JFK 1/16/2012 - SIA A380 and More

It was a cold morning, but at least there wasn't any wind off Jamaica Bay! We had a nice group out to greet the new A380 service - it was good to see some new folks, and put faces to the names on the board!

JFK was landing Rwy 4, and the light was just about perfect from Bayswater...

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But you know it wouldn't last - they soon switched to Rwy 31L/R, so we stayed where we were and wait for Singapore to arrive on 31L

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This was an unexpected treat, support for Thursday's POTUS visit.

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And finally, the main event.

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While we were out there, this guy made the landing of the day.

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Great Shots of the Sing Whale....


Rich B

Awesome Shots! Nice Coverage Moose!

Nice shots moose,

Here are mine from today.

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Good to see everyone this morning, and thanks for the opportunity to call you this morning to determine the spotting location, Moose.

Am I the only one who got heat haze on their Singapore shots? Mine are pretty bad. Oddly, the Korean A380 had a little heat haze but nowhere near as bad as Singapore.

I had lots of heat haze as well. Will post shortly.

As most has been covered by the boys, I only have two for now :cool:

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Nice couple of days and meeting Nick and Faisal and seeing Moose. Steve sorry we missed each other, looks like you were over at HoBe when I was at Panera.

Goodbye Megatop412:
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Hello "Gigatop"
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spotting gods were good to us these last couple of days
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A Satanic 747
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finally got the Dynamic Air
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Good to see everyone this morning, and thanks for the opportunity to call you this morning to determine the spotting location, Moose.

Am I the only one who got heat haze on their Singapore shots? Mine are pretty bad. Oddly, the Korean A380 had a little heat haze but nowhere near as bad as Singapore.

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Nice meeting you John... Don;t feel bad... Cold Day, Open Water, Bright Sun == TONS OF HEAT HAZE. The difference in temperature from the water to the ambient air is far too great. This is why you want to always shoot CLOSE to your subject.. hence why I wanted the 4s :tongue:

Nice seeing about bunch of us out and about! Glad to see we had good light for most of the day. Here are a few of mine from today's outting.

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Just as I got to the mounds and stepped out of the car, this puppy showed up (I didn't even have a chance to make it to the hill).
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Emirates A380 passing over the mounds as it gets vectored for RWY 22L
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Very nice work, folks! It was good to see everyone today. Nice catch on the China Eastern Skyteam, Eric!

I just got home and Nick is still driving to Richmond. It was a pleasure meeting everyone once again and spotting with. On Sunday me and Nick braved the cold at HoBe to get those killer departure shots we've been seeing here and we did. We concluded departure shots are more dynamic. When I think about the cold my body still shivers. I have never never felt so cold in my life but for me, it was now or never as this is my last JFK trip for a long time to come. You will see why soon when my pictures start popping up from strange location. That American Eagle ribbon special eluded me for the second time at JFK. I am trying to figure out how I missed it but rather than that we had two days of story to tell so let me get back to my camera and get busy. There probably some 1000 frames to sort out.

Great work gentlemen .. Sorry I could not join you guys, it was just another day at the office for me !

Nice winglets on the amphib...

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Nice couple of days and meeting Nick and Faisal and seeing Moose. Steve sorry we missed each other, looks like you were over at HoBe when I was at Panera.

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Were you up at JFK on Sunday? I wish I would have known I would have given you a call and especially knowing you were over at Panera. I would have said to drive across the street when I met up with Kaz and Manny at Costco for a bit before I headed home.

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While we were out there, this guy made the landing of the day.

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Awesome shot Moose! Great landing, too bad it's sporting the Euro-white color scheme. :tongue:

Steve, with a nose like that, who needs a better fuselage... besides, have you seen how aggressive swans are? "Camouflage Señor? We don't need no sinkin camouflage!"

Was this guy cleared to land? I didn't hear anything on the radio.

Where you take this great photos? Panera/cosco?

Good Job!

Bayswater Park, The Mounds and other...

Okay ;) I have school everyday so its hard to get there in the morning :/ maybe at the weekend..

If I thought Sunday was amazing, the Monday was definitely more than I had expected. Having never shot more than 4 or 5 international airlines at IAD and DFW, the variety of traffic I saw just blew my mind. Of course y'all are are used to it by now...


A surprise morning visitor, and a new airline for me

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My target for the morning-and we almost missed it by turning on the wrong Mott ave/st

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A semi-regular at IAD, but always a treat

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Another IAD regular

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Missed this one on arrival the day before

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A pleasant surprise before the A380

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The man of the hour for Monday

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New airline for me as well

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The strangely all white China Airlines 747

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Another Saudi

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Had heard mention of this one before, and was confused as to when EasyJet had started 767 service...

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First China Airlines passenger 747 for me

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A good looking Cathay bird

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I had to jump out of a moving car to get this one as Fasil drove by. It was worth it

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I had to run like a madman to catch this bird, but I'm glad I did!

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Harsh light, but my first Emirates A380 landing on 22L

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My first TAM bird, and a special nonetheless

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Cargolux banking hard to line up on 13L

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My first Evergreen jet

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The only other AeroMexico jet I had seen was bare metal and not white. Livery Change?

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A Delta 767 at sunset

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My first Flagship

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And lastly, my favorite shot of the day:

An Etihad A340 drag racing with an airport train. Y'all can probably figure who won...

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Thanks for checking 'em out,

Nick

Nice shots Nick...

That Etihad shot is sick.

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An Etihad A340 drag racing with an airport train. Y'all can probably figure who won...

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I don't know. The AirTrain is automatic and doesn't have to wait for runway clearance. It just...goes.

Thank you both! And Yankees368, you do have a point. You can't make an airport train circle waiting for clearance.

Seriously though, awesome shot! I can't wait until I get my DSLR.

Well, thank you very much again. And yes, a DSLR makes all the difference. I look forward to seeing your shots when you get it.