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AirtrafficController
2007-04-22, 02:54 PM
runway 31 landings. I happen to live in Middle Village where the arrivals pass right over my house. The zoom on the camrea was bad so i had a great idea of using my binoculars to zoom in.

AirTran Airways 737-700
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/289.jpg

Frontier Airlines A320 from Denver
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/290.jpg

United 757-200 from Denver also
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/291.jpg

Northwest A320
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/292.jpg

Comair CRJ-100
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/294.jpg

Geico banner over the city
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/295.jpg

American Airlines MD-88
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/296.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/306.jpg

U.S. Airways Express ERJ-145
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/298.jpg

Midwest 717-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/299.jpg

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/302.jpg

a rare U.S. Airways A321
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/300.jpg

ATA Airlines 737-800
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/301.jpg

Delta MD-88
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/307.jpg

rare American MD-80
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/304.jpg

Delta 757-200
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u317/AirtrafficController/305.jpg
cancidas
2007-04-22, 04:26 PM
that is a TZ 737-300, the -800s have winglets and the NG wing. i'll give you an A for ingenuity though!
PhilDernerJr
2007-04-22, 04:41 PM
Good pictures of the deps. Though the quality wasnt great :D
AirtrafficController
2007-04-22, 04:56 PM
uh it was arrivals
ATAIndy
2007-04-22, 05:38 PM
So if these were arrivals, I'm guessing you were five or so miles out?
AirtrafficController
2007-04-22, 07:16 PM
sadly no it was around 1 or 2 miles out
ATAIndy
2007-04-22, 07:20 PM
Really? I'm surprised that so many planes still have their gear up. I live under the approach to runway 14 at IND and the planes here starting lower their gear right above me, and I'm 5 to 6 miles from the field.
hiss srq
2007-04-22, 07:28 PM
That is because it is the expressway visual to LGA. Because of the way the approach is flown it is very well possible as I see some planes drop the gear right before they make the base to final turn on occasion in the tower. Here is the chart for the Expressway visual.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/jetjocksrq/00289EXPRESSWAY_VIS31_0001.gif
stuart schechter
2007-04-22, 07:59 PM
+10 for creativity!
+6 for quality

Get a better lens! Those would be great shots!
ATAIndy
2007-04-22, 08:20 PM
Wow, the pilots have little time to go-around if the gear fails then.
hiss srq
2007-04-22, 08:39 PM
It is not a normal occurance. Most of the time they have it down well before they start the turn from base to final. On another note today was out and about on a break wondering and a Colgan Saab came in from the North and made a turn in to land on 31.

Slow day but some intresting traffic and ocurances.