moose135
2009-03-21, 09:24 PM
Went to the LGA Airliner show for a bit this afternoon. Not too many people there (I got there a little after 1pm) although I did see Sergio, and spent some time talking with a couple of the vendors I knew. Afterwards, I headed over the the Worlds Fair Marina for some EV31 approach action. It's been a while since I did much LGA spotting, I got out around 4pm, and the light was wonderful.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997225_NSw6w-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996102_KCAJ7-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996738_K9tiF-L.jpg
There was a lull in the action, and then this AA Mad Dog came blasting off 13 - must have been heavy, he used most of the runway to get airborne.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495994426_iuxta-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996869_AwxrL-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997064_HvXmB-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997894_aFB44-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495995568_C9xUn-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997597_cZhez-L-1.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996588_DFbGs-L-1.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996412_6Md8G-L-1.jpg
I also took a ride around Flushing Meadow Park, to see if there were any decent places to shoot from (as well as to take a few pictures around the park.) I found one parking lot, over near the new ice rink. I was in the car, checking the GPS, trying to figure out just where I was and where the arrivals would be coming from (I wasn't hearing anything on the scanner...) I looked up, just as the PSA retro-jet flew past - EPIC FAIL - I still haven't shot that one!
I did finally get a shot of the "new" Spirit scheme - I was over near the Unisphere when I shot this:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/496009095_vRNUj-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997225_NSw6w-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996102_KCAJ7-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996738_K9tiF-L.jpg
There was a lull in the action, and then this AA Mad Dog came blasting off 13 - must have been heavy, he used most of the runway to get airborne.
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495994426_iuxta-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996869_AwxrL-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997064_HvXmB-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997894_aFB44-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495995568_C9xUn-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495997597_cZhez-L-1.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996588_DFbGs-L-1.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/495996412_6Md8G-L-1.jpg
I also took a ride around Flushing Meadow Park, to see if there were any decent places to shoot from (as well as to take a few pictures around the park.) I found one parking lot, over near the new ice rink. I was in the car, checking the GPS, trying to figure out just where I was and where the arrivals would be coming from (I wasn't hearing anything on the scanner...) I looked up, just as the PSA retro-jet flew past - EPIC FAIL - I still haven't shot that one!
I did finally get a shot of the "new" Spirit scheme - I was over near the Unisphere when I shot this:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/496009095_vRNUj-L.jpg