JFK 1/28 Review

Wasn't quiet sure if I was going to head out to JFK this morning but I did. The weather started good then went to crappy but it was not that cold.

Got the regular visitors today plus Habitat For Humanity and Pink Delta and I stuck around to see Qantas arrive around 5:12.

It was good to see Matt Sokol again as well as Tommy and Phil and it was great to meet Josh May.
Head a run in with Nassau County Police and they checked id and everything and then left. The parking lot of Firestone has a police sub station so they where in and out all afternoon without saying anything to us.

Before I headed out to Firestone I stopped at Burger King and caught Cathay, British, and Aeromexico but this guy in a red pickup was giving me a nasty stair from the drivethrough window so I walked up to him and told him exactly what I was doing and why I was doing it and told him not to worry. His respone was what ever turns you on.

All shots were taken with my dad's D200 with my 80-400mm lens since my D100 is suffering from a large amount of dust spots.

Here are the results, hope to see some from Tommy and Matt. Not sure if Josh took any shots since he only gets the heavies. :wink:

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On my way to JFK i heard 4 was in use, so i wanted to stop by LGA for some plane view park shots, but it turned out 31 was in use then. There was the US Airways PSA. Here are the shots from LGA:
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Hahaha no Gordon, I didn't end up taking any shots today...only just a few of my BELOVED Finnair! :P

The weather was too gross today to take pics, atleast in my opinion. I didn't even expect to go spotting either. Tommy was kind enough to show me around Long Island so I could take some shots for an assignment....and as it was becoming a tiny bit sunny we decided to head over to JFK. Just our luck, as soon as we got there it started to grow cloudy and stayed like that for the rest of the day. Regardless, it was totally fun to watch some cool planes and to meet you too Gordon!

I'm also looking forward to seeing some pics from our day of absolutely STUNNING weather :wink:

Josh

Part 2
Then we went to Howard Beach, to see some departures. Masaki wanted to see the JAL depart.
Here they are:

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Originally Posted by G-BOAD

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Why does that plane on the right have seven crooked engines?

Nice shots Matt, I really like the JAL!

Shots are up now. :)

Great Shots Gordon!
I really like the Air China, EOS, Vairg Log, and Aerolineas Argentinas

Here are some mine Firestone:
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Good stuff, guys! I think the Varig Log was the catch of the day.

Nice batch of photos for the day!

Tehehe, whatever turns you on... :D

Nice shots, were you guys off school or something?

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Originally Posted by nwafan20

Tehehe, whatever turns you on... :D

Nice shots, were you guys off school or something?

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Not sure how they do it were you live but we get school off on Sundays. :wink:

Here are two guys we haven't seen in a while:

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...ntas744jfk.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...JFK/jal744.jpg

The JAL appeared doing a sharp bank over Best Buy. Surprised me!

Ahh, Matt wasn't thinking!! Duh! :?

when do the argentine 747-200s arrive? are they daily?

727C47
The ARG 747-200s have been coming in daily again. It about that time of year.

GOTHAMspotter...What kind of plane is that NWA color in! I hav never seen a plane like that before. Low wing aircrfat with 4 engines on the lest and e on the right wing? WOW!

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Senga