UN visitors to JFK

[mirrodie]

isnt there a wekk coming up soon where its full of "foreign imports"?


Here is one from last week. Is there a defined period where they come in?



thanks JJ

[moose135]

You usually see them during the week of the General Assembly session opening, I think that's around the middle of September, but I couldn't find anything on the UN site (http://www.un.org). Last year we saw a huge number of foreign heads of state come in for the opening session, as it was the 60th anniversary of the UN, not sure if we will see as many this year.

Nice shot Mario!

[markg]

The UN General Assembly begins on 9/12.

Presumably the heads of state will begin arriving the previous weekend.

Not sure if there will be as many visitors this year. Last year was the 60th session, which brought more than the usual visitors.

[Iberia A340-600]

Hm...I had thought that it was every four years for some reason. Well I'm looking forward to this now that I have ramp access to SWF! Hopefully as last year SWF will be a parking airport.

[Mateo]

9K-ADE made a quick stop at JFK before continuing on to ADW. About 30 minutes after the 744 arrived as Kuwaiti 1 (fixed call sign), G-V 9K-AJE arrived as Kuwaiti 8 (not fixed). Routing for the Gulfstream was LHR-ADW. They arrived Thursday afternoon, after Dubya had already decamped for Kennebunkport, so I don't know if there's a White House meeting involved.

[727C47]

saw them both at ADW this week, while chasing the Prez ,flying the White House press corps, saw a USMC straight wing Citation at ADW too, imagine going through P-Cola, and all that, and ending up flying that little bottle rocket! No disrespect intended,it looked cool, in its faded grey tactical livery.

[Mateo]

Those Marine UC-35s are daily visitors at Andrews, as are USAF Lears (C-21s), and the Army's Citations (UC-35s) and Gulfstreams (C-37s).

[jran225]

Hey guys,

KAC1 (B744) and KAC8 (GV) are due into JFK at 1154 and will depart back to ADW at 1430. Good luck! :)

Greets,
-Omar S.

[Nonstop2AUH]

Out of curiousity, when the larger such VIP government aircraft arrive at a civilian airport like JFK, do they still pull up to an FBO or do they use one of the terminals that has jetways?

[Mateo]

Sorry for resurrecting a thread from the dead here, but at Dulles the big stuff usually parks remote (i.e. not on the main part of the FBO ramps, and the pax use airstairs to deplane, and take the regular shuttles to the FBO building. There are rare exceptions, and I've seen motorcades go onto the tarmac itself and directly up to the plane. I'm sure both FBOs can accomodate pretty much anything with wings - I've seen 747s at Piedmont/Landmark, and the KC-135/342/762/763 at Signature. Signature has also had a C-5, but you don't need airstairs for that one!

[FlyingColors]

Hey Nonstop2AUH

Love that avatar.

Can you show picture, or a link!?

[markg]

Out of curiousity, when the larger such VIP government aircraft arrive at a civilian airport like JFK, do they still pull up to an FBO or do they use one of the terminals that has jetways?

At JFK they use the old Tower Air terminal

[Nonstop2AUH]

So NOW I know why the old Tower Air Terminal wasn't torn down, I've been wondering what goes on in there since Tower went out of business.

As for the avatar, and by request, here you go. Not exactly airliners.net quality, but dedicated to JFK employees of the '70s as that is where and when this was taken:

[hiss srq]

reload it into photo bucket again mike and it will be in origional size when you reload it i think it works that way at least. That JT-9 is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

[Nonstop2AUH]

OK Ryan I think that's full size now, for what it's worth looks like a child-eating blender which, when I think of some of my classsmates in the picture, might have been a good use for a spare JT9D.

So now that it's 9/12, anyone see any interesting UN-related activity? I love to spot the various Amiri Flight jets from the Gulf because having lived out there, I can tell you that nobody does private aviation better than a sheikh! Guy I used to work for (very indirectly) had a 747SP among other toys. Best places to see them are GVA and LHR but I know they come to the US on occasion.