First was flying from Lisbon to Newark on TAP. Just when we reached our gate an exotic visitor in the form of an UAE AF C-17 taxied out. No idea what it did here.... but welcome at any time of course.
Lisbon - 25 September 2012
C-17A UAE AF 1227 ATR.42F Swift Air EC-IVP Ce.650 OE-GLSThe hotels in New York proved to be exceptionally expensive this time, so we decided to stay around Newark airport. The Newark Airport Crowne Plaza it was and that was not a bad spotting hotel either. We had a room on the 7th floor (out of 11) with an airport view. From here you have a good view on the express cargo area (Fedex, UPS) and on terminal C. Departing and arriving traffic is doable, but not everything can be read, mostly depending on where it turns of. Nevertheless, I finally managed to get a good number of planes during three days (well, part of it, each day about 2 hours).
For those who want to know; the location of the hotel is 40.678699, -74.194074. Next to it is a Econolodge which undoubtedly is cheaper, but it has only two floors and will not have any views on the airport.
Newark. NJ - 25 September 2012
CRJ.200LR Air Canada Jazz C-GJZZ B737-700 Westjet C-GWBN A330-200 Alitalia EI-EJO MD-82 American AL N488AA MD-83 American AL N964TW A319-100 Delta AL N343NB B737-800 Delta AL N3738B, N3763D MD-88 Delta AL N988DL A300F4-605R Fedex N691FE DC-10-10 Fedex N362FE A320-200 Jet Blue N556JB, N605JB (Red Sox c/s), N639JB B737-700 Southwest N254WN A320-200 United AL N407UA B737-500 United AL N18622 B737-700 United AL N23721 B737-800 United AL N14214, N17233, N18220, N26215, N76522, N77520, N77530, N78285 B737-900ER United AL N28457, N38446, N77431 B777-200ER United AL N78003, N78005 DHC.8-100 United Express N943HA DHC.8-200 United Express N358PH ERJ.145LR United Express N12563, N15983, N26549, N29906 ERJ.145XR United Express N11137, N12126, N12136, N14158, N17146, N25134 ERJ.170SE United Express N640RW, N855RW A300F4-622R UPS N130UP B757-200PF UPS N418UP MD-11 UPS N252UP A330-300 SAS OY-KBN, SE-REE B777-200LR Air India VT-ALFNewark, NJ - 26 September 2012
B757-200 Mexican AF TP-01 ERJ.175LR Air Canada C-FEJB, C-FEJF ERJ.190IGW Air Canada C-FNAX DHC.8Q-400 Porter AL C-GKQB, C-GLQM B747-400 Kingdom HZ-WBT7 MD-83 American AL N571AA CRJ.700 American Eagle N521AE, N533EA A319-100 Delta AL N341NB, N361NB CRJ.900 Delta Connection N691CA B777-F Fedex N861FD Ce.208B Fedex N985FE, N986FE DC-10-10 Fedex N375FE MD-11 Fedex N573FE, N596FE, N644FE A320-200 Jet Blue N503JB, N639JB ERJ.190IGW Jet Blue N298JB B737-700 Southwest N288WN, N749SW, N925WN, N7732A A320-200 United AL N480UA B737-500 United AL N13624 B737-700 United AL N23721, N39726 B737-800 United AL N17245 B737-900 United AL N73406 B737-900ER United AL N28457 B757-200 United AL N530UA, N534UA, N572UA DHC.8-300 United Express N838CA ERJ.145XR United Express N12167, N13124, N14143, N14198, N17115, N17196, N24128, N25134 ERJ.145LR United Express N12540, N12922, N13903, N13956, N13968, N14907, N14920, N14923, N15973, N16954, N29917 ERJ.170SE United Express N632RW, N638RW, N640RW, N646RW, N653RW, N862RW A300F4-622R UPS N152UP B767-200F UPS N337UP MD-11 UPS N280UP A320-200 US AW N654AW B777-200LR Air India VT-ALEDuring the day in New York we had to have an ice cream at our favourite place in Brooklyn, so some choppers could be logged as well...
