You can bring everyone you know and all their gear. It's one of the extremely rare occasions where the PAPD won't haul you off for standing a few feet from an A320 with a 500mm lens in hand. There will be tons of kids there, so it's most certainly a family-oriented outing, except it happens to cater to aviation enthusiasts. Chances are most photographers will be toting DSLRs with lens carrying cases in tow. There's always at least one guy with a gigantic lens there getting closeups. Last year LGA was using rwy 31 the whole time, which means we were pretty much in the ideal spot to get the takeoffs. Even though it takes me hours to get there, it's one of the most enjoyable days of the year for me. Last year I got a ride home on one of the GA aircraft.
I'm hoping someone from the NYCA group will bring along a radio so we can get advanced warning of interesting aircraft. Only two more days!
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