What a show indeed!! I was able to secure a vacant office at work up on the 64th floor...caught the whole thing as she went by.
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What a show indeed!! I was able to secure a vacant office at work up on the 64th floor...caught the whole thing as she went by.
Watched it all up close at JFK, once the pomp and circumstance is done and over with I am going to head over and get up close. I've been soo excited today about this that my ankles have been showing since I got dressed.
Nice group of people at Inwood this morning! Just fantastic to be a part of. I'm going back out spotting!!
FML. Stuck in an office on 23rd St where my window faces an adjacent building. Didn't see anything. Very unhappy. I kept having friends text me "OMG DID YOU SEE IT?!?!?" and it just made me angrier.
Darn. And double darn.
TIS
We had about 75 people out at Bayswater this morning - cold, very windy - but definitely worth it!
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Yes, it was an EPIC morning!
Excellent shots John!!!!! Well done.
So bummed I had to work today.
I was at Inwood this morning freezing may "nay-nays" off, isn't it supposed to be spring?
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Slightly different take
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With 26 years of working at LGA I really wanted to capture the flyover at LGA, was to high to get the shot I had hoped but got various shots and views up and down the Hudson plus this one on the flyover of Runway 13 from a dock in College Point. It was fun being able to view about two-thirds of the Shuttle's tour of NYC from our vantage point.
http://flightaware.com/photos/view/16543-230ed72e787f69173e7b3d6345d67058d73e1be4/all/sort/date/page/1
What an epic, historic and chilly morning.
Cheers
LGA777
Probably the most incredible aviation experience I have witnessed thus far. One chapter of aviation closes, another begins...
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Great shots guys ! I am sooo bummed out that I had no way out of work today to be there :mad:
Looking forward to seeing more. Anyone took a group shot of the 75 heads at Bayswater ? :wink:
aaaand.....Moose with the tower shot. Perfect.
Count me among the oh.....SIX people in all of Nassau County who didnt get to see it. Not happy about that at all...but happy for those who got to enjoy it.
I got some really great shots of this! I didn't have tickets for the VIP seating, but knew I'd be able to find SOMEWHERE on-site that I could get pics from... what I did not expect was to end up on the roof of the building right next to the runway! Here are a couple of the pics I shot, more will be up on my website later:
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From Battery Park. Missed the picture of Enterprise with Statue of Liberty because camera battery died unexpectedly, even it was fully charged last night. :mad: Anyhow, it was fun and exciting.
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One more thing...in Mooses tower shot, Im not sure...but it looks like the tower is packed with people looking out.
Those are all RAW shots, I really need to take fred up on his offer to teach me photoshop!
Almost too late, I thought to shoot some vid of it taxiing over to Hangar 12:
http://youtu.be/7Byg_UwVVqM
great shots u guys!!
Nice shots everyone. It was nice to meet a few new people today. Nice talking with you again Moose. Here are a few of my shots, kind of close to Moose's as I was only a few feet away from him:
Pathfinder:
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Stick a needle in me!
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The heat haze killed the city shots, but they are better than nothing!
WOW are these shots incredible....hopefully I can get mine home and edited in a few hours.
/damn work getting in the way....
What an awesome day! Got some great shots that no one will ever get again. Great seeing just about every spotter out today.
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Yankees, that T-38 shot is killer...great catch..
Yankees:
Newb question here... how did you get such great sharp images of the T-38 when it flew past? I had too much camera shake, so mine all came out a little blurry :(
Battery Park for me, since I work a few blocks away. Pictures later. Great stuff from everyone. Anyone know how long the Pathfinder DC-9 is sticking around? Would love to get out and see it, but a little pressed for time this evening.
Thank you! I'm very happy about that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by cowens727
As a fellow newb, my answer is luck. I just happened to hear someone yell out "T-38!!" and I quickly refocused on it, snapped, and then back to the shuttle. Just luck :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Billbo1970
Luck is half the battle!
Great shots. How did you get access to the area at JFK? I'm sure security was extra-tight. Did you happen to get the tail # of the B747?
Tail is N905NA. If you parked at the Lufthansa Cargo parking lot, there is a pedestrian bridge over the highway that has a direct view of the shuttle area. Great spot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedbird1
http://g.co/maps/nxhpt
Just saw our own Mike Primamore and his wife Rose being interviewed down at Battery Park on Ch 7 ABC Eyewitness News Pretty decent coverage of today's events, Nice job Mike and Rose !
We also had great fun at Battery Park despite the windy chill. News trucks from Eyewitness News, NY 1, and Fox were there interviewing those with the longest lenses. Incredible. I noticed a slightly different flight path then shown on the map. It appeared that the flight turned west over Staten Island after returning from its Hudson trek then headed to EWR, flying over Rwy 29 as scheduled. In the charts I've seen, there was no flight over Staten Island. Instead, after passing over the Statue the second time, she was shown flying directly to EWR, around NJ until N. Manhattan over to Rwy 13 at LGA, onwards to TRACON at Westbury then southbound to arrive JFK Rwy 31L. It's not a major deviation. After touchdown, EWR stopped using the 4 Rwy Complex and switched to the 22's Approach turning to Rwy 29 due to strong gusts. A wonderful time at Battery Park despite the chill.
I saw her from about 20 miles out (was up on the top floor of 30 Rock) and watched her go all the way up the river, make a SWEEPING turn to the west over the Tappan Zee and head back south...it's a sight I'll never forget. Even with the clouds, the vis was superb!Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedbird1
The coverage from all of you was amazing, and the shots & info provided by you guys is wonderful, I surely appreciate it!
It was AWESOME at Eisenhower I actually put the camera down and stopped shooting just to take it in. That lasted about 20 seconds when I picked up and kept clicking.
I want to thank Nassau 5 for keeping in touch with the ROBER controller the whole time and running LiveATC on the DROID over the van's IFE system (lol) was a win for all around us.
i had every intention of getting out today...despite blacking out last night and not waking up until noon today (extenuating circumstances) I'm going to turn in my "aviation spotter" card. So upset I missed it, but glad that everyone got such great shots!!!
Some of mine... Heat Shimmer was off the scale, even up close :mad:
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I will regret being at work on this day for a long, long time.
:(
just caught a great view from the parking lot by General Aviation building, I will upload photos soon
How cool was it that Leonard Nimoy was at JFK and spoke at the podium??:cool::cool:
Beautiful stuff guys... looks like the battery park spots and airport spots were great...
My gamble failed... disappointed ... but this was a great thing to watch no matter what.
Could'nt beleive I got paid to watch it land and than go there. I'll get around to posting pics later.
I can't believe you can't spell or use good punctuation and you have a job whose requirement is not asking "Do you want fries with that?" lol love ya buddy
shots from 30 Rock, 64th floor...
North up the Hudson..
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Crowds at the Intrepid..
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And south along the Hudson..
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