EWR Photo Recap - 8/18 (First Pics With my D80)

[Iberia A340-600]

After receiving my new D80 last week I was very excited to try it out. Luckily I was on my way down to the Jersey Shore for 4 days and persuaded my father to stop at EWR on the way down to try and catch Jet Airways. Unfortunately Jet arrived early and instead I hung out at Ikea for a little while shooting some departures and ended up eating Ikea Swedish meat balls. While down in Avalon my dad took me up to the Atlantic City airport for a little while which resulted in no great pictures because there really wasn't any spots but there are some amazing aircraft parked at the airport. Among them are a TWA Convair-880, ex-Delta L-1011, ex-Air Canada 737-200, ex-Global Peace 747SP, and a C-17 were among some of the cool residents of the airport.

Today I was also lucky enough to persuade my father into spotting at EWR for a while in order to catch Qatar. Unfortunately the 4's were in operation so we had to find a spot and amazingly we just sat near the employee parking lot behind a light pole and had two cops pass us and did not stop. We were there for a good hour!

Please enjoy!

There are some dust spots already so let me know if you catch any of them and I'll edit them out.

[nwafan20]

Cool photos Gordon! Does the D80 have dust reduction beyond picture-reference?

[Iberia A340-600]

Not that I know of, I wish though!

[AirtrafficController]

You got some nice shots there, looks like the light was great.

[Iberia A340-600]

One more picture of Qatar:



I can't quite decide which angle I prefer yet...

[NcSchu]

Very nice clean shots. I drove by EWR yesterday going to/from Jersey Gardens and the Jet 773 was parked on a hard stand next to an El Al 772 near Terminal B and A. It was still there around 3.

[Iberia A340-600]

As the aircraft arrives at 11:55 and doesn't depart till the evening the park her at a remote stand next to EL AL. When I was at the airport yesterday I saw her being moved from the hardstand to the gate.

Another interesting thing was that after Malaysia arrived she taxied down and held by Terminal A for a while, not sure why.

[AAGold]

Nice shots Gordon, especially considering you have a new camera. Always takes some time getting used to a new camera.

Mike P., Anne and I were also at EWR for the last hour of action on Sat. Unfortunately the sunset didn't materialize the way I'd wished, but we got a few good ones that last hour. Here's a few ...







Good luck with the camera.

Art

[Iberia A340-600]

Thanks, Art. I'm quite surprised how well the D80 is operating for me.

From the looks of it we must have been spotting very close to each other!

[moose135]

Nice work with the new camera Gordon! And Art, it's always a treat to see your work here!

[Winglets747]

Glad to hear you got a new camera, Gordon. I guess that makes us D80 brothers now. :lol: