LGA - 3/21/09

[moose135]

Went to the LGA Airliner show for a bit this afternoon. Not too many people there (I got there a little after 1pm) although I did see Sergio, and spent some time talking with a couple of the vendors I knew. Afterwards, I headed over the the Worlds Fair Marina for some EV31 approach action. It's been a while since I did much LGA spotting, I got out around 4pm, and the light was wonderful.







There was a lull in the action, and then this AA Mad Dog came blasting off 13 - must have been heavy, he used most of the runway to get airborne.
















I also took a ride around Flushing Meadow Park, to see if there were any decent places to shoot from (as well as to take a few pictures around the park.) I found one parking lot, over near the new ice rink. I was in the car, checking the GPS, trying to figure out just where I was and where the arrivals would be coming from (I wasn't hearing anything on the scanner...) I looked up, just as the PSA retro-jet flew past - EPIC FAIL - I still haven't shot that one!

I did finally get a shot of the "new" Spirit scheme - I was over near the Unisphere when I shot this:

[mirrodie]

NIce shots. One day I have to do LGA

[MarkLawrence]

Lovely light John - please keep that until the end of April!! :) Very nice shots! That Frontier is really sharp!

[PhilDernerJr]

Good shots Moose! I love the one with the old Edo factory in the background.

I've done a bit of Flushign Meadows exploration myself. There are some decent locations, but I found that it was difficult because the planes are a little higher over there than people realize, and some planes turn wider or tighter than others, which will cause you to miss several important ones on occasion. The marina will also be supreme for that reason.

[nikon50bigma]

Nice shots Moose!

[Delta777LR]

Im gonna upload mine, I was over there with Julian spotting until sunset. John, we must have just missed you, I cought the Frontier from Jet Rock while eating. But it was was nice seeing you at the show.

[N75715]

Great shots, as always, Moose!

[N75715]

here are a couple of mine to add to this collection.

[jetblue187]

I was there too. Dont forget that.

[LGA777]

Nice shots Moose, sorry I missed you at the show, left around 1230. I like the tail closeup of 910FR. The US 319 you shot was arriving from STT and the E-190 from FPO. N742PS landed around 1700, did you catch that?

The AA MD80 13 departure was crews request, the wind at that moment slighly favored 13 and as you can tell was a little heavy.

Cheers

LGA777

[moose135]

Thanks Ron, sorry I missed you at the show also - I got a bit of a late start to the day. Unfortunately I missed N742PS - I was checking out spots in Flushing Meadow Park, and looked up just as she flew by. When I tossed the scanner on the car seat, it got switched off LGA tower freq, so I thought there was a lull in the action and wasn't watching for her.

[Delta777LR]

I took pictures from the terminals and where Moose was at, but its gonna take me a few days to upload my pictures because im trying to repair my computer, The PSA me and Julian missed landing while we was at Jet Rock, I did see it come in.

[cancidas]

Thanks Ron, sorry I missed you at the show also - I got a bit of a late start to the day. Unfortunately I missed N742PS - I was checking out spots in Flushing Meadow Park, and looked up just as she flew by. When I tossed the scanner on the car seat, it got switched off LGA tower freq, so I thought there was a lull in the action and wasn't watching for her.

well, at least you carry the radio with you and don't leave it taking up space in a flightbag somewhere inacessable... :mrgreen:

[Delta777LR]

Sorry Im late to add my pictures but I can me, the kids and Julian(Jetblue187) spotted out at LGA until sunset, it was a fun day. Here are my shots















Jetblue187 and myself

[PhilDernerJr]

Good stuff, Sergio. In those first few shots, you look very close to the ground. Where were you standing?