sbutk
2012-03-21, 10:24 AM
Hi. I’m new to these forums, so pardon me if I’ve posted this query to either the wrong place or the wrong people. I’m not an avid plainspotter like many of you, per se, but I’ve always had a fascination for aircraft of all sorts – particularly after I picked up my first digital camera, as I’m lucky enough to live directly under one of the flight paths for aircraft approaching the NYC metropolitan area.
My interest in this forum was prompted by the following situation. Over the past few days, I’ve spotted what I judge to be the same Lufthansa 747 on approach to one of our area airports (I originally assumed to Newark, because that’s most likely where most of the Continental airliners I photograph seem to be headed; but, as this is obviously an international flight, I suppose JFK is another possibility.)
Just for curiosity’s sake, I’ve been trying to see if I can glean from online information just which flight this might be, and more specifically, its origin. As I said, I’ve seen it on 3 recent afternoons, all within about the same 20 – 30 minute window. I’ve tried using one of the sites I use to track my aunt’s flight when she comes up to visit from Florida, f l i g h t a w a r e d o t c o m [Not sure whether there’s a restriction against posting links in this forums, as I’ve encountered on other occasions.] Since that hasn’t helped, though, I’ve been trying to just look up local airports’ arrival timetables, searching for a Lufthansa 747 that’s due in around 4:30, 4:45 pm, or so.
Is there any better way to go about doing this? Thanks, in advance, for your help.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/sbutk/P2170504.jpg
My interest in this forum was prompted by the following situation. Over the past few days, I’ve spotted what I judge to be the same Lufthansa 747 on approach to one of our area airports (I originally assumed to Newark, because that’s most likely where most of the Continental airliners I photograph seem to be headed; but, as this is obviously an international flight, I suppose JFK is another possibility.)
Just for curiosity’s sake, I’ve been trying to see if I can glean from online information just which flight this might be, and more specifically, its origin. As I said, I’ve seen it on 3 recent afternoons, all within about the same 20 – 30 minute window. I’ve tried using one of the sites I use to track my aunt’s flight when she comes up to visit from Florida, f l i g h t a w a r e d o t c o m [Not sure whether there’s a restriction against posting links in this forums, as I’ve encountered on other occasions.] Since that hasn’t helped, though, I’ve been trying to just look up local airports’ arrival timetables, searching for a Lufthansa 747 that’s due in around 4:30, 4:45 pm, or so.
Is there any better way to go about doing this? Thanks, in advance, for your help.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/sbutk/P2170504.jpg