JFK 3/4/12

[jerslice]

My last big NYC spotting trip was in 2008, and finally I'll be in NYC again long enough for a real spotting outing! I'll be out with our own Phil Derner on Sunday, March 4th in the morning. I'd love to have the chance to meet as many of you as possible in person for once!
Jeremy

[gonzalu]

Oh wow, look at that. Phil NEVER comes out any more... but for [Jeremy], oh, he makes an appearance! :tongue:

I just hope I can at least spot with you for an hour or two since I have been in quasi-lock-down these past few weeks.

[threeholerglory]

don't worry Manny, I'll be the cockblock....

Phil- I hear lovis is coming out.

Manny- problem solved.


shame I can't make it out...I just picked up a flight to Virginia...if that changes I'll be out!

[moose135]

I may be able to make it as well.

[jerslice]

Mike, I invited him and Phil knows, unsolved...and what the heck is up with this flight to va bs? Come on now....

Jk btw...

[NIKV69]

Phil NEVER comes out any more....

Phil who?

[george]

I should be able to make it.

[DWaviation]

Im also out. Just let me know where you are my bike will go where ever i want... ;)

[megatop412]

I might be able to show my face for a little bit in the AM since I'll be in town

[chrisparypa]

Damn Im actually thinking to take that 5 hours trip from MD if this is such a "big Sunday" :)

Mike on your way back from VA do fast touch and go at KOXB and pick me up please, it will save me some time and toll :)

[PhilDernerJr]

Oh dang, I'm gettin called out! Although I don't remember anyone giving me specific invites. Hmmmmm. :-p

A rare weekend off for me after a 12-day work "week", and Jeremy is around to drag me out of the house at the time that I'm usually getting home from work. I hope you folks can make it!

[NIKV69]

Although I don't remember anyone giving me specific invites. Hmmmmm.


Since when do you need an invitation to go spot?

[wunaladreamin]

What time? I may be able to get loose and join in.

[Roush6NY]

What time? I may be able to get loose and join in.

I BETTER see an appearance !

[PhilDernerJr]

Probably from buttcrack to noon, my guess.

And yes, I will be cameraless.

[lijk604]

What time? I may be able to get loose and join in.

That just sounds so wrong!

[Zee71]

I should be out for the day or a few hours. Dennis.........no problem if you want to ride with me.

[Greg_NY]

I plan on being out there too...

[NIKV69]

I should be out for the day or a few hours. Dennis.........no problem if you want to ride with me. FYI - Sunday is March 5th not the 4th as stated in the thread.

Does Mark want everyone at JFK so he is alone at EWR? Sunday is the 4th.

[steve1840]

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it down. I'll be in Boston for the 787 Dream Tour arrival on Sunday. I'll have to catch you the next time you're in town Jeremy.

[Zee71]

Nick ..... what the heck was I thinking! Looked at the wrong month. The 4th of March it is.

[ANITIX87]

Unfortunately, I've got family in from Europe, so no-go for me. One of these days, I hope to actually make it out to one of the big gatherings. There's way too many of you I've never met before.

TIS

[mirrodie]

Whats the earliest you see yourselves out there? Im thinking I may come down as well with my clan.

Just got to have them back by noon for swimming.


Fingers crossed, weather loks good so far!

[mirrodie]

Oh nad this time of year, where is the shooting best? Im the morning, I mean, where would you be?

[DWaviation]

Im usually out at 10-11am.. like most of us here.

[PhilDernerJr]

I think the 787 comes to EWR on Monday morning.

[jerslice]

Looks like I'll be on scene between 10 and 10:30am...can anyone give me a lift back to JFK around 11:45am-ish?

[eric8669]

Looks like I'll be on scene between 10 and 10:30am...can anyone give me a lift back to JFK around 11:45am-ish?

Sure.

[gonzalu]

Oh nad this time of year, where is the shooting best? Im the morning, I mean, where would you be?

Arrivals
31s - Start on North Woodmere (if you're brave) otherwise you have to wait until around 8:15 for the light to cross
22s - North Woodmere until about 2:30-3:00pm :-(
4s - Bayswater Park
13s - Ugh!

Departures
31s - HoBe all day
22s - Bayswater until 2:00pm
4s - North Woodmere/The Mounds until 2:30
13s - after 8:30 or so, you can go to Bayswater

[threeholerglory]

I regret to inform you all that my trip for sunday has cancelled, and as long as I'm not scheduled for any others between now and then I will be out in full threeholer fashion.

