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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Feb 14 13:17:47 2010, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Still in Queens, Still lovin' the LIRR!!, posted by arnine on Sun Feb 14 12:08:07 2010. I always went to what is now the US Customs parking lot at JFK, and always at, whenever I could, at 2:00PM, with a southwest, west or southerly wind blowing because JFK would then decide to use the 22s (Runways 22R, two-two-right, for departures and Runway 22L, two-two-left, for arrivals). The Concorde, British Airways Flight 004, or "SPEEDBIRD 4", would taxi on the C Taxiway (Taxiway "Charlie") and then loop onto the threshold for 22R, and at exactly 2PM, the afterburner cranks, everything shudders and rumbles, every car alarm for MILES goes off, and way down the runway she rockets, and at a takeoff speed of 225 MPH, she is airborne, right over Jamaica Bay, The Rockaways, then a left turn towards the east then to the north, and even long after it clears JFK airspace, you could STILL hear it soaring away. I used to listen on the scanner at the same time.....JFK Tower (119.100 MHz) : SPEEDBIRD 4, RUNWAY 2-2-RIGHT, TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD!! Speedbird 4 : (In typical English drawl) INTO POSITION AND HOLD, 2-2-RIGHT, SPEEDBIRD 4 (At 1400 SHARP)....... JFK Tower : SPEEDBIRD 4, RUNWAY 2-2-RIGHT, WIND 1-2-0-AT-8, CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF!! Speedbird 4: SPEEDBIRD 4, 2-2-RIGHT, CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, ROLLING..... And with the thunder of the heavens, she is away!!!! JFK Tower : SPEEDBIRD 4, CONTACT NEW YORK DEPARTURE, 1-3-5-POINT-9'ER!! GOOD DAY!! Speedbird 4 : GOING TO DEPARTURE 1-3-5-POINT-9-ER, GOOD DAY!! Ahhhh, the good ol' days!! I do indeed miss that bird!! :-) |
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