JFK 3/29 Pics Review + Amazing Thai Bank!

[Iberia A340-600]

It's been a while since I spotted at JFK so today I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and took a drive down to the airport. I spent a good half of the morning and early afternoon at Howard Beach with some gorgeous banks including a spectacular performance by Thai and a surprise visit of the RAAF BBJ.

After the Korean 747-400 departure I headed over to Firestone to watch the afternoon arrivals with the idea of heading back to Howard Beach around 5pm to see the Air India departure. At Firestone I ran into Raj who was visiting with his nephew and Squirrel_PA who was up from Philly with a friend. Unfortunately after the KLM MD-11 arrival from AMS they switched operations to the 4's at the worst possible time!



























And to conclude with... The last day of scheduled KLM MD-11 operations at JFK for the time being:

[nikon50bigma]

Great shots!

[brontis5]

Nice shots! Love the PIA Colors of The Desert and that thai banking shot is amazing. Later, Brian

[G-BOAD]

Amazing photos! The Thai bank is incredible!! Also, great light on the KLM departure.

[skyhawka4m]

Great shots Iberia. This was my first run up to JFK and I love it. I was with Barry. Barry and I were able to do some fine shooting ourselves yesterday and I'll post up a couple from my day soon. Thanks to Barry and his awesome GPS, (which I will now have to buy for my car), we were able to navigate Ny with very little problems and with only a few misses, but they were mainly due to runway changes. We did get some of the late arrivals from a spot we found to be very nice.

Again, great shots!

[Iberia A340-600]

Thanks guys.

Man I'd love to have shot some of the 4 arrivals. Driving around some I have found a couple of spots that might be decent for 4 arrivals in the afternoon but yesterday I wasn't really in a position to go exploring. I look forward those shots. The light was gorgeous it seemed like.

Here are two more:

An odd angle for the Korean depature:



And of course one of the only Delta aircraft I want a picture of had to bank to the right early!

[skyhawka4m]

wow, you got the Delta I was hoping would go...oh well here are a few of mine from yesterday. I must agree the THAI jet was wild....last two were from the spot we found for the 4 arrivals.

[Lezam]

Do you know which flight was the DAL 767 serving?

[adam613]

Man...that Thai is ridiculous! Excellent shots, as usual...

[Delta777LR]

I really love the hard bank on that Thai A345,, it looks beautiful :borat:

[PhilDernerJr]

Great shots guys!

Not too often you get to see the #3 engine on a plane from HoBe.

The AI shot is also really nice, Gordon!

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots guys!

[Squirrel_PA]

Gorden, it was good to finally meet you. Great takeoff shots.
Raj, good to see you again.

Here's one that peeked my interest Saturday morning.


That was a fun day,
Barry

[wunaladreamin]

Nice shot Barry. I caught her inbound today.

[Squirrel_PA]

Thanks Kenny. Looks like you had great conditions for her also. 8)