

[JHNA57]

Dropping family off at Terminal 4 at 4:20pm (A HASSLE)

Getting lost on JFK's interior roadway system (A PAIN IN THE @&*)

Making it to the top of the Jetblue parking garage about 3 minutes before touchdown.
Exiting the parking garage and not being charged the fee (Wasn't there long enough)
Making it home in <20 minutes (before the Friday afternoon traffic)
(PRICELESS)

[Gerard]

> saw it fly past as I was meandering through Queens...<

It seems this ship was visible from all parts of the 5 boroughs!! LOL
I'm glad I left work early. Its funny, the 22s come over Hicksville fairly low and as I was walking to my car I heard the dull roar of an approaching arrival but one look up told me that this was NOT your average jet. It had
this look of power and grace as it slowly cruised by. What a beauty.

[runway27r]

Here's mine. Thanks to Phil for the 22L heads up.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2723341027_007f01ce73_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2723340997_dac79169e2_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3192/2724163574_0195d809d0_o.jpg


And the whole set from my first (not last) JFK trip

http://www.flickr.com/photos/runway27r/ ... 490704944/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/runway27r/sets/72157606490704944/)

[eric8669]

Guys,

Great shots all around.

[Gerard]

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2723341027_007f01ce73_o.jpg

AWESOME shot!! My favorite one!!!

[D-AKNO]

Very nice pics! I hoped to see the plane flying over my home in cruising altitude (normally most of the EK-flights to JFK take this route), but it used a way 100 km east from here...... :(

Looking at the pictures I remember the first visit of the A380 at DUS/EDDL - the only difference that at DUS probably much more people were waiting (about 100.000)! This pic (not from me) shows a small part of the crowd: Klick (http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=553890)

PS: Do I understand it right, that the regular service to JFK will start at 01.10.2008?

[stuart schechter]

PS: Do I understand it right, that the regular service to JFK will start at 01.10.2008?

That is correct, on EK201/202 arriving at 14:15 and leaving at 23:30.

[m.marra]

http://marraphotography.zenfolio.com/p905435269/

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Mike

[PhilDernerJr]

Good stuff Mike! Was nice meeting you!

[m.marra]

Thanks Phil. Nice meeting all of you.

[stuart schechter]

Kenny, what are we going to do with you...

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/426/187908761lvq5.jpg

[runway27r]

[

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2723341027_007f01ce73_o.jpg

AWESOME shot!! My favorite one!!!


I guess that was one advantage of being on the end of the Mounds :D

THX
Paul

[kc2aqg]

Stuart - prepare to incur the wrath of Kenny LMAO!!! That's a great edit :borat:

It was definitely an awesome day all around. Thanks to everyone for bringing lots of laughs and definitely to Phil for the drinks and excellent guidance on the timing for the mounds. Since I'm in Phoenix now, I won't get to edit any of my shots until at least next weekend, bummer...

[moose135]

Kenny, what are we going to do with you...

Wow, Kenny, you just don't have any luck at all, do you? :lol:

[mirrodie]

Great shots all

[JohnJ]

I don't think this has been mentioned, but I think kudos are due to Jetphotos.net. I uploaded two different shots to Jetphotos.net and Airliners.net shortly after arriving home last night; based on the individual sites' rules I didn't think the A380 NYC visit merited being a "hot" item (despite my own personal views on the matter), and didn't mark the photos as hot on either site. This morning, I had an e-mail from Jetphotos, unfortunately a rejection for "contrast". I was first surprised that the photo was screened as priority even though I hadn't marked it as such, but obviously disappointed in the rejection. I then re-uploaded another image, the same one I submitted to Airliners, feeling sure this time it wouldn't be a hot item since quite a few others had their shots accepted by that time. A few hours later I checked back - and lo and behold, they made another pass through the upload queue and accepted my shot. I am impressed.

I'm normally an Airliners.net kind of guy, but situations like this infuriate me. All of our JFK A380 shots will sit in the A.net queue for the next two weeks while the rest of the world quietly forgets about the event. This costs both us and the site hits, in a big way. Meanwhile, Jetphotos reaps the rewards. I'm thinking more and more my loyalties are misplaced.

[SengaB]

Yea thats why I didn't other to add any shots to JP cause I figured they would just reject them for "Invalid Hot". Not to mention the shots frmo the day were just bad because of the clouds.


Senga

[SoPictureThis]

great shots so far, guys!!!

- jMay

[Tom_Turner]

Well, I am glad JFK now has its own near daily A380. More to come. Nice turn out to greet this beast too.

