KJFK - 05/06/2012 (Qantas 747)

[Zee71]

Didn't get to do any spotting because of a family related function, but when I got home I tuned into the tower to see what runway Qantas was going to depart from. I was fortunate that Qantas departed off RWY 31L at KE and flew the runway heading before making its turn. The shots below were taken from the front of the house.

[Roush6NY]

Nice catch, Mark !! That light is killer

[Zee71]

Now lets hope we get some special schemes

[DWaviation]

Just a couple from today.
I was at the Mounds with Jason,Mann,Eric and David




A lot of Private Stuff..

[yankees368]

Nice seeing Manny, Eric, and David for a while today.

Dirty Bird






Nose Ring...?






Beacons!

[NickPeterman]

Who punched that Air Berlin bird in the nose :)


Great shots Y'all

[gonzalu]

It was great to see some of the boys today... Eric, Dennis, Jason, Enxian, David...
I got to the field around 11:00am in hopes the clouds and fog would have rolled off by then. It was starting to break but it hung around a lot longer than I desired. JFK was on the 4s exclusively in the morning, closing RWY 4R for a while due to some incident (unknown) and then reopened shortly around mid-day when they switched to a 22/13 split. They closed the day with 22s exclusively. I stayed right until the sun went down. Here are some of mine not already covered above :-)

Had no clue



Dragon



Some blue starts to appear above





22L action





Dedicated to Cary!



and after everyone else left...







New colors never seems to come in when I am there...



and the sun disappears... this seems like a brand new plane which is not typical for ABX at JFK

[eric8669]

Now lets hope we get some special schemes

Special scheme comes today. VH-OEB

[gonzalu]

Formula 1? Now we have two F1 schemes to catch at JFK :P but, what's up with the wx? Cary, can you call your buddies upstairs and bring some sunshine?

[gonzalu]

Ooops, I forgot my shot of QFA107



Taken with my iPhone while shooting with the regular camera. Missed a few shots in the process but, oh well, I needed it for my social media ego boost! LOL

[En11RVC]

Wow Manny you catch the ABX first 763！
Really nice job^_^

E n xian

[gonzalu]

Yes... ;-)



Well, technically first in full c/s ... they have another one I think not yet painted...

I must give thanks to Yochai Mossi for the tip... I had no clue otherwise

[Zee71]

Well.........here is the Qantas F1 on short final for 22L, that came in today, Monday - May 7th......unfortunately the light wasn't the greatest.

[eric8669]

nice shot Mark.

No special tomorrow. VH-OJQ on the way.is

[Zee71]

Thus far these first Qantas 747's departed off 31L (Kilo-Echo) while they were using the 22s. Eric, any idea how many specials schemes on the 747s? I think this may be the only one.....unless the Wallabies scheme is still around.