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threeholerglory
2013-09-29, 11:53 PM
awesome work Mark!!! I love the night shots...really wish I could have made it out for some of those.
MSN007
2013-09-30, 05:45 AM
Netanyahu 762 inbound JFK this morning then Andrews.
Aviation.High.Guy
2013-09-30, 11:04 AM
Great set Mark!
MarioFL
2013-09-30, 03:26 PM
It was great meeting Mark out there. Incredible that there's some heat haze on the Tupolev despite the cool temperature. It was great to see it going out.

A Qatar A340-300 (didn't know they had a -300) showed up yesterday as well, VIP flight not sure if it's UN related. The A345 was here on Thursday
gonzalu
2013-09-30, 05:42 PM
Mario, and others wondering, Heat Haze is directly related to the DIFFERENCE between Ground Temperature (or object temperature) and ambient Air Temperature. Just because the air is cool, does not mean it will be little heat haze. Quite the opposite.

What you want is a balance between the two. The best time with the lowest possible heat shimmer as it is not really haze per se (but I am an anal retentive SOB when it comes to details) is just after sunrise or just before it.

Once the sun has had enough time to heat the ground or the water (it heats up much faster, that's why at Bayswater, it can be BRUTAL very early on in the day) and you have a nice cold air temperature, forget it, trouble.

I love it when it is heavy overcast at sunrise (as long as nothing good is coming in early) and then the clouds part to blue skies just before the Asian parade + Singapore / Emirates Supers come in :) Nice cool ground/water, cool air... no shimmer ... :smile:
gonzalu
2013-09-30, 05:43 PM
In recent memory, the day Singapore started A380 service to JFK, all the shots from Bayswater as it landed 31L were distorted by heat shimmer. Even at 500' off the water :frown:
megatop412
2013-09-30, 09:07 PM
In recent memory, the day Singapore started A380 service to JFK, all the shots from Bayswater as it landed 31L were distorted by heat shimmer. Even at 500' off the water :frown:

And it was cold as BALLS that day
megatop412
2013-09-30, 09:10 PM
My sole contribution to this year's thread.....and I only got this after we landed @ PHL last week and I noticed the tail from the economy lot
http://media501.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20130923/b_151822.jpg