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Iberia A340-600
2007-08-18, 11:28 PM
After receiving my new D80 last week I was very excited to try it out. Luckily I was on my way down to the Jersey Shore for 4 days and persuaded my father to stop at EWR on the way down to try and catch Jet Airways. Unfortunately Jet arrived early and instead I hung out at Ikea for a little while shooting some departures and ended up eating Ikea Swedish meat balls. While down in Avalon my dad took me up to the Atlantic City airport for a little while which resulted in no great pictures because there really wasn't any spots but there are some amazing aircraft parked at the airport. Among them are a TWA Convair-880, ex-Delta L-1011, ex-Air Canada 737-200, ex-Global Peace 747SP, and a C-17 were among some of the cool residents of the airport.

Today I was also lucky enough to persuade my father into spotting at EWR for a while in order to catch Qatar. Unfortunately the 4's were in operation so we had to find a spot and amazingly we just sat near the employee parking lot behind a light pole and had two cops pass us and did not stop. We were there for a good hour!

Please enjoy!

There are some dust spots already so let me know if you catch any of them and I'll edit them out.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/aamd80ewrtakeoff.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/americaneagle145ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/co738wingewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/co757landewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/fedexdc10ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/nwadc9ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/us734ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/aamd80landingew.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/fedexmd11ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/malaysia772ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/xtra733ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/airtran717ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/qr332frontewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/qatar332ewrside.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/nwa319ewr.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/vs744ewr.jpg

nwafan20
2007-08-18, 11:35 PM
Cool photos Gordon! Does the D80 have dust reduction beyond picture-reference?

Iberia A340-600
2007-08-19, 01:09 AM
Not that I know of, I wish though!

AirtrafficController
2007-08-19, 09:36 AM
You got some nice shots there, looks like the light was great.

Iberia A340-600
2007-08-19, 02:30 PM
One more picture of Qatar:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/qataraiways332ewrside.jpg

I can't quite decide which angle I prefer yet...

NcSchu
2007-08-19, 04:36 PM
Very nice clean shots. I drove by EWR yesterday going to/from Jersey Gardens and the Jet 773 was parked on a hard stand next to an El Al 772 near Terminal B and A. It was still there around 3.

Iberia A340-600
2007-08-19, 11:44 PM
As the aircraft arrives at 11:55 and doesn't depart till the evening the park her at a remote stand next to EL AL. When I was at the airport yesterday I saw her being moved from the hardstand to the gate.

Another interesting thing was that after Malaysia arrived she taxied down and held by Terminal A for a while, not sure why.

AAGold
2007-08-20, 04:15 PM
Nice shots Gordon, especially considering you have a new camera. Always takes some time getting used to a new camera.

Mike P., Anne and I were also at EWR for the last hour of action on Sat. Unfortunately the sunset didn't materialize the way I'd wished, but we got a few good ones that last hour. Here's a few ...

http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/XP_737-4S3_N43XA_EWR_20070818_X5517.jpg
http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/QR_A330-203_A7-ACA_EWR_20070818_X5546.jpg
http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/MH_777-2H6ER_9M-MRO_EWR_20070818_X5478.jpg
http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/MH_777-2H6ER_9M-MRO_EWR_20070818_X5468.jpg
http://www.photovation.net/Uploads/FX_MD-11F_N616FE_EWR_20070818_X5494.jpg

Good luck with the camera.

Art

Iberia A340-600
2007-08-20, 05:28 PM
Thanks, Art. I'm quite surprised how well the D80 is operating for me.

From the looks of it we must have been spotting very close to each other!

moose135
2007-08-20, 06:26 PM
Nice work with the new camera Gordon! And Art, it's always a treat to see your work here!

Winglets747
2007-08-22, 02:59 PM
Glad to hear you got a new camera, Gordon. I guess that makes us D80 brothers now. :lol: