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yankees368
2013-01-23, 12:56 PM
This US Air Steelers livery is beautiful. A nice surprise this morning. Just before it, a JB A320 came in looking disgusting, but Matt and someone on Twitter tells me it's deicing fluid. Makes sense, seeing as it came in from Syracuse!

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hiss srq
2013-01-23, 01:18 PM
That airplane did indeed come in from SYR and that is what you call a great deice job. Actually, I am watching the Steelers jet taxi out to depart from the tower as we speak.
yankees368
2013-01-23, 01:20 PM
A very nice surprise this morning. Hows the weather up there in the tower?
Zee71
2013-01-23, 01:46 PM
Nice catch ..... I got that Steeler plane a while back in some ugly light so I am hoping to catch under better conditions.
steve1840
2013-01-23, 02:05 PM
I've only ever caught the Steelers jet from the terminal at CLT and it was cloudy out and it was parked at an angle that made getting a shot nearly impossible.
Delta777LR
2013-01-23, 04:23 PM
Wow I just cought N636JB recently I dont remember it looking that bad. gotta look back on my shots. Oh btw did u happened to catch N531JL? if u did, that was my mother's flight back from BQN this morning
Delta777LR
2013-01-23, 04:35 PM
This how N636JB looked only a month ago at least

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/05755.jpg
Cal07
2013-01-23, 05:03 PM
Nice catch..it's always during the week these specials come in...Did any1 got some pics.. Of the American astro jet?
gonzalu
2013-01-23, 06:38 PM
Yeah, you WANT your planes to look just like that when it is cold and snowing on the runway :)
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-01-23, 08:25 PM
a JB A320 came in looking disgusting, but Matt and someone on Twitter tells me it's deicing fluid. Makes sense, seeing as it came in from Syracuse!

Jason, You are a diehard to go out there today. If I went I would need deicing fluid!
Cary
2013-01-23, 08:33 PM
When I flew out of Newark last week, it was the first time I've been on a flight that needed to be deiced. It was a twenty minute delay, but seeing the symphony of high-tech deicing trucks surrounding about 8-10 United planes lined up before sunrise, was a treat.
yankees368
2013-01-23, 09:15 PM
Nice catch..it's always during the week these specials come in...Did any1 got some pics.. Of the American astro jet?

UGH! NO! It popped up on ACARS too late :-(


Jason, You are a diehard to go out there today. If I went I would need deicing fluid!

haha! Well, I rolled up to Costco, sat in my car with the engine running, only getting out for US Air. I was just thankful they were on 31!
yankees368
2013-01-23, 09:18 PM
UPDATE!
Well, fellas. Looks like we will have a second chance. The Astrojet is on its way back up to JFK from FLL right now, ETA 10:15pm. It then departs again at 6:40am tomorrow, but will be back yet again at 9:45pm again tomorrow.
megatop412
2013-01-23, 09:56 PM
Mark/Steve, the Steelers plane comes to PHL on a somewhat regular basis, pop down here for a visit and you may get lucky

And good luck with the Astrojet folks
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-01-23, 10:40 PM
Well, I rolled up to Costco, sat in my car with the engine running, only getting out for US Air. I was just thankful they were on 31!

Ya gotta love the convenience of the Costco lot. Until Aunt Matilda and Uncle Charlie call 911 on you after they load their trunk with groceries.
Happened to me. I no longer wear my black coat and sunglasses. Instead, I wear the brightest color I own and smile at everyone. :cool:
yankees368
2013-01-23, 10:42 PM
Never had an issue at Costco.
gonzalu
2013-01-24, 12:40 AM
Even if there is no regi listed, when a A319 shows on Flightaware it will likely be one of the specials... almost every time. I have waited for them for almost a year straight at JFK and finally they start to put a lot of them on JFK route.

Also interesting is whenever they are on 31s, Air Canada Dash 8 almost always leaves from 31R. Did it again today... and then pulls hard right right over the LGA ILS 31 approach... fun to watch.
gonzalu
2013-01-24, 09:52 AM
One of the worst things about super cold sunny days, is heat distortion. It may be counter intuitive but if you know how it works, it makes sense... SUCKS for us... add a nice strong breeze and it simply [blows] :tongue:

A6-EDZ "Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE Candidate City" Stickers departing RWY 31L for DBX/OMDB
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Extreme crop :tongue: and extreme heat distortion :sad:

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/photos/i-vF7XQ9F/0/L/i-vF7XQ9F-L.jpg
steve1840
2013-01-24, 10:10 AM
One of the worst things about super cold sunny days, is heat distortion. It may be counter intuitive but if you know how it works, it makes sense... SUCKS for us... add a nice strong breeze and it simply [blows] :tongue:

A6-EDZ "Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE Candidate City" Stickers departing RWY 31L for DBX/OMDB
http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/photos/i-8sCS2Dj/0/L/i-8sCS2Dj-L.jpg

Extreme crop :tongue: and extreme heat distortion :sad:

http://pictures.mannyphoto.com/photos/i-vF7XQ9F/0/L/i-vF7XQ9F-L.jpg

Looking back at my photos from Sunday, I notice that pretty much anything shot at Bayswater after about 10-10:30 seems to be showing signs of heat distortion. That cold air, sunlight, and stiff wind definitely combined forces and wreaked havoc on the shots.
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-01-24, 01:20 PM
Looking back at my photos from Sunday, I notice that pretty much anything shot at Bayswater after about 10-10:30 seems to be showing signs of heat distortion. That cold air, sunlight, and stiff wind definitely combined forces and wreaked havoc on the shots.

I don't always mind the "aesthetic" heat distortion brings to backgrounds. When it's affecting the aircraft itself, it's a real bummer.

Manny, I still love your Emirates with tower- great overall feel.

One time I shot with a 600mm right down Las Vegas blvd. (south of KLAS). Great perspective of heavies landing in front
of the hotels. After processing, I realized heat rising off the road had distorted the aircraft even though it
looked ok through the lens. This was ten+ years ago and I was shooting film, so no LCD preview screen. :frown:
gonzalu
2013-01-24, 09:33 PM
Don, OUCH... I know how it felt back then... I shot slides pretty much exclusively... mostly Ektachrome for indoor sports and Kodachrome for the rest... I hated when I made the slightest mistake... Never mind WB, a slight exposure mishap and they were RUINED... At least film had a lot of headroom and dynamic range... slides were brutal. I look at my only remaining Film camera, an old Nikon F5 and wonder how I even FOCUSED!!! I used the split prism focus aid well, but nothing beats AF!!
Delta777LR
2013-01-24, 09:45 PM
i still think that warmer days is when it creates more heat distortion. I was in Puerto Rico last year spotting and believe it or not the warmer and even the the humitity creates more heat distortion which really stinks.



Here is an example I get a shot of this USAirways 762 landing at TJSJ and i get alot of heat distortion
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