JFK 7/7,8/13 [Image Heavy!]
I finally got back to JFK; the first time since I came back from Africa five months ago!
The first flight I saw on the way up was BAW3457 747-8F (G-GSSF) while crossing the Verrazano Bridge.
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The morning started out with arrivals on the 31s:
LAN532
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TAM8078
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After just a few heavies traffic was switched to the 22s so I was finally able to test out the 'new' spotting location for morning 22L arrivals.
One of the first planes I got was the Jetblue "Jets" (the only JBU logojet I was missing).
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One FedEx MD-11 in another one out:
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To my surprise HAL50 showed up about three hours late which was good for me, I needed a better shot of that one!
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My first up-close view of the new colors, looks good on an RJ.
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Another surprise, FDX9737 from London Stansted, seems pretty rare. I saw her later that day parked in front of the Evergreen buildings.
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Around 1pm the light was getting pretty bad so I decided to head over to the mounds but the light there was even worse. It finally became good around 2:30ish...
In the meantime I was again surprised when I saw the Geico Sky Team sky writing!
I liked hearing the low drone of AT-6s over JFK!
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It was really hot that day but an Ice Cream truck came by and I couldn't resist a "Mister Softee" cone ;)
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BAW Oneworld
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N767MW Operating on behalf of Atlas Air as GTI8151 after spending four days in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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Sharp looking ETD 777
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The beautiful LOT 787!
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Anyone you know snapping pics from CHQ6368 from RDU?
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Finally an up-close pic of Openskies.
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The new scheme looking good in evening light with FIN6 behind.
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A redemption shot, last time I saw this plane it was horribly backlit at IAD.
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"Speedbird 3" celebrating Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
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My first AEA A330.
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I was very happy to get my first Sharklets!
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CPA looking good in some nice pink summer light.
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Of course the sun had to disappear behind a wall of huge storm clouds right when one of my favorite planes was coming in! Oh well, guess it couldn't be a perfect day ;)
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7/8
That morning to my surprise JFK was still using the 22s so I went back to the 'new' spot again to get the early morning arrivals:
AAL950
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ELY1
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CLX431
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My first TAM 777!
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DAL269 went to 22R. Originating from TLV she diverted to CDG and stayed there for two hours, not sure why...
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And a record for me, for a whole 24hrs JFK ATC kept traffic on the 22s! :)
FJM121
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About 30 minutes before I was gonna head home traffic was switched to the 31s so I left early.
All-in-all a great one and a quarter days at JFK!
Hope you enjoyed!