JFK 4/30/11

[Steven Holzinger]

It looks like I and two of my friends will be up at JFK this coming Saturday and was wondering if any of you guys are up for a bit of spotting. Plan is to be in the area all day and into the evening...

I should have one heck of a video coming, considering the forecast is looking pretty darn good!

[lijk604]

I have a seminar in the morning, but plan to head on out there for the afternoon.

[NIKV69]

Holzinger sighting! I was thinking about EWR but may swing by.

[Delta777LR]

wish i can make it.. but cant!!

[Zee71]

Yes! I will be around I'm hoping to get out early to catch the sunrise (if the sky is clear) and catch some 4 arrivals and departures.

[NIKV69]

I will most likely join you Mark. BTW we are being blessed with an icon tomorrow rumor has it Art Brett has come out of cryrogenic freezing and will be shooting JFK.

[eric8669]

I'll be out too. Try and make it for that sunrise shooting.

[Zee71]

Yes Nick!!! I spoke with Josh, and him and Art (whom I haven't met yet) are going to be around.

Eric.....I am planning on trying to catch the sunrise as well from HoBe (if I do make it, I should be on the bridge......I want to get the tower with the sun behind it).

[lijk604]

I'll be around in the afternoon, weather looks great...finally!

[Steven Holzinger]

It's now just my friend Andrew and I coming up tomorrow. Should get up there around 10-10:30 and will stay until it gets too dark to take photos or do video...

Wow Art is coming out tomorrow?!?!??!?!

[NIKV69]

Wow Art is coming out tomorrow?!?!??!?!

I am sure Conrad will be out, hell if we get Fred and Senga we will have to pinch ourselves.

[Big Tim #70]

I would love to join you again Steve but we're having a bbq for both of my kids birthdays. Looks to be the perfect day for spotting! Tell Demar I said hello!

[hiss srq]

Ya'll have fun, I'll be getting paid to spot.

[gonzalu]

When the Martin Air Cargo was here, Senga was out there... he just never gets spotted :-)

[hiss srq]

Head's up, we just flipped it to 31's solid.... 31L full length and KK in effect for depart and simultanious 31's for arrivals

[eric8669]

and the sun is on its way. I'll be out soon.

[NIKV69]

What a day. Art Brett, Josh Rawlin, Mark Hsiung, Cary Liao, Fred Miller, Steven Holzinger, John Klos plus the usual cast of characters like Manny, Eric, Mark. Totally epic afternoon. Thanks for the blast guys!

[Zee71]

What a fantastic gathering! The day started out ugly, but turned out to be terrific. Photos to follow.

[eric8669]

What a Day! So many people out. Art, Josh, Mark, other Mark, Cary, Fred, Steven, John, Nick, Manny, Tom, Senga and Gerard.


some of mine from today.

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[steve1840]

Nice stuff Eric! The Boeing Logo China Airlines 747??? And Corsairfly.com 747.... Man I picked the wrong airport to go to today! Great catches!

[eric8669]

What a day. Art Brett, Josh Rawlin, Mark Hsiung, Cary Liao, Fred Miller, Steven Holzinger, John Klos plus the usual cast of characters like Manny, Eric, Mark. Totally epic afternoon. Thanks for the blast guys!

Also later on we ran into Tom Turner, Senga and Gerard.

[Zee71]

Here are just a couple, more to come. By the way......Nick and I had a great breakfast at the HoBe diner prior to starting the day (definitely needed a good meal for today's spotting activity)!

A welcomed surprise.
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[Gerard]

Also later on we ran into Tom Turner, Senga and Gerard.

There's ANOTHER Gerard? :confused::biggrin:
Actually I WAS at JFK today. My son came back from Barcelona on AA Flight 67. Around 1:20. Timed it right I only had to circle once before picking him up.

[eric8669]

Nice stuff Eric! The Boeing Logo China Airlines 747??? And Corsairfly.com 747.... Man I picked the wrong airport to go to today! Great catches!
China Airlines "Dreamliner" Scheme has been around for awhile we just have never seen in daylight at JFK and the Corsair was a charter.

[v1rotate]

Awesome shots! Where is that second series of shots taken from?

