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N221UA
2009-05-29, 08:31 PM
With the 13/31 closure planned on Sunday, anyone up for some spotting this coming Sunday (5/31)? Southeast wind should bring us 22 departures.

SPEEED
2009-05-30, 07:50 AM
I may be up for it in the afternoon hours provided I can find a sitter for my daughter....

N75715
2009-05-30, 09:33 PM
22 departures would be Awesome!

mattyry38
2009-05-31, 01:41 AM
I will be there at Planeview and Landing Lights parks at points between between 11 and 3 - my DSLR had a mirror box issue so it will just be the canon for tomorrow. I'll be solo on/with a bike so make a shoutout.

SPEEED
2009-05-31, 06:50 AM
I've never spotted at LGA before, where will you guys be exactly?

TIA :)

N221UA
2009-05-31, 12:17 PM
I got up real early this morning, only to find out my car has a dead battery :(

Weather looks superb today, hope you guys catch some nice birds!

mattyry38
2009-05-31, 10:25 PM
I was there standing on the lamppost bench between 10:45am and 12:45pm - a decent number of casual watchers were hanging out, but I only saw one person with a (SLR) camera and he left after 10 minutes. Of course, on my pedaling down Ditmars both a Delta and American 757 took off so missed them. At around 12:35, 31/13 opened and departures switched to 31 with arrivals continuing on 22.

With my camera in the shop I was just there to shoot some film, so the compilations will be on Youtube asap - I'll post in this thread when it's up. Didn't catch numbers but highlights included:
- AC Jazz CRJ in orange colours
- DL A319 and 7572W with gleaming paint
- Whole lotta DL and AA MD-82/83 all morning