[Roush6NY]

I regret to inform you all that my trip for sunday has cancelled, and as long as I'm not scheduled for any others between now and then I will be out in full threeholer fashion.

Oh Boy !!! I feel this is going to be one of those Sundays ...

[threeholerglory]

you effing know it...too bad Steve won't be around, that's a shame.

[steve1840]

you effing know it...too bad Steve won't be around, that's a shame.

Sounds like I am being called out! Dare i cave in to peer pressure??

[Roush6NY]

Sounds like I am being called out! Dare i cave in to peer pressure??

Why do I have a feeling you'll end up here Sunday in the crack of dawn :tongue:

[steve1840]

Why do I have a feeling you'll end up here Sunday in the crack of dawn :tongue:

You never know my friend. You never know.... It'd sure be a shame to waste the spotting permission I already received for KBOS though.........hmmmmmmm

[threeholerglory]

Steve - we can go back to that place we had lunch where we spotted that "locals" movement at kennypalooza....text me if you're still not sure what i mean ;-)

[steve1840]

Mike, i think it will be a little too cold to have a nice view there. And Mike, no need to twist my arm any more......I'll be there.

[wunaladreamin]

Steve, we all know that lady berries are only ripe for picking when it's cold out! If I'm going to drag my sorry, non-spotting ass out on Sunday, you had better get your ass out too! This will be epic!!!

Jeremy...bring your barf bags!!!

[threeholerglory]

hahahahaha oh jeez...this just got 10X more interesting....can we get spellman and gordon out?

[wunaladreamin]

Spellman...this is your one and only warning...show yourself Sunday or be subject to numerous obscene voicemails throughout the day. I have unlimited everything in my phone plan and a car charger and I will use them!

[threeholerglory]

that'll do it.

[PhilDernerJr]

Oh nad this time of year, where is the shooting best? Im the morning, I mean, where would you be?

We won't know location until we know what runways they're using that morning. :(

[yankees368]

I'm going to try to get out there and give everyone a chance to yell at me in person.

[steve1840]

@Kenny - I am confirmed. I will be there before the sun rises. Afterall, that's how I roll!

@Phil - Right now the winds are forecast to be out of the west all day so I'm guessing it'll start out as the typical 31s. Seeing this, I am planning on doing HoBe departures in the morning since the light isn't all that great for arrival before mid morning on the 31s. Of course depending on the runways, and final forecast sunday morning, my plans will change accordingly.

[wunaladreamin]

Steve, I'll call you guys when I head out. This should be rad!

[PhilDernerJr]

It is likely that Jeremy and I will get out there mid to late morning and hang.

[steve1840]

Steve, I'll call you guys when I head out. This should be rad!

This will be one epic spotting trip for sure! Can't wait to see you get excited when the flying forehead lands and you see planes with winglets!

[MarkLawrence]

This sounds like an awesome day out - I just wish I wasn't a 3 hour flight away!!! Already tried to get a certain pilot to fly down to Florida and pick me up!! *LOL*...I wish!!!! Have fun everyone!! Hey Kenny - tell Mike about the 32 degree Bayswater in shorts story!!!

[NIKV69]

Another Kennypalooza? Hmmm.

[Delta777LR]

I was hoping to try to come down from upstate to join u guys, looks like its a no go for me.. enjoy the day tomorrow, kick ass!!

[lijk604]

Winds out of the west tonight and tomorrow morning. So either 31 or 22 should be in effect. Bigger issues is cloud cover. Decks coming down again tonight forecasted 10000' at 5am. Chance of rain after noon.

[steve1840]

Yeah, if the forecast doesn't improve or if it gets worse, I'm going to be a no go for tomorrow. Don't really feel like burning $100 worth of gas for cloudy, badly lit pictures. I'll figure it all out later.

[wunaladreamin]

IDGAF I will be there.

Nick, it's Jeremypalooza tomorrow!

[jerslice]

Looking forward to finally meeting a lot of you, unfortunately it'll be a pretty short stay - I have a 1330 flight back.

[NIKV69]

IDGAF I will be there.

Nick, it's Jeremypalooza tomorrow!

LOL for an hour? Looks like the sun will be in and out tomorrow I was planning to shoot JFK Monday anyway. Looks better but if the sun is out in the PM may take a ride.

[threeholerglory]

I'll keep an eye on things as well...tolls ain't cheap from NJ!

