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[Iberia A340-600]

I was originally scheduled to leave SJU today for JFK but because of the "snowstorm" I reboooked for early tomorrow afternoon, although it turns out my original flight this evening left on-time. I took the extra afternoon to spot at SJU and photographed the regular traffic. Nothing out of the ordinary but I was happy to finally snag a decent photograph of a Copa 737-700. I stopped by the airport yesterday morning on my way back from Vieques and noted an Air Bridge Cargo 747 parked at the airport and managed to snap a picture of the tail, the rest of the plane was blocked by a building and departed while I was visiting family.

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[Zee71]

Nice......looks like the extra day was worth it. By the way.........the snowstorm here was a dud. Just a dusting and that's it.

[Roush6NY]

Great set of photos

[PhilDernerJr]

A good share!!! I like.

[gonzalu]

Great light Gordon! Love the closeup of the US Air :-) terrific set overall!

[JDANDO]

Gordon, very nice set! Great variety and some unique liveries. The Roblex is my favorite. How is access down there? What focal length do you need to fill the frame? I hope to get down there in the next couple years.

[adscram14]

Great set! I also like the close up of the US Airways. Nice to see the hometown airline:biggrin:.

[Iberia A340-600]

Thanks for the nice comments, guys. Concerning the US Airways shot, SJU is definitely the place to photograph a 767-200. There were four that passed through the airport yesterday.

Jeremy, access is pretty easy at SJU. There are a few spots around the perimeter of the airport and a designated spotting location called the "Aeroparque," which has a terrace overlooking the taxiway and runway 8. I used my 80-400mm lens for all of the shots but if you were to photograph an A340-300 or 747-400 side on you'd something smaller.

[Spunker]

Nice set Gordon, great grab of the Shorts 360, I've always liked those Shorts aircraft

[Lrusso]

Love the American 738 touching down!