JFK 12/28

[eric8669]

What a great day. Met up with Mark and Manny.

Its not everyday you see 4 Cathay 777's on the ground at the same time at JFK.
edit: i just read that one of those planes was sitting there on the ramp with passengers for 11 hours. Arrived at 2AM, got off the plane shortly after 1.

Some Post Blizzard unusual/late departure times and great light made for some great pics at Hobe.

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[Roush6NY]

Great set Eric .. Man I wish I didn't have to go to work today !

[lijk604]

Damn! Great stuff Eric. The light on the Cathay, Delta & SAA is just awesome.

[Zee71]

It was nice spotting with Eric and Manny today.....although we wished the other parking lot in HoBe was open. I took a quick ride to JFK as well, and it was nuts........traffic at every terminal. Here are some of my catches for the day.

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/Tails01JFK28Dec2010/1139982470_5MFBS-XL.jpg

Eric you were right the Emirates A380 was stilling sitting there.
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/Various01JFK28Dec2010/1139982565_MvBSv-XL.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/Aeroflot01JFK28Dec2010/1139982727_LnpMs-XL.jpg

I think this is the Cathay Pacific that the folks where sitting in for 12 hours on the ramp before they finally got a gate (when I left JFK this plane was on a gate at the American Airlines terminal)
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/CathayPacific01JFK28Dec2010/1139982995_4qDgt-XL.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/CaymanAirways01JFK28Dec2010/1139983179_YGGfw-XL.jpg

Caught this by the triple hangers
http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/GSTRX01JFK28Dec2010/1139984553_N6nTN-XL.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/SouthAfrican01JFK28Dec2010/1139984698_dQMNi-XL.jpg

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Airplanes-and-Spotting/Kennedy-JFK/EVACargo01JFK28Dec2010/1139984192_zvXRi-XL.jpg

[seahawks7757]

What is funny is I heard almost all of those departures on Live ATC. Been listening all day.

[ManniGee]

Hi !

How can they let those poor paxes stay on an airplane for 11 hours ? That is absolutely unacceptable...

[gonzalu]

Don't let these guys kid you! The light was pretty drab most of the day :-)

Nice to be able to spot with you guys although it was BITTER COLD!! and we stayed in our cars most of the day. There was a fellow spotter there from Maryland who braved the winds and crossed the street to the usual parking lot and quickly returned.

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8314/1140456551_tNjQR-O.jpg

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8349/1140456552_D59Hg-O.jpg

some blue spots

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8409/1140456553_jqzKm-O.jpg

Using 31L full length is bad for spotters most of the time as this is the usual view, especially from the western parking lot.

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8511/1140456600_ZZnhH-O.jpg
(note: this is an Air France flight that we assumed was empty as it turned as quickly as FedEx MD-11's and CRJ/ERJ's do :-)

I love this livery and likely my best light of the day...

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8536/1140456621_gPCx9-O.jpg

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8616/1140456607_7AhvM-O.jpg

We at NYC Aviation keep it real with ALSO train spotting :-)

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8636/1140456676_k4t4Z-O.jpg

there is the golden light

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8832/1140456677_m5hX2-O.jpg

a little sunset action

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8888/1140456684_cQh92-O.jpg

one more one more!

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG8947/1140456717_fPSK9-O.jpg

OK we are done!

http://manny.smugmug.com/Airplanes/Spotting/JFK-12282010/MAG9013/1140456730_KuExZ-O.jpg

[adscram14]

Great shots, guys! I was at the other end of 31L (arrivals) for a good part of the morning, so I'll put the pics up tomorrow night or Friday morning.

[Roush6NY]

Awesome work as always Manny

[seahawks7757]

Hi !

How can they let those poor paxes stay on an airplane for 11 hours ? That is absolutely unacceptable...

Simple, you park the plane on a taxiway and sit. As a flier you should know that a long ground delat is possible, that whole flyers right thing is a bunch of crap if you ask me.

[mirrodie]

WOW!!! Love the terminal shot with all the tails. what is that El Al looking plane with the sun at hte top of hte tail??

[megatop412]

I'm always amazed at how good DL74's look- glad their back after the extended hiatus

[Iberia A340-600]

Great shots, guys. Really interesting to see the airport like that and the light sure helps.

Mario, that would be Aires Colombia:

1750526

They fly into JFK in the late evening hours/early morning departure.

[mirrodie]

Now there's a purdy birdy

[Lrusso]

I think that white 757 (G-STRX) was the Newark Divert that no body wanted to give a gate all night.