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Iberia A340-600
2008-03-30, 01:13 AM
It's been a while since I spotted at JFK so today I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and took a drive down to the airport. I spent a good half of the morning and early afternoon at Howard Beach with some gorgeous banks including a spectacular performance by Thai and a surprise visit of the RAAF BBJ.

After the Korean 747-400 departure I headed over to Firestone to watch the afternoon arrivals with the idea of heading back to Howard Beach around 5pm to see the Air India departure. At Firestone I ran into Raj who was visiting with his nephew and Squirrel_PA who was up from Philly with a friend. Unfortunately after the KLM MD-11 arrival from AMS they switched operations to the 4's at the worst possible time!

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And to conclude with... The last day of scheduled KLM MD-11 operations at JFK for the time being:

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nikon50bigma
2008-03-30, 08:15 AM
Great shots!
brontis5
2008-03-30, 10:48 AM
Nice shots! Love the PIA Colors of The Desert and that thai banking shot is amazing. Later, Brian
G-BOAD
2008-03-30, 01:07 PM
Amazing photos! The Thai bank is incredible!! Also, great light on the KLM departure.
skyhawka4m
2008-03-30, 08:26 PM
Great shots Iberia. This was my first run up to JFK and I love it. I was with Barry. Barry and I were able to do some fine shooting ourselves yesterday and I'll post up a couple from my day soon. Thanks to Barry and his awesome GPS, (which I will now have to buy for my car), we were able to navigate Ny with very little problems and with only a few misses, but they were mainly due to runway changes. We did get some of the late arrivals from a spot we found to be very nice.

Again, great shots!
Iberia A340-600
2008-03-30, 09:44 PM
Thanks guys.

Man I'd love to have shot some of the 4 arrivals. Driving around some I have found a couple of spots that might be decent for 4 arrivals in the afternoon but yesterday I wasn't really in a position to go exploring. I look forward those shots. The light was gorgeous it seemed like.

Here are two more:

An odd angle for the Korean depature:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/hl7490.jpg

And of course one of the only Delta aircraft I want a picture of had to bank to the right early!

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/swfshots/n173dn.jpg
skyhawka4m
2008-03-30, 09:54 PM
wow, you got the Delta I was hoping would go...oh well here are a few of mine from yesterday. I must agree the THAI jet was wild....last two were from the spot we found for the 4 arrivals.


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Lezam
2008-03-30, 11:07 PM
Do you know which flight was the DAL 767 serving?
adam613
2008-03-30, 11:26 PM
Man...that Thai is ridiculous! Excellent shots, as usual...
Delta777LR
2008-03-31, 01:03 AM
I really love the hard bank on that Thai A345,, it looks beautiful :borat:
PhilDernerJr
2008-03-31, 06:58 AM
Great shots guys!

Not too often you get to see the #3 engine on a plane from HoBe.

The AI shot is also really nice, Gordon!
MarkLawrence
2008-03-31, 09:55 AM
Great shots guys!
Squirrel_PA
2008-04-02, 06:38 PM
Gorden, it was good to finally meet you. Great takeoff shots.
Raj, good to see you again.

Here's one that peeked my interest Saturday morning.
http://home.comcast.net/~roopb/JFK%203-29-08/IMG_7792_WEB.JPG

That was a fun day,
Barry
wunaladreamin
2008-04-02, 06:52 PM
Nice shot Barry. I caught her inbound today.
Squirrel_PA
2008-04-02, 08:38 PM
Thanks Kenny. Looks like you had great conditions for her also. 8)
CX777
2008-04-03, 12:25 AM
What a nice day to spot... well heres couple since rest would be repeats...

TAM looking pretty good in prestine light
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/RChangela/IMG_9294.jpg

Springbok 340 retracting leading edges as she ever so slowly gains altitude.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/RChangela/IMG_0425.jpg

Cheers... nice to see you Gordon, Barry, John.
skyhawka4m
2008-04-06, 03:01 PM
Great shots CX777. Was nice to meet you also, hopefully I'll be up again soon. The TAM came in just as we were crossing the bridge.

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jet blue going around....

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