cha747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 763 posts, RR: 7 Posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2743 times:
Hello All,
Visiting my in-laws who live near JFK (about 15 miles away). Are there any public playgrounds/parks where my kids can play and watch planes. I've started their spotting skills early; my almost-3-year-old knows the difference between a 4-holer and a 2-holer based on contrail patterns....
Thanks in advance.
You land a million planes safely, then you have one little mid-air and you never hear the end of it - Pushing Tin
N623JB From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 702 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2672 times:
Hello Cha747,
There is a playground that comes in mind just north of the airport. Its on Lefferts Blvd and is just before the highway going towards the airport. Im not sure of the name. But thats all that I could think of.
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cha747 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 763 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2471 times:
Thanks N623JB - It so turned-out that about an hour after I made that appeal, they started routing JFK arrivals over my in-laws house in Long Island. Between 11:30a-12:30pm we saw from the backyard:
Air France 747
Korean Air 747
British Airways 747
Lufthansa A380
And various varieties of AA, DL, and B6 metal.
But I'll check the playground out and keep it in mind.
Anybody else know any good places like in Ozone Park, Jamaica, or the Rockaways?
You land a million planes safely, then you have one little mid-air and you never hear the end of it - Pushing Tin
bueb0g From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2010, 537 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 2433 times:
Quoting cha747 (Thread starter): my almost-3-year-old knows the difference between a 4-holer and a 2-holer based on contrail patterns....
That's impressive! Most of the people I know can tell a "jumbo jet", an "airbus" (meaning exclusively the A380,) and then the rest are "planes". And that's even close up.
moose135 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 2009 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2382 times:
If they are landing 22L/R, you could check out North Woodmere Park. It's backlit for photos in the afternoon, but if all you care about is hanging out and watching, it should do well.
N623JB From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 702 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2307 times:
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