New York Manhattan Downtown Heliport, NY - 26 September 2012
AS.350B2 N452LH AS.355F1 N355AG B.206L-4 N405MR B.407 N407TD, N410TDNewark, NJ - 27 September 2012
A319-100 Air Canada C-GBIN ERJ.175LR Air Canada C-FEJF, C-FEKS ERJ.190IGW Air Canada C-FNAX CRJ.200ER Air Canada Jazz C-GKEW DHC.8Q-400 Porter AL C-GLQH, C-GLQX, C-GLQZ B737-800 Alaska AL N546AS MD-83 American AL N596AA CRJ.700 American Eagle N511AE, N529EA A319-100 Delta AL N336NB, N369NB B737-700 Delta AL N307DQ CRJ.200LR Delta Connection N979EV CRJ.700 Delta Connection N716EV B777-F Fedex N864FD Ce.208B Fedex N789FE, N955FE, N999FE DC-10-10 Fedex N68057 MD-11 Fedex N528FE, N573FE A320-200 Jet Blue N599JB, N796JB ERJ.190IGW Jet Blue N190JB, N238JB, N275JB, N279JB B737-300 Southwest N644SW B737-700 Southwest N457WN, N738CB, N777QC A319-100 United AL N804UA B737-800 United AL N37290 B737-900ER United AL N28457 B757-200 United AL N571UA, N572UA B757-200ER United AL N549UA DHC.8-200 United Express N366PH DHC.8-300 United Express N857CA ERJ.145LR United Express N11535, N12540, N12922, N13955, N13964, N13975, N13988, N13994, N13997, N14904, N14952, N16911, N18556, N18557 ERJ.145XR United Express N10156, N11165, N11187, N12136, N12167, N12195, N12201, N14171, N14179, N14203, N16112, N17115, N17196, N21144, N25134 ERJ.170SE United Express N636RW, N644RW, N646RW, N647RW, N650RW, N654RW, N863RW A300F4-622R UPS N121UP, N140UP B767-200F UPS N326UP, N353UP MD-11 UPS N258UP A319-200 US AW N661AW A321-200 US AW N169UW B737BBJ N108MS B757-200 N770BB Tu-204 RA-64010 B777-200LR Air India VT-ALAThe second day on the road brought us to Rhode Island. Since it was raining and we didn't feel like spending much time in Providence, a short stop at Quonset Point was added to the schedule. Unfortunately we arrived only at 2.58PM at the museum, which closes at 3pm....but already there wasn't a single person to be found. So only the planes outside could be logged which are not too many.
The USMC Phantom was in pieces and partly hidden. I could only make out the Marines titles, nothing else, not even squadron markings. Unfortunately, the museum supposedly has two of these.... anybody who might know which one it should be?
The two choppers at the RI NG buildings can be seen from the small civil terminal (continue on the road from the museum) and have been placed here very recently. Google Earth doesn't show them yet, on an image from April 2012.
Quonset Point, RI - 28 September 2012
C-130J-30 143AS 99-1433, 02-1434
Cl.300 N254DV
Lj-45 N745KD
A-7D Museum 75-0408/AZ
AH-1F RI NG Gate 67-15530
AH-1S Museum 66-15317
AV-8A Museum 158710
C-1A Museum 136972
F-4 Museum ... (USMC)
SP-2E Museum 131427/12
T-33B Museum 137936
T-38A Museum 63-8197
UH-1H Museum 63-13492
UH-1H RI NG Gate 71-20233
Lim-6bis Museum 325
The only real planned spotting stop was to be at Schenectady. Both the museum here and the based LC-130 as well as the very close proximity to our planned tour made it worth a short detour. Unfortunately.... this museum was also closed. During autumn and winter it is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, this does not matter for number freaks like me, everything is outside and clearly visible.The Scimitar, Skyknight and MiG-15 are very recent additions and come from the Intrepid in New York (which also was the previous home for the Tracker).
The based Hercs can be read from the museum (front row) and from the civil terminal (back row). The NASA Be.200 at the civil terminal was a very welcome addition obviously.
