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.
The morning started out with arrivals on the 31s:
LAN532
TAM8078
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).
One FedEx MD-11 in another one out:
To my surprise HAL50 showed up about three hours late which was good for me, I needed a better shot of that one!
My first up-close view of the new colors, looks good on an RJ.
Another surprise, FDX9737 from London Stansted, seems pretty rare. I saw her later that day parked in front of the Evergreen buildings.
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!
It was really hot that day but an Ice Cream truck came by and I couldn't resist a "Mister Softee" cone ;)
BAW Oneworld
N767MW Operating on behalf of Atlas Air as GTI8151 after spending four days in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sharp looking ETD 777
The beautiful LOT 787!
Anyone you know snapping pics from CHQ6368 from RDU?
Finally an up-close pic of Openskies.
The new scheme looking good in evening light with FIN6 behind.
A redemption shot, last time I saw this plane it was horribly backlit at IAD.
"Speedbird 3" celebrating Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
My first AEA A330.
I was very happy to get my first Sharklets!
CPA looking good in some nice pink summer light.
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 ;)
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
ELY1
CLX431
My first TAM 777!
DAL269 went to 22R. Originating from TLV she diverted to CDG and stayed there for two hours, not sure why...
And a record for me, for a whole 24hrs JFK ATC kept traffic on the 22s! :)
FJM121
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!
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