Lufthansa A380

[gonzalu]

Inwood or Bayswater... not Panera/Firestone. From Panera it would be backlit. Inwood will give you a closer subject than Bayswater but the field/tower is blocked. If you want more of the field and tower in sight, Bayswater is better.

[NIKV69]

I have a few shots from the EK media flight which was the only time the whalejet departed in daylight. I have a decent shot of the left bank which I'll post later here she is after she banked back to the right.

[steve1840]

So 31L, I guess that would be Inwood Park or Firestone at least if I am reading the spotting guide the right way. Thanks.

From my experience, at Firestone you'll be a little ways away and will be backlit, but still managable. I made that mistake last time I went down. If the A380 is what you're after, I would pass up a few 777s at Firestone to head over to Inwood to get a better shot on the A380.

[gonzalu]

Thanks Nick... looks like maybe Korean Air would be the only one we see regularly on 31L during daylight, or as Eric put it, if JFK is on its best behavior and Air France has its act together, in summer, you may get a really late sunset departure of AFR7 A380.

[fk6065]

Thanks for the info, looks like Inwood Park it is, hope to see you all there.

[chrisparypa]

weather is nasty..... anyway, Im getting ready, should be around at noon, any idea on which runway they will land ?? 31L or 22L ?? Do we have any people that work at JFK to help us with it ?? Hope to see some of you today...

[megatop412]

We just had a monsoon-type cell pass over the 5 Towns with some lightning in it. Looks like more of the same is heading this way but hopefully it'll ease off a bit.

[megatop412]

They're on 22's right now

[AirtrafficController]

Based on the TAF, expect it to land on either 22L or 22R.

[moose135]

Based on the TAF, expect it to land on either 22L or 22R.

And with the cloud levels reported in the TAF, you might not even see it go by at The Mounds...

[NIKV69]

Just watched her on approach from my house. So cool!

[Ari707]

landing 31L

[megatop412]

Those bastards. Trying to mess with my mission of driving up from Philly to catch this. I had to drive like a maniac and watch my Mom go white in the face just to get to a suitable spot in time. We were all set at North Woodmere Park, when just minutes before the arrival, they switched to the 31s.

I never made it to Inwood in time, but I did make it to the trash-strewn lot behind the end store at Bay Harbor Mall. It was good enough. No cropping, no sharpening, SOOC.

[adscram14]

Great shots and congrats on the catch!

[gonzalu]

Wow... nice William :-) I love those kind of stories, it seems that I did that same sort of thing a lot when I first started spotting. Nowadays I try to be better informed by listening to CMRN or ROBER approach which give me about 15 minutes before they are on Final.