JFK 01/14/2011

[gonzalu]

Tried to go out and catch the elusive (for me) Finnair Cargo MD-11 but again, the Blue Fin evades me... so much for scheduling. It was meant to come in at 3:05pm, yay! I was all set, they were using 31R/L and maybe I would get lucky on 31R (it has come in on 31L as it goes to the cargo area north west of the field next to the GAT) ... at 3:00pm, Flightaware changed it to a 5:05p ETA ;-(

Those pesky schedulers ...





sun is already below by a hair...



Sun now gone for over 20 minutes...



That is a HEAVILY EDITED image. I ran out of Exposure Values at ISO 6400 and f/2.8 so the gods would dictate the shutter... I tried to raise the EVs but then I would have much more motion blur...

You ask what the original looked like?

[Roush6NY]

Man that AA looks sweet !

[Zee71]

That Finnair MD-11 is on my list as well.

[727C47]

that shot could have been taken from my grandma's backyard if that was the canarsie approach.

[gonzalu]

Thanks Kaz...

727C47 If you mean the AA 777, it came in from the south west, used CAMRN, not ROBER, if that tells you anything. I say South West because I saw it about 11 miles out though my binos as it banked hard left as it approached. It got caught off by two Jet Blues before it passed ;-)

Mark, I do have the Finnair in great light, but from Innwood as I expected it there and it got 31R :-( I am telling you, it keeps evading me for one reason or another whe nI could have had her the first day had I gotten to Innwood in time and not gotten greedy with the Giant Air at HoBe

Here it is from a couple of weeks ago from Innwood while landing 31R. I may have made it had I been in my car as it takes about 15 minutes from when they approach around 15K feet to landing clearance. But I was all the way back by the water all set up. Trekking back to the car and then going over to Panera would have cut it close and I may not have gotten anything LOL. She was late but at least the sun was still out.

[TSGSpotting]

Nice shot of the cathay cargo!

[727C47]

i was talking altitude not direction, that MD11, looked like it could have been flying over my people's block,east of Lefferts, they lived a mile and a 1/2 from the threshold of 13L.

[hiss srq]

GREAT GRABS on the MD11 pix guys.... That is a RARE birdy...... Someplace in the world Josh May is probably smashing his desk....

[gonzalu]

I just adore the MD-11/DC-10... almost as much as an L-1011

[Delta777LR]

Manny i didnt even see you out there, I was there from 1:30 until Kuwait came in, Im gonna upload my pics soon.. I was waiting to catch Finnair Cargo, but I did see the Cathay Cargo come in while i was on the Q113 bus, nice stuff though

[Delta777LR]