[steve1840]

On second thought, unless there is a threat of rain, im still coming. Even if the light sucks i can still enjoy an awesome day with good friends and finally put some faces to some names.

[gonzalu]

I'll keep an eye on things as well...tolls ain't cheap from NJ!

Cheap Tolls and Northeast = Oxymoron


On second thought, unless there is a threat of rain, im still coming. Even if the light sucks i can still enjoy an awesome day with good friends and finally put some faces to some names.

Steve, call me in the morning when you get here. I should be around early...

[threeholerglory]

i'll be out at sunrise also...whatever time that is. phone will be on all night if anyone wants to get a hold of me. 201-214-2361

[eric8669]

Not looking good out there right now.

[mirrodie]

Total clOud blanket out right now. But the clan is awake, gOnna get breakfast then head in

Hopefully I can get a few shots and put some faces to names!

Guess I'll check in again near the queens line. Cross bay?

[wunaladreamin]

Mario, currently we're atop the t5 parking lot.

[yankees368]

Is anyone still at the terminals? I will be heading out with Dennis soon.

[yankees368]

Great meeting everyone today

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[Dabbey]

Nice variety of photos. I wish I had joined you and the others today for some spotting (sans camera for me). Anytime you all plan on having a gathering like this please continue to post it on NYC Aviation. How many spotters showed up during the day?

David

[jerslice]

Great to finally meet a lot of you! I'm finally on the way to LAX, only four hours late :-)

blah.

[eric8669]

Great to finally meet a lot of you! I'm finally on the way to LAX, only four hours late :-)

blah.

Nice meeting you too. fours hours late. that sucks.

[Zee71]

Jason..........it was a pleasure meeting you and spotting with everyone else.

David......I would say there was a least 12+, I just wish the sky's were better.

In the process of off-loading my memory card (hope to post a few images).

[eric8669]

Great seeing everyone today. One shot from me today.

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac155/southpawcaptures/IMG_5994_5_6.jpg

[DWaviation]

It was a pleasure to meet you guys.
Here are my shots from today..

http://www.dwaviation.de/wp-content/gallery/3412/img_7402_b.jpg

http://www.dwaviation.de/wp-content/gallery/3412/img_7247_b.jpg

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From yesterday (3/3/12)
http://www.dwaviation.de/wp-content/gallery/3412/img_7106_b.jpg

[lijk604]

Jeremy, great meeting you today. Nice to see such a good crowd out, even on a crappy kind of day. Made the best of what we had though.
Here are a few from me:
http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/JFK-Airport-2012/i-5FjQm34/0/L/PT-MVDJFK030412-L.jpg

http://www.jklosphotography.com/Airplanes/JFK-Airport-2012/i-mDvbMJM/0/L/N605JBJFK030412-2-L.jpg

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[MarkLawrence]

Nice shots everyone - even if the weather was crappy!

[gonzalu]

Poor Weather + Great Group of Friends ++ Jeremy ++++ Phil! == Terrific Day in my book. I guess Moose was the one regular local who was missing. Even William made an appearance at Bayswater :-) and Nick was also MIA... had the weather been sunny and clear, it could have been even more epic :)

[eric8669]

Poor Weather + Great Group of Friends ++ Jeremy ++++ Phil! == Terrific Day in my book. I guess Moose was the one regular local who was missing. Even William made an appearance at Bayswater :-) and Nick was also MIA... had the weather been sunny and clear, it could have been even more epic :)

Moose was out, you just missed him.

[Zee71]

Ditto Manny........it turned out to be a great day with all! Here are a few from today.

http://mbsphotography.smugmug.com/Aviation/Odd-Stuff/i-B76xsdd/0/L/OmniAirInternational01JFK04mar-L.jpg

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[jerslice]

Nice stuff guys!

I second Manny - I may not have gotten that much stuff but it was so good to put faces to names and meet folks finally.

[NIKV69]

Poor Weather

If you see this man lock him in a terminal bathroom immediately.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/9521/whitebird.jpg



and Nick was also MIA... had the weather been sunny and clear, it could have been even more epic :)

I would have got out early but when I got up and saw that sky I bagged it. I needed to get a ton of work done for meetings Tues and Thur and still be able to get to FRG for the Fighter departure late afternoon. Then to make it worse I got a heads up Illinois One was inbound. I figured with that crappy sky I would roll the dice with the sun coming out with a commercial special I need instead of military. Well Whitebird had the last laugh. I am going to send him evil texts all day tomorrow. Here she is nice and dark. Epic fail. Oh well it's a long year I am sure we will get more chances.

