JFK 3/29 Pics Review + Amazing Thai Bank!

It's been a while since I spotted at JFK so today I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and took a drive down to the airport. I spent a good half of the morning and early afternoon at Howard Beach with some gorgeous banks including a spectacular performance by Thai and a surprise visit of the RAAF BBJ.

After the Korean 747-400 departure I headed over to Firestone to watch the afternoon arrivals with the idea of heading back to Howard Beach around 5pm to see the Air India departure. At Firestone I ran into Raj who was visiting with his nephew and Squirrel_PA who was up from Philly with a friend. Unfortunately after the KLM MD-11 arrival from AMS they switched operations to the 4's at the worst possible time!

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And to conclude with... The last day of scheduled KLM MD-11 operations at JFK for the time being:

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Great shots!

Nice shots! Love the PIA Colors of The Desert and that thai banking shot is amazing. Later, Brian

Amazing photos! The Thai bank is incredible!! Also, great light on the KLM departure.

Great shots Iberia. This was my first run up to JFK and I love it. I was with Barry. Barry and I were able to do some fine shooting ourselves yesterday and I'll post up a couple from my day soon. Thanks to Barry and his awesome GPS, (which I will now have to buy for my car), we were able to navigate Ny with very little problems and with only a few misses, but they were mainly due to runway changes. We did get some of the late arrivals from a spot we found to be very nice.

Again, great shots!

Thanks guys.

Man I'd love to have shot some of the 4 arrivals. Driving around some I have found a couple of spots that might be decent for 4 arrivals in the afternoon but yesterday I wasn't really in a position to go exploring. I look forward those shots. The light was gorgeous it seemed like.

Here are two more:

An odd angle for the Korean depature:

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And of course one of the only Delta aircraft I want a picture of had to bank to the right early!

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wow, you got the Delta I was hoping would go...oh well here are a few of mine from yesterday. I must agree the THAI jet was wild....last two were from the spot we found for the 4 arrivals.


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Do you know which flight was the DAL 767 serving?

Man...that Thai is ridiculous! Excellent shots, as usual...

I really love the hard bank on that Thai A345,, it looks beautiful :borat:

Great shots guys!

Not too often you get to see the #3 engine on a plane from HoBe.

The AI shot is also really nice, Gordon!

Great shots guys!

Gorden, it was good to finally meet you. Great takeoff shots.
Raj, good to see you again.

Here's one that peeked my interest Saturday morning.
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That was a fun day,
Barry

Nice shot Barry. I caught her inbound today.

Thanks Kenny. Looks like you had great conditions for her also. 8)

What a nice day to spot... well heres couple since rest would be repeats...

TAM looking pretty good in prestine light
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Springbok 340 retracting leading edges as she ever so slowly gains altitude.
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Cheers... nice to see you Gordon, Barry, John.

Great shots CX777. Was nice to meet you also, hopefully I'll be up again soon. The TAM came in just as we were crossing the bridge.

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jet blue going around....

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