A380 Media & Guest Flight Wednesday
I realized that as far as I can tell, other than some excellent photos in the spotting thread, nobody here is really talking about the A380 demo flight that took place Wednesday morning.
Apparently, someone on A.net was invited and will be making a trip report, but does anyone know things like where it was routed, was it visible from the city, who was onboard etc??? I guess everyone is tired of the A380 from Monday but in some respects this is the most interesting aspect of its visit to NYC because it was the only opportunity for locally invited guests to actually fly on it.
PS I saw somewhere that the actual ship that visited JFK, MSN 7, will be going to Etihad (not necessarily in its current configuration) as part of a deal they made to get A380s before their neighbors at Emirates. Can anyone confirm this?
Saw Demo Flight on Wednesday
We went to Terminal One to watch the demo flight on Wednesday. We couldn't view the departure as it must have been from 4L. She made a fly-over Rwy 13R at exactly 11:10, using the Canarsie Approach. I think she arrived on 4R around 11:21. We saw her taxy back to her hangar. She did not park by terminal One. The fly-by was spectacular. Neither the flight's call sign nor route are shown on Passur. I am curious about the route she flew. Similarly, a Concorde also flew over NYC back in the early 80's.
Re: Saw Demo Flight on Wednesday
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Originally Posted by Speedbird1
We went to Terminal One to watch the demo flight on Wednesday. We couldn't view the departure as it must have been from 4L. She made a fly-over Rwy 13R at exactly 11:10, using the Canarsie Approach. I think she arrived on 4R around 11:21. We saw her taxy back to her hangar. She did not park by terminal One. The fly-by was spectacular. Neither the flight's call sign nor route are shown on Passur. I am curious about the route she flew. Similarly, a Concorde also flew over NYC back in the early 80's.
Just to confirm: Yes, it departed 4L and yes, it returned on 4R. The fly-by 13R was a huge disappointmet, it was more like a [very high] missed approach :(
Mike
Re: Saw Demo Flight on Wednesday
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Originally Posted by mikephotos
Just to confirm: Yes, it departed 4L and yes, it returned on 4R. The fly-by 13R was a huge disappointmet, it was more like a [very high] missed approach :(
Mike
Sounds similar to what the MATS Connie did on its last visit to JFK (no more in the future, since the aircraft is now static display only). YEs, it does sound disappointing.
Too bad really, a couple of years before that the MATS connie nearly did a touch and go on both 13L and 13R with spectacular turns.
TT