JFK 1/16/2012 - SIA A380 and More

[steve1840]

While we were out there, this guy made the landing of the day.

Awesome shot Moose! Great landing, too bad it's sporting the Euro-white color scheme.

[gonzalu]

Steve, with a nose like that, who needs a better fuselage... besides, have you seen how aggressive swans are? "Camouflage Señor? We don't need no sinkin camouflage!"

[MSN007]

Was this guy cleared to land? I didn't hear anything on the radio.

[DWaviation]

Where you take this great photos? Panera/cosco?

Good Job!

[gonzalu]

Bayswater Park, The Mounds and other...

[DWaviation]

Okay ;) I have school everyday so its hard to get there in the morning :/ maybe at the weekend..

[NickPeterman]

If I thought Sunday was amazing, the Monday was definitely more than I had expected. Having never shot more than 4 or 5 international airlines at IAD and DFW, the variety of traffic I saw just blew my mind. Of course y'all are are used to it by now...


A surprise morning visitor, and a new airline for me






My target for the morning-and we almost missed it by turning on the wrong Mott ave/st





A semi-regular at IAD, but always a treat





Another IAD regular





Missed this one on arrival the day before





A pleasant surprise before the A380





The man of the hour for Monday





New airline for me as well





The strangely all white China Airlines 747





Another Saudi





Had heard mention of this one before, and was confused as to when EasyJet had started 767 service...






First China Airlines passenger 747 for me





A good looking Cathay bird






I had to jump out of a moving car to get this one as Fasil drove by. It was worth it





I had to run like a madman to catch this bird, but I'm glad I did!





Harsh light, but my first Emirates A380 landing on 22L





My first TAM bird, and a special nonetheless





Cargolux banking hard to line up on 13L





My first Evergreen jet





The only other AeroMexico jet I had seen was bare metal and not white. Livery Change?





A Delta 767 at sunset





My first Flagship




And lastly, my favorite shot of the day:

An Etihad A340 drag racing with an airport train. Y'all can probably figure who won...




Thanks for checking 'em out,

Nick

[gonzalu]

Nice shots Nick...

[MSN007]

That Etihad shot is sick.

[yankees368]

An Etihad A340 drag racing with an airport train. Y'all can probably figure who won...

I don't know. The AirTrain is automatic and doesn't have to wait for runway clearance. It just...goes.

[NickPeterman]

Thank you both! And Yankees368, you do have a point. You can't make an airport train circle waiting for clearance.

[yankees368]

Seriously though, awesome shot! I can't wait until I get my DSLR.

[NickPeterman]

Well, thank you very much again. And yes, a DSLR makes all the difference. I look forward to seeing your shots when you get it.