[heeshung]

Great to see a ton of people out. The day started out not promising at all in terms of weather. Thankfully it cleared up nicely later on until there was nary a cloud in the sky.


The first actual direct flight from Osaka Kansai to JFK.
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[heeshung]

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And just as the sun was about to go down, we were treated to a Corsair 747 from Barcelona.
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[gonzalu]

Well, since you covered it all, no need for me to post LOL... wow, what a day is all I can say!!

Finally met Art, and Cary, and Steve, and Josh, and Fred, and Nick was there, and Jose, and Gerard (The Man!!), Senga, Tom, and others I can't remember :tongue:

The usual suspects were out too of course, Eric, Mark, Mark, John, where was Chris P.? Probably in Maryland :P. So glad I was able to escape for a few hours! The weather just kept getting better and better! ...what a day!

[lijk604]

Manny, I think you just said it all! As the day went on it just got better and better. Lots of specials today (Dreamliner scheme, Better City/Better Life, 2 DL Skyteams, a USAF BBJ) and the sun came out when it mattered!

The early posters have covered mostly everything, I dumped the cards last night and passed out. Will try to get a few shots up tonight. Great to see everyone out there again.

[gonzalu]

John, I could have sworn the USAF BBJ was far enough for 4L departure :mad: it flew over me on Cross Bay as we headed for the China Eastern (which we would have had time to catch anyway since it took long for her to leave)

I have one more thing to say:

:mad::mad::mad::mad: APUs RULE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

[lijk604]

Well, just had to edit a few before heading out for the day. Here are a few of my favorites from the day, apologies for any dupes...

We all thought he was headed to 4L for departure. A red light allowed me to grab it departing off 31L. :tongue:
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A whole lotta Airbus here
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Nice to catch this one departing
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Can finally cross this one off my list
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A different angle to end the set
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[hiss srq]

I am sad that no one caught the AA763W that went around on 31R after touchdown. It was pretty rare to see it happen how it did. Forget the callsighn but about 10 feet from touchdown he called going around with no explination given, planted down, went to max power, the spoilers retracted and away she went...... It was an interesting go around for sure.

[lijk604]

We saw it Ryan, but we were all at HoBe or Panera, so no one was even close enough to grab it. On the go around he went straight out and turned way late.

[NIKV69]

Sorry I missed Senga and Tom Turner! Great stuff guys!

[steve1840]

Great stuff! Looks like you guys had a great day down there at JFK! Would have loved that kind of sunlight up in Boston! Hope I can get back down soon!

[Delta777LR]

I feel punished for not being out there to catch The Dreamliner colors and Corseairfly!!!:frown: But great shots u guys!!

[MarkLawrence]

Great shots everyone!!! I need to save the pennies again for a trip to NY - it's been tooooo long and all this great light and metal in the sky!!!

[adscram14]

Great shots to all of you! The Boeing scheme looks sharp on the 747!

[Steven Holzinger]

I don't know if any of you guys were aware of this but I took note of it... it was hanging outside the gate at Bayswater...

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[NIKV69]

At this point with the wx I am sure the park will go back to sunrise to sunset.

[Cary]

It was nice seeing everyone out there yesterday and meeting a few new people! If you received a wink from me, fear not...it was because I was down a contact lens, which left me with horribly screwed up vision for most of the day :smile: Here's just one from me, since everyone else did a nice job covering everything:

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[Gerard]

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When I was driving into JFK to Terminal 8 to pick up my son this beauty passed right over me on the bridge. SWEET!!

[gonzalu]

Cary, I have a feeling a few of our shots will look similar LOL

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[Cary]

Cary, I have a feeling a few of our shots will look similar LOL

Haha, I've only uploaded 3 photos so far, so it might not be that bad :tongue: Nice finally meeting you!

[Zee71]

Great stuff gentlemen! When I return I'll see what I can upload.

[Zee71]

Finally got a chance to got through my photo's from 4/30. I won't repost what already has been posted, but these are just from a slightly different view.

Spotting in style? I wonder if this guy was spotting.
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From Bayswater and the morning light was ugly!!!
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