Schenectady, NY - 3 October 2012
C-130H 139AS 83-0487, 83-0488, 83-0489 LC-130H 139AS 73-3300, 76-3301, 83-0490, 83-0492, 83-0493, 92-1094 Be.200 NASA N8NA G.1159B N982RK A-4F Museum 155009/AF-5 RA-5C Museum 156621/NE-14 A-6E Museum 152935/AE-501 A-7E Museum 160613/AC-306 A-10A Museum 75-0263 F-4D Museum 65-0626/HC F-5E Museum 162307/AF-06 F-14A Museum 160411/AJ-201 F-84F Museum 51-1620 F-101F Museum 59-0413 F-102A Museum 56-1365 F-105G Museum 62-4444 F3D Museum 124598/WF-2 T-2C Museum 156730/F-802 TS-2A Museum 133264/AF-405 UH-1A Museum 64-13513 UH-1 Museum 65-09435 (as 15623) MiG-15 Museum 624 MiG-17 Museum 605 MiG-21PF Museum 2406 Scimitar F1 Museum XD220On the last day we had scheduled to drive back to New York and visit some places in the Hudson Valley. The appalling weather made us drop that plan however. Back up plan was to see if we could visit the OCC shop (you know, those loud mouth bike builders from television). As it turned out, their shop is literally next door to the gate of Stewart Field, home to a bunch of C-17s (having replaced the Galaxies since last year) and another bunch of Hercules. So after a row of choppers without serials, it was also possible to do three rows of cargo haulers, with serials! To read the serials just pass the gate and stop at the second street on the right (Fletcher Dr). Walking back a forth a little bit will get you everything.
Stewart Field, NY - 4 October 2012
C-17A 137AS 95-0103, 97-0041, 97-0045 KC-130T VMGR452 163591/NY, 163592/NY, 164106/NY, 164181/NY, 164441/NY, 164597/NY, 165316/NY, 165353/NYAnd then it was time again to fly back home. We were a bit early, and the plane a bit late, so a couple more hours of 'boring' waiting in the terminal....
Newark, NJ - 4 October 2012
ERJ.175LR Air Canada C-FEKI CRJ.200LR Air Canada Jazz C-GXJA DHC.8Q-400 Porter AL C-GKQC, C-GLQB B737-700 Westjet C-GLWS A330-200 TAP CS-TOJ A330-200 Alitalia EI-EJI A330-300 SAS LN-RKH B737-800 Alaska AL N552AS CRJ.700 American Eagle N531EG A319-100 Delta AL N334NB, N349NB B737-800 Delta AL N373DA DC-9-51 Delta AL N774NC CRJ.200LR Delta Connection N843AS, N8560F A320-200 Jet Blue N571JB, N655JB B737-700 Southwest N202WN, N431WN, N479WN, N720WN, N7732A A319-100 United AL N812UA A320-200 United AL N418UA, N489UA B737-500 United AL N13624, N32626 B737-700 United AL N15712, N25705 B737-800 United AL N12216, N14228, N14237, N17245, N33284, N37263, N37298, N76254, N87512 B737-900ER United AL N53442, N75425 B757-200 United AL N588UA B777-200ER United AL N37018, N78017, N79011 DHC.8-200 United Express N351PH, N366PH, N369PH, DHC.8-300 United Express N838CA, N876CA ERJ.145LR United Express N12967, N13956, N13958, N13965, N13989, N13992, N13994, N14939, N14959, N15912, N16963, N19966, N48901 ERJ.145XR United Express N10156, N10575, N12122, N12157, N12195, N12540, N12563, N12569, N13161, N14542, N15572, N16559, N16561, N18556, N26549 ERJ.170SE United Express N635RW A320-200 US AW N678AW A321-200 US AW N174US DHC.8-100 US AW Express N837EX B737BBJ Malaysian Gov VP-BHN B777-200LR Air India VT-ALG A330-200 Jet AW VT-JWLComments, questions, answers and anything else welcome of course!
Erwin
