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    It's overcast but not raining as of 8 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedbird1 View Post
    First I heard of this. Have no car. Hard to get to EWR by public transportation and get there on time. The bus runs I believe every hour. Bus from PABT leaves me off at a terminal. I guess I could ride the AirTrain to the Parking Lot P-4 and wait for a shuttle bus to the event. Is the event from 9- 3? By the time I get there, it is too late. Is this event held annually? I'll probably wait for next year. Wish JFK would have an Open House; they have plenty of unused space.
    How about NJ Transit trains to the airport stop and then the Airtrain from there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Speedbird1 View Post
    First I heard of this. Have no car. Hard to get to EWR by public transportation and get there on time. The bus runs I believe every hour. Bus from PABT leaves me off at a terminal. I guess I could ride the AirTrain to the Parking Lot P-4 and wait for a shuttle bus to the event. Is the event from 9- 3? By the time I get there, it is too late. Is this event held annually? I'll probably wait for next year. Wish JFK would have an Open House; they have plenty of unused space.
    If you left at 4:00am, you could make it. Why wouldn't you be able to make it in time? Heck, you could have gone Fri night and camped out
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    Taking the kids to their activities now, then hoping to make it for 1300. Look for me in my black n' green tie die shirt!

    W 2 kids and milf in tow!
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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    Happy spotting ..... passing on going. The light is horrible to say the least, and who know about the rain. Had a misty rain in the HoBe area earlier.
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    Sorry I can't make it today. Found out too late and it takes me with public transportation up to 3-4 hours to get there by public transportation from Sheepshead Bay. Car service is out-of-the question for those of us on fixed incomes. Will definitely try to come next year. Not thrilled about having to undergo TSA screening as it would delay entry and cause long lines. Are cameras definitely allowed? I don't recall seeing any photos from the event in 2011. From what I read, only 2 aircraft are available to board. For future reference, is this event always held the final Sat. in Sept. annually? Hope the "plane pull" makes todays' news.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mirrodie View Post
    W 2 kids and milf in tow!
    you mean mif...
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    Potty stop in NYC. What's there right now?
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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    If I'm still around next year, I will certainly go. I'll splurge and take a bus roundtrip from the PABT in Manhattan for $28 R/T then board the AirTrain. My last visit to EWR was unpleasant so I stopped going but this could be fun!

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    The show at LaGuardia had more aircraft but this was a great opportunity to see a 767-400 up close. Aside from a 737 towing contest there were some light aircraft scattered about along with some airport equipment but that was about it. Odd that you had to go through security for this event but not for the LGA one. Also it was a rare treat to see the Saudia VIP 747 up close
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    Got home around 4, but then had to cook, dinner. Downloading the cards now. There was only 1 aircraft to walk through, the UA, Star Alliance 767-400. That was the downside.
    They did have a UA 737-800 they were using for the Plane Pull competition. Other than that there were a few Cessna 172's, a T-34 trainer in a nice paint scheme, an all-white push-pull homebuilt, a Piper Archer, as well as a turbine prop homebuilt. There was also, 2 snow removal vehicles, UA giving "rides" (of the vertical kind) in 2 deicing trucks, and a mobile haz-mat truck.

    However, the highlight was being able to shoot EWR from inside the fence. The light wasn't the greatest, but, with the clouds the way they were, I was able to shoot departures off of the 4's as well as catch some ground movements after landing.

    Highlights...(pics to follow over the next few days)
    1) Saudi Kingdom 747-400 which was parked right across the ramp from the event.
    2) SAS Star Alliance A330
    3) Continental retro scheme B737-900

    There was also an inbound UA 737 with a flap problem and they rolled all the trucks, just in case. Thankfully, there was no incident, and all got to their gate happy.

    It was great meeting Ben & Mike, and it was good to see Mario at the airport with a camera again! Thanks again for mentioning this event, I'm glad I made the trip.
    Traffic was a breeze too, so that made it that much more enjoyable.

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    Decided, I needed to throw a few pictures up from today. Here we go:

    Saudi 747

    Kingdom Holdings B747 by lijk604, on Flickr

    UA Star Alliance 767-400

    United - Boeing 767-400 by lijk604, on Flickr


    The UA flap emergency aircraft taxies to the gate with trucks following behind.

    UA B737 Emergency by lijk604, on Flickr

    SAS Star Alliance A330

    SAS - Airbus 330 by lijk604, on Flickr

    COA Retro Scheme 737-900

    Continental - Boeing 737-900 by lijk604, on Flickr




    The T-34 Trainer departing

    T-34 1200 by lijk604, on Flickr

    Turbine Homebuilt

    Turboprop homebuilt by lijk604, on Flickr

    Twin Homebuilt

    Homebuilt by lijk604, on Flickr

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    John, thanks for the confirmation on the SAS Alliance... no 15 year sticker so I don;t have to go in vain :)

    Now Kingdom 747, that's sweet!
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    Nice shots John! Ditto on the Kingdom 747 (boy would I like to take a peek inside that bird).
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    Great shots despite the weather, that 744 against those clouds looks great!

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