Too bad about the clouds...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2727468998_cc2ab47c42_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2726644779_92b28e9846_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2726645033_d4e347ce2d_o.jpg

Tom

[SoPictureThis]

I don't think this has been mentioned, but I think kudos are due to Jetphotos.net. I uploaded two different shots to Jetphotos.net and Airliners.net shortly after arriving home last night; based on the individual sites' rules I didn't think the A380 NYC visit merited being a "hot" item (despite my own personal views on the matter), and didn't mark the photos as hot on either site. This morning, I had an e-mail from Jetphotos, unfortunately a rejection for "contrast". I was first surprised that the photo was screened as priority even though I hadn't marked it as such, but obviously disappointed in the rejection. I then re-uploaded another image, the same one I submitted to Airliners, feeling sure this time it wouldn't be a hot item since quite a few others had their shots accepted by that time. A few hours later I checked back - and lo and behold, they made another pass through the upload queue and accepted my shot. I am impressed.

I'm normally an Airliners.net kind of guy, but situations like this infuriate me. All of our JFK A380 shots will sit in the A.net queue for the next two weeks while the rest of the world quietly forgets about the event. This costs both us and the site hits, in a big way. Meanwhile, Jetphotos reaps the rewards. I'm thinking more and more my loyalties are misplaced.




Mister John J,

You haven't been a member of these boards all that long. Allow me to make you aware of the fact much of everything you've just said is wildly instigative. The manner by which you speak is likely to urge, provoke, and/or incite heated debate amongst the individuals comprising this community. As passionate members of the aviation community as a whole, it's most proper for us all to keep any thoughts of this sort we may have, for whatever reason, to ourselves or on an interpersonal level... not on one which is global. On behalf of the several hundred individuals here, I'd ask that you do the same.

This being said, welcome!



to everyone else...

Glad you all seemed to have such a fantastic time, despite the dodgy weather! I wish I could have been there to join in on the fun. I'm happy to see that many of you (recording breaking crowd! WOW!) were able to enjoy this memorable day in the history of aviation in the U.S. :D


- jMay

[AAGold]

Certainly not the greatest of days to be out shooting such an event, but we were there. Like all the times in the past when the weather wasn't stellar yet we were there to record the event. And such a big turnout too! Nice to see so many interested in the hobby. Here's a couple I took and the group shot Anne took.

http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/EK_A380_A6-EDA_JFK_20080801_X4134.jpg

http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/EK_A380_A6-EDA_JFK_20080801_X4140.jpg

http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/GROUP_A380_A6-EDA_JFK_20080801_X4153.jpg

Good looking group with all ages represented.

Art

[runway27r]

And before it arrived, it had to depart

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[Chris102]

Great shots everyone! I bet it was great to get it on it's first US arrival in the Emirates colors.

Is is going to be in New York frequently now?

[Carlisle]

I want to thank those of you who posted the awesome shots and I hope everyone had a great time spotting this beauty Friday afternoon. A job well done!

I drove over to the airport last friday afternoon to spot it at the gate. The best I could get was the tail view from 878-Rockaway Blvd west bound. Being that it was parked in the inside gates of T-4, I couldn't get a good shot of it inside of the airport. I am hoping to see it in all its glory coming in on a 31L/R final. (Better yet ... intercepting it on a 22L short final driving westbound on 878...)

[PhilDernerJr]

Welcome to the site, Carlisle. Glad you got to witness it. :)

[Jetinder]

They are great photos :)

But no offense to any A380 chasers on here but I won't make a special visit to Heathrow to see a Singapoor A380, as i am a Concorde chaser and will only go to Heathrow to see Concorde G-BOAB.

If an A380 happens to fly by then i'll take a photo or 3.

On Concorde I had to use a ASA/400 film + 80-400 mm zoom + 1/500th sec or more to get her on take off / landing.

What lenses and shutter speeds did you guys use to catch the A380 ?

Is it as slow as 747 or is it a bit faster ?

[AAGold]

Forgot to post this shot of our illustrious leader the other day when I posted the shots of the A380. Phil arriving at the mounds, better known as "Tick Place".

http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/PhilMounds_X4116.jpg

Enjoy :borat:

[PhilDernerJr]

Excellent capture, Art. Excellent. I thank you. haha

[Iberia A340-600]

A rather similar shot to many others but it's still the A380!

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/a6eda380.jpg

Chris, it will be operating 3 times a week on EK201/202 starting on August 8th until October 1st when it goes daily.