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Delta777LR
2013-09-09, 12:19 AM
Didnt expect this!!!

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/LGA%20spotting%20057.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/LGA%20spotting%20058.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/LGA%20spotting%20062.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/LGA%20spotting%20064.jpg

http://www.nycaviation.com/hosting/LGA%20spotting%20065.jpg
wunaladreamin
2013-09-09, 06:32 AM
Very nice Sergio. Very nice.
torch
2013-09-09, 06:55 AM
Great sequence Sergio - love the first one with the banking approach - which Runway was in use at LGA?

Trevor
steve1840
2013-09-09, 09:11 AM
Nice Sergio. Love that bird.

Trevor, the runway in use was 31.
lijk604
2013-09-09, 09:22 AM
Nice Sergio, glad to see you are well enough to go spotting.
Jared Blech
2013-09-09, 10:32 AM
Sucks for me as i saw the astrojet on thursday at the US OPEN... Didnt have my camera so i had to wake up at 630 to catch it the next morning... The thing i didnt know is how hazy the shot would come out! Guess i'm still chasing it!
Delta777LR
2013-09-09, 12:11 PM
Sucks for me as i saw the astrojet on thursday at the US OPEN... Didnt have my camera so i had to wake up at 630 to catch it the next morning... The thing i didnt know is how hazy the shot would come out! Guess i'm still chasing it!

It actually left around 8 last night. Sorry Jared, I would advise you to always carry your camera lol
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-09-09, 02:43 PM
Congrats Sergio. This is an especially triumphant catch, since we both invested all those hours waiting for her on Friday only to find out they swapped equipment. :tongue:
Delta777LR
2013-09-09, 04:28 PM
Congrats Sergio. This is an especially triumphant catch, since we both invested all those hours waiting for her on Friday only to find out they swapped equipment. :tongue:

Yea that was crazy Don. But I was happy to catch her by surprise
NickPeterman
2013-09-09, 06:40 PM
Congrats Sergio. This is an especially triumphant catch, since we both invested all those hours waiting for her on Friday only to find out they swapped equipment. :tongue:

Man do I know that feeling! There is a reason that this link is auto-filled whenever I type "N" into my browser...

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N951AA
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-09-09, 10:42 PM
Thanks Nick. I bookmarked it. You know, I signed up on Flight Aware for AstroJet email alerts, but I never get them. I get all my other alerts but no Astro. Go figure...
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-09-09, 10:54 PM
Ok so here's my Astro Jet story. I went to LGA on Friday for her 3PM arrival. I was at the Marina and then they changed to landing RWY 4. Bad time of day for 4, since arrivals would be backlit from planeview park. I raced over to the field and tried to shoot from the parking lot just west of the 4 "piano keys". My flight Radar wasn't showing N951AA. I looked away for a few seconds and she appeared out of nowhere, from behind a small building. I managed to raise my camera quickly enough to get this clipped shot. In the afternoon, Sergio and I waited for her scheduled departure, which ended as a wild goose chase.

http://oi41.tinypic.com/iv8fg1.jpg
captmjk16
2013-09-10, 11:41 PM
That's a heck of a sequence Sergio, another great set for the collection!