LGA - 7/15/11 (Worlds Fair Marina)

[moose135]

I was heading to the Met game Friday night, meeting friends in the Marina parking lot for some pre-game tailgating. I got there early, and I spent about an hour and a half shooting before they started to arrive. When I got there, LGA was on the Expressway Visual to 31, but after about 30 minutes, switched to 13 departures, which lasted throughout the night.

I think this is the first time I've ever caught the Colts jet.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-6wgBtc5/0/L/JM20110715N936AT001-L.jpg

This guy actually overshot the turn, and had to correct back a good bit.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-djt5JCR/0/L/JM20110715N355NB001-L.jpg

Polar bears!
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-XbrjVkg/0/L/JM20110715N924FR001-L.jpg

As I said, after a bit they switched over to 13 departures. Eventually, they even had a headwind for them...
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-Sc4ffSN/0/L/JM20110715N674DL001-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-PZcbg44/0/L/JM20110715N920FR001-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-dwNm7Sp/0/L/JM20110715C-FMZR001-L.jpg

Several of these AA Mad Dogs used the whole runway to get off the ground.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-hpB5zdP/0/L/JM20110715N465A001-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-p9z6d8J/0/L/JM20110715N465A002-L.jpg

They killed the light on a few shots, but for the most part, the big, puffy clouds made for some nice backgrounds.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-BxgJZMb/0/L/JM20110715N7509001-L.jpg

US Airways is now air-dropping floatplanes out the back of their A319s. :biggrin:
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-5rgbhJW/0/L/JM20110715N701UW001-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-rVkMKFb/0/L/JM20110715N701UW002-L.jpg

Looks like they replaced the radome on this A321, and didn't have any with the new paint scheme in stock.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-LmGVq3X/0/L/JM20110715N161UW001-L.jpg

Caught three different UA schemes, including the first time I've shot the new hybrid UA/CO colors.
http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-6fJhzr7/0/L/JM20110715N36280001-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-Nn8Fjq2/0/L/JM20110715N833UA001-L.jpg

http://www.moose135photography.com/Airplanes/Airliners-and-Airport-Spotting/LaGuardia-Airport/i-8sP3zQQ/0/L/JM20110715N816UA001-L.jpg

Was a really nice afternoon - not too hot, a nice breeze, and I could sit on a park bench and shoot without even having to get up. Does it get any better than that? And no, I didn't have any encounters with law enforcement. I'll try to post some game photos (and maybe even some of Thursday's shots from Firestone...) in a day or two.

[Zee71]

Nice set Moose! Great catch on the AirTran as well as the Frontiers.

[steve1840]

Great set Moose! Colts and a star alliance, great catches!

[billv]

Nice set Moose. That Colts image kind of looks like an air to air shot because of the angle...good one!

[gonzalu]

Great set Moose!! Love the shot of the garbage dump before the jump to hyperspeed :tongue:

[Derf]

Great stuff as usual..love the maddog blasting off the runway

[Mateo]

Nice set. Summer day, full cabin, full wings to go on a long stage, and the MDs need every inch of the 7000'. You get the same effect off DCA's similar length runway - some of those Dogs headed for DFW make line-drive takeoffs over Gravelly Point, shaking the ground at full power and setting off car alarms.