Phx Spotters Day 2011 Invite to NYCAviation.com members

[Jbong]

First off I hope this is in the correct thread and if not please move to the correct location.

I would like to invite the members of NYCAviatin to our 2nd annual PHX Spotters Day 2011. The date is set for November 5th 2011. We will be meeting at 0700 on top of terminal 4. The weather is cooling off and the light is perfect for a full day of spotting. If anyone is interested in joining us please feel free and post here and I will get you the information.

Look forward to meeting you guys.

Jason Bong

Phxspotters.com

[steve1840]

Ah man. That sounds awesome and if I hadn't just taken two trips back to back, I'd be all over this. There may still be hope though. All depends on if I can find a flight that will get me there early enoug hand cheap enough. Feel free to send me a PM with the info just in case.

[NIKV69]

Too early for me plus got to save to get out there in Dec or Jan. Been on that roof many times! Is Dave coming down?

[Jbong]

I hope I can get Dave down here.

[NIKV69]

I hope I can get Dave down here.

Usually doesn't take much LOL. Never heard him turn down a spotting trip!

[Zee71]

This is soooooooo.......tempting.

[jerslice]

Tempting, but probably also too early for me too. I need to save up some $$ again.

[lijk604]

I'd love to do this, but finances won't allow it this year. Hopefully this is an annual "event" as I could probably save enough to do it in 2012.

[PhilDernerJr]

Schedule is the only thing holding me up. I don't have the vacation time to head out there :(

[Jbong]

Its all good guys, there will be more in the future. Thanks for thinking about it.

[Delta777LR]

I havent been to PHX in 11 years.. Wish i had the money to go there. I went there in summer 2000 for the Airliners International.. Great airport though..

[Gerard]

I would like to invite the members of NYCAviatin to our 2nd annual PHX Spotters Day 2011. The date is set for November 5th 2011.

I'm actually flying in to PHX on the 4th and driving down to Tucson to visit my son at UA. We have things planned that day including UA-Utah football game but the way UA
has been playing (very disappointing 0-4) it might be more fun! :biggrin: Enjoy!!

[JDANDO]

:frown: Wish I could be there! Got to save my vacation for Christmas time or the boss will put coal in my stocking.

[Gerard]

but the way UA
has been playing (very disappointing 0-4)

Oooops, 1-4 :tongue: though have lost 4 in a row. :eek:

[seahawks7757]

Flight loads are looking good, should be able to make it down!

[Gerard]

[QUOTE=Jbong;452867]I would like to invite the members of NYCAviatin to our 2nd annual PHX Spotters Day 2011. The date is set for November 5th 2011. We will be meeting at 0700 on top of terminal 4. The weather is cooling off and the light is perfect for a full day of spotting. [QUOTE]

So how was the spotting. Did you start at 700 cos it was pretty cool at the time. I flew in Friday and drove down to Tucson and luckily the dust storms at the time werent that bad. I hit the road around 12 and made good time. It was pretty warm and windy in Tucson and I heard later that possibly they shutdown I-10? And it rained around 2 in the morning but had cleared by morning. It was an absolutely gorgeous day though too cool for me for Az(60s).
Sunday when I left I was in Terminal 3 (Jetblue) and had time to kill since it was so darn easy to drop my car, check in at JB and get through TSA!! So I sat by the end of the Terminal
and had a great time watching all the departures and arrivals. And 2 KC-135s landed and what I believe was a C-5. Are you able to hang out on the roof of T4 with no problems? If so that is a very cool spotting location. Hope you had a good time. Any pics to share?

[Jbong]

Our second annual PHX Spotters day 2011 was a complete success. The staff at PHX Spotters started planning this event about 3 months ago. We decided to plan the event for November 5th, 2011. Even with there being a couple other events in the surrounding areas of Phoenix we decided the day must go one. Invites sent out via Facebook and Twitter. There is no turning back. The day before the event and the weather is not looking to good for our event. The forecast for Saturdays event was an expected high of 69 degrees and sunny. Well the morning of the event, I open the garage and all I see is dark clouds and the smell of new rain is in the air. But like I said the show must go one. There is no way this can be cancelled. We have members flying in for the event. So I head over to Rainbow Donuts and grab a nice 2 dozen donuts and head over to KPHX.

So the meeting location for our event all depended on the Arrivals/Departures of KPHX. We all met at Terminal 4 NW corner. And with this cold front I was unsure on how the attendance would be. The next thing I know we have 14 members already here and starting to take some photos. With the sun trying to break through the clouds, this might turn out good. After about a hour or so, we wanted to catch the Hawaiian Airlines take off. So we headed to 24th St. /Old tower rd for the departure. I got a call saying the Hawaiian was departing from the north runway. By the time we figured where to go, there she goes with gear in motion. So we win some and lose some. So after some time there we decided to go to 40th Street. With the sun shining through the scattered clouds, 40th St. should produce some great photo opportunities. So with the last donut gone we wanted to go back to 24th St. – Old Tower Road and catch the special paint of Alaskan Airlines. So after that we wanted to go get some food at In & Out for lunch. So we all packed up in our vehicles and headed to Tempe for some food. While eating our members Felipe and Brandon broke out their laptops and started doing some edits while eating.

So after a nice lunch we decided to go park at Terminal 2 to catch the Delta 757-300. Delta was chartered for the St. Luis Rams NFL team. And after some decent photos of arrivals we wanted o grab some photos of the bridge between T3-T4. So we walked back to Terminal 3 and grabbed some photos of inside the terminal. So about 6 hours later we needed a Coffee break. So we all went to Starbucks inside T3 and just hung out. With a couple of our members having to catch some flights back home. We went back to Terminal 4 for a couple night shots and then called it a night. So about 8 hours of spotting and hanging out with fellow photographers, our second Spotters day was a complete success. I want to thank everyone for joining us on our Second annual PHX Spotters day 2011. We will be discussing our next spotters day, and we hope be able to have even more members join. After all said and done there were 20 members in attendance.

Members joining us:

Jason Bong, Josh Akbar, Felipe Garcia, Kyle Boyd, Jeff Hoffman, Joe Kates, Brandon Farris, Ken Chung, Surge Luke, Billy Ellison, Jason Knapfel, Timothy LaBranche, Chris Pasley, Terry Nash, Chris Nash, Nate Hennessy, Brian Snider, Michael Keating, Saurabh Patel

[seahawks7757]

This is the Alaska Special from 24th! Started editing this one and In and Out. lol
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6316452323_26817cbb3c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahawks7757/6316452323/)
N705AS Alaska Airlines 737-490 Spirit of Alaska Statehood (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seahawks7757/6316452323/) by seahawks7757 (http://www.flickr.com/people/seahawks7757/)

[lijk604]

Jason, sounds like you guys had a great day, and I only wish I had more heads up to make plans to attend this "event". Im hoping that my schedule will allow for it next year as PHX is on my list of airports to shoot at before I leave this orb we call earth.

Brandon, nice grab of the special Alaska. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the day's shots.