Take Off / Go Around: 05/17/10

Ok, so I have been talking a lot about the Airbus A380 in the last few days. I was getting very dismayed as every opportunity I have to see it, I somehow miss out. I went to Inwood park here in the 5 towns last Monday, and was excited to snap a photo of AirFrance's 777. That was before I realized that it was flying instead of the A380 that day on the 3:45pm AF6 flight, which flies in daily. It is, however, a pretty cool plane, and here's a picture that I took.

While it is a very nice plane, it was not the one I wanted to see.

Last evening, I was at my parents' house in Baldwin, and by chance my mom invited me outside. I looked up upon hearing the roar of airplane engines and it was clearly a 4-engined plane. I could easily make out the AirFrance tail design. So I pulled out my phone, checked what had just taken off from JFK and alas, it was the Airbus A380, returning to France. Another missed opportunity.

Then, today, my day off from work - the A380 would be flying! We went to Inwood park at 3:30pm and realized the planes were taking off that way, so we would never see the 380 landing there. We had to find another place to plane watch. We ended up sitting in traffic to get to North Woodmere park with just seconds to spare and end up on Brookville Blvd, pulled over on the dirt to get the following photos. I could have gotten better ones had the camera decided to focus, but I didn't have enough time to do it manually. So, here is what I'd been waiting for: