Korean Air A380 Arrives in NY

[gonzalu]

Nice seeing everyone who was out today for the less then stellar weather and somewhat uneventful arrival :-)

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/photos/i-RSFhXgT/0/L/i-RSFhXgT-L.jpg

[fk6065]

Manny were you at Bayswater?

[fk6065]

I stopped by Inwood.

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-Bc2fQ8m/0/M/i-Bc2fQ8m-M.jpg

[gonzalu]

Hey Fred, yeah, Eric, Mark H, Steve and a couple of other folks were at the Bugswater Park ;-)

[fk6065]

I had my son and his friend with me, both 12, and didn't feel like having them get eaten alive so we went to Inwood when we heard them using 4-R. Funny thing they switched to 22-L for the Luftansa A380 twenty minutes or so later.

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-6n4K7fm/0/M/i-6n4K7fm-M.jpg

[gonzalu]

Well, they are coming from Germany... you wouldn't wanted to have to make a huge circle around Sandy hook would you? LOL. JFK caters to their traffic, winds usually notwithstanding. I was sitting at Panera when they switched. After that, I ran through the T1 ramp from T9 to see her at the gate and then decide if they were looking like they were on time for a 2:00pm scheduled departure or not. If they were, I would have stuck around... but they were :30 minutes late (announced) and turned out to be much worse. Glad I left...

[eric8669]

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2279.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2302.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2321.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2327.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2341.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2359_60_61.jpg

[Matt Molnar]

Great shots, guys!

Here are my shots from the gate.

http://nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/korean-air-a380-water-jfk-620.jpg (http://nycaviation.com/2011/08/new-korean-air-airbus-a380-makes-first-flight-to-america/)

http://nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/korean-air-a380-wide-jfk-620.jpg (http://nycaviation.com/2011/08/new-korean-air-airbus-a380-makes-first-flight-to-america/)

http://nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/korean-air-a380-close-jfk-620.jpg (http://nycaviation.com/2011/08/new-korean-air-airbus-a380-makes-first-flight-to-america/)

http://nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/korean-air-a380-tug-jfk-620.jpg (http://nycaviation.com/2011/08/new-korean-air-airbus-a380-makes-first-flight-to-america/)

http://nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/korean-air-a380-event-jfk-620.jpg (http://nycaviation.com/2011/08/new-korean-air-airbus-a380-makes-first-flight-to-america/)

Story here:
New Korean Air Airbus A380 Makes First Flight to America (http://nycaviation.com/2011/08/new-korean-air-airbus-a380-makes-first-flight-to-america/)

[gonzalu]

Nice going Matt :-) Feel free to use my photo on the slide show if you like.

[threeholerglory]

Matt- great work! I feel like that third to last shot may actually make me see some sort of beauty in that otherwise obese biotch.

[fk6065]

One more

http://fredkopf.smugmug.com/photos/i-HTLGbKt/0/L/i-HTLGbKt-L.jpg

[Zee71]

Great job gentlemen!!! I wish I could have joined you all, but all this traveling is kicking my lower cheeks. I wish you all had more favorable skies, but there'll be plenty of other opportunities.

[Roush6NY]

Great shots guys !!!

[steve1840]

Great shots Matt, Manny, and Eric. It was late when I got home last night so I didn't get to any of my shots yet. I will throw some up on here later tonight when I get home. I'll do my best not to duplicate any shots.

[lijk604]

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/20110809-IMG_2321.jpg

Am I seeing two anti-collision beacons on top of this whale-jet?

Nice coverage guys, too bad the weather sucked. Although, sun at 12 o'clock high might have been worse.

[Ychocky]

Great photos guys!


Am I seeing two anti-collision beacons on top of this whale-jet?

Good eye, I'm now comparing A380 beacon configs!

Noticed this before on Jet Airways A330's when spotting in TO

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I believe it's simply a backup to aid dispatch rate...

[heeshung]

http://horriblephotography.com/albums/JFK%208-9-11/IMG_2694ps2.jpg

[steve1840]

These are morethan likely duplicates, but gotta face it....all teh angles have pretty much been covered already.

http://i56.tinypic.com/rcucxt.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/dpeffa.jpg

http://i55.tinypic.com/9tjr45.jpg

[gonzalu]

Damn, I wish she had left on time... would have loved some taxiing shots :-) Nice .. no takeoff shots? :biggrin:

[heeshung]

Here ya go Manny.

http://horriblephotography.com/albums/JFK%208-9-11/IMG_2716ps2.jpg