NY Metro Spotting Extravaganza, 7/16-7/18 IMAGE HEAVY

[megatop412]

In an orgy of planespotting prehaps rivaling only the excesses of UN Week, I put my car's new radiator to the test this week as I attempted to bag as many aircraft on my 'list' as possible before starting my new job on Monday. Of course it would have to take place during the worst heat wave we've had in a while. It was so hot during the entire time I would have been less drenched had I stood in the shower. So, I earned my shots to say the least.

Tuesday

EWR
http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_130018.jpg

grab shot as I was heading up 12th Ave, he was flying over the Intrepid
http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_133139.jpg

LGA
http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_145027.jpg

http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_145903.jpg

JFK
http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_160026.jpg

http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_164703.jpg

then of course they switched to the 4's
http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_175742.jpg

But I quickly had enough of that kind of light, and headed into Far Rock
http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_182850.jpg

http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_183423.jpg

http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_190021.jpg

http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_190405.jpg

http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130716/b_192620.jpg

[megatop412]

Wednesday

JFK
http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_102021.jpg

http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_103548.jpg

http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_114222.jpg

http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_114528.jpg

http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_115904.jpg

http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_123545.jpg

http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_124417.jpg

LGA
I want to personally thank whoever put the Marina location on the spotting map. Simply outstanding location with incredible light.
http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_141325.jpg

http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_142709.jpg

I managed to avoid the new American livery for as long as I could. Alas, my luck had run out
http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_150724.jpg

And as a comparison:
http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_140904.jpg
So, you tell me which looks better

My first -600
http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_152218.jpg

And a shot that would have been epic, had it not been for a passing cloud
http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130717/b_154746.jpg

[megatop412]

Thursday

JFK
http://media300.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130718/b_081645.jpg

This one was many months in the waiting
http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130718/b_084340.jpg

http://media301.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130718/b_093445.jpg

A sudden switch to 31R right before my last subject arrived. Had I been on Tower instead of Approach I never would have made it to Panera in time from Woodmere. Top-lit, but I'll take it
http://media302.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130718/b_100046.jpg

I'll probably never go back to the T5 garage again unless a whole car of people is going up there. $12 for an hour and a half??? I was ready to tell any FJC 'professional' that for that much money, I was entitled to host an impromptu gala up there if I wanted. Fortunately, not a single vehicle came up there. So that's all the spotting I'll be doing for a bit, but I'll be back when the light is more wintery

Stay cool:cool:

[Zee71]

Well done William and very nice catches

[MSN007]

Man it was an all out war on the area airports including the forbidden ones

[megatop412]

Man it was an all out war on the area airports including the forbidden ones

That's right man, from the bays to the runways baby!:biggrin:

[backlash]

Woohoo... Great Shots Man!!

[PhilDernerJr]

MH-53?!?!!? Ugh so jealous! Great stuff!

[megatop412]

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I greatly appreciate it

And Phil thanks for ID'ing the chopper, I was going to have to look that up

[727C47]

nicely done

[moose135]

Very nice, William! Some great catches there!

[Aviation.High.Guy]

Damn, there's a whole lotta spotter's heart and soul in these sets William. That Allegheny climbing turn is pretty sweet. I'm glad to see that one can still capture 13 touch-downs from T5 and that angle is still unobstructed in the wake of the new structures going up.