HPN is a gateway airport for DCA - how is it not for New York?
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Better weather today, and another good group of spotters out again. They were using 4L/R all morning, but nothing UN related really came in. Eventually they switched to the 13/22 split, and we started to see some action.
Russian IL-96, first good shots I've gotten of one - a year or two ago, we were over at Bayswater when he went off on 31L, and I got a distant, heat-hazed shot...today was much better.
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Qatar Amiri Flight A345 (they also had an A330 arrive this afternoon)
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An MEA A330 came in as well - I had just left The Mounds to catch Air Force 1 at Bayswater, and I saw it fly over my head as I was turning onto Brookville Blvd. I'm sure the guys still at The Mounds caught it.
Air Force 1 arriving.
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After a short stay, they departed (for SWF, I believe) Without POTUS on board, they didn't take a priority departure, instead joining the line to go off 22R (and back-lit shots from Bayswater. :frown:)
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While waiting for the VC-25 to depart, we had this German Air Force A340 arrive.
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Great stuff Moose! I "just" finished downloading my cards :-( no hope of posting for at least a week :cool:
Definitely jealous Moose! Those are some terrific shots! Would have loved to have been there!
It was great weekend to spend spotting and share stories. I'll post a quick one before heading to work.
First time for "spotting" AF1 :smile:
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Raj
So where did VC-25 go after JFK? It seems she is at Westover AFB :-)
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Great......no, awesome shots to all. Wishing, again, that I was out east this week. Ahhh well, maybe later this year.
Air Force 1 comes to Chicago later this week. There has been a C-17 adjacent to our hangar for 2 days now. Keep the nice pictures flowing.
My first Il-96... WOW!
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That German A340 Moose. Was that around 3-4 PM yesterday? We were doing some lawn spotting ;)
I think we saw it. Saw the plane right overhead but markings were tough to catch.