Seeing things???

[lijk604]

While BBQing dinner tonight I heard a strange bird fly overhead. It was about 1815-1820 local, and it sure as hell looked like it had 4 tail mounted engines. Now where I live aircraft are transitioning from BOS Center to NY Approach, approx 12000 agl, 250 kts. just NE of the ROBER intersection. This aircraft was definitely headed to JFK, it was on the same track as all other European arrivals, and was well too high to be doing a wierd arrival into ISP. So I ask...were any of you guys still at JFK around 1830-1840 when this visitor would have arrived?

John
Patchogue, NY

[eric8669]

It was an IL-62 arrived on 13L, we where at Bayswater when it landed.

[Tom_Turner]

It was an IL-62 arrived on 13L, we where at Bayswater when it landed.

ouch! Eric, tell me it was only Russian Govt.

[lijk604]

I knew it! I knew I wasn't totally crazy.

Thanks Eric!

[SengaB]

State Transport Company of Russia "Rossia"
It flew in from ADW -it had been there for several days. Flew back shortly after arriving.
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5645568
One nice sounding aircraft.

Senga

[eric8669]

This is what we got from Bayswater

RA-86712

[Tom_Turner]

This is what we got from Bayswater
RA-86712

Nice airliner there.

Two Virgin Atlantics I see together also... maybe thats been normal for a while but can't recall that before.

[Iberia A340-600]

Nice shot across the bay. I have never seen Air Jamaica parked at the B gates before!

[727C47]

Bayswater, I have never spotted from there, looks like a good spot, on my last excursion in early,'05, I hit Meadowmere Pk. for the 31L/31R arrivals, and the Crossbay starbucks upper deck, for the 13L/13R arrivals. I havn't seen an Il-62 in years. I used to love CSA 's OK jet livery on the'62.