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/5672/illinoisone.jpg

[gonzalu]

Light today was pure mud in the morning, especially on the "correct side" of the light lol

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/photos/i-D6NBfxT/0/O/i-D6NBfxT.jpg

[jerslice]

Stuck in LA...shame...thinking you guys while I was there...

This one's for Kenny, who I learned has a passion for the A380, and for Mike - I think I found the Uzbek...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6809028956_394d04a65b_b.jpg

[NIKV69]

I think I see Sam Chui taking a picture of that Whalejet!

[steve1840]

The weather and light may have been terrible, but I that was one of the best spotting trips I have made to JFK so far. I definitely had a blast hanging out with you guys all day and finally meeting some familiar names but new faces. Phil, Jeremy, Marios, Dennis, and Jason it was great to finally meet you guys. Jeremy, something tells me you enjoyed your 4 hour delay in JFK, and I hope you hada safe trip back home.

I didn't get home til late last night, so i will try and get some photos edited after work today and post them up later on.

[mirrodie]

Great to meet and put some faces to names, even though it was brief.

Funny but driving up the parking garage w my kids in the car brought back great flashbacks of spotting in the 80s

[wunaladreamin]

It was so great to be out and see everyone again and Jeremy it was awesome to finally meet you. Next time out we'll arrange for better wx!

[steve1840]

It was so great to be out and see everyone again and Jeremy it was awesome to finally meet you. Next time out we'll arrange for better wx!

Hopefully you manage to drag your A380 loving a@@ out more often! Plan on heading out again in 3 weeks. Then again, maybe I should stay away so that way you guys can have some sunshine.

[NIKV69]

Hopefully you manage to drag your A380 loving a@@ out more often! Plan on heading out again in 3 weeks. Then again, maybe I should stay away so that way you guys can have some sunshine.

Oh No Steve no!

Nwy5tPenLJo

[megatop412]

Those delicious but evil little sausage breakfast sandwiches are the reason I have to take Zocor now.

A few shots from yesterday morning while I was standing there with Manny at Bayswater. Taken with a 6mp D40 I was going to be using for a family event later in the day. I cannot believe I hadn't gone there before. Sorry I missed the crowd of people that seemed to have shown up- I spent a few minutes at Bay Harbour Mall and got 'Signatures', then went to Inwood where I didn't see anyone.
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[steve1840]

Finally got some photos edited.

After spending a few hours at HoBe trying to figure out what this guy was, it was nice to finally find out.
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Finally got her. The light wasn't the greatest, but it works for now.
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I found out at HoBe just how many shots I can rip off by setting the 50D to high speed mode and using the 6fps. I can only imagine what Manny's 11fps is like. These are a few of the shots in the 81 shot series I ripped off of the China Eastern departure from HoBe.
http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/photos/i-BbSktnf/0/L/i-BbSktnf-L.jpg (http://www.fursteditionphotography.com/Other/Forum-Posts/21103772_B5pzMz#!i=1737967859&k=BbSktnf&lb=1&s=A)

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[yankees368]

Nice shots Steve! It may have been pretty dead while we were out at HoBe, but those couple of shots make it worth it.

[steve1840]

Thanks! And you are very right about the couple shots making the dead traffic worth sticking around for. After we headed out I went down the road to 7-11 and got a coffee and saw the sunlight and headed back to HoBe on a hunch. The light couldn't have been more perfect, but unfortunately all the departures went off of 22R and 31L was quiet. What a waste of perfect light.

[yankees368]

Yea, it was a nice sunny drive home. Let me know the next time you head out there, I want a re-match against the sun.

[megatop412]

Great shots Steve, love the China Eastern departure

[PhilDernerJr]

It was great geting some face time with everyone. I didn't expect it to be so chilly, but considering that and the clouds, it was great to have a dozen people out there. :)

[jerslice]

Finally got around to mine, I hate cloudy days - messes with the white balance...and my ability to see it right :-)....

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[steve1840]

While enjoying NYCAviation.com from 32,000ft, I would just like to say I'm glad you finally got your Uzbekistan Jeremy. Was great to finally meet you in person and get to chat. Hopefully you can make it out to the east coast again soon, just leave the Seattle weather in Seattle :tongue: