So anxious I was yesterday as the clouds were pouring in and the smell of rain was amongst the warm air. I was diligently checking my flight trackers on my HTC EVO to see how far this beautiful beast was from touching down just five miles up the road at my home airport of JFK.
Once I saw the indications of its descent, I quickly informed my followers on Twitter then made my way, accompanied by a good friend of mine, down to JFK. This may seem peanuts of importance to some, however, there was and is great significance to yesterday's event. This is the launch of the first non-stop East Asian operation for the A380 into JFK; a technologically advanced aircraft which provides a product to its customers which the other airlines' A380s do not. It also launches an expansion of Korean Air's fleet to the North American market to which Europe and the other destinations will follow suit.
Having this in mind, my heart raced faster as I approached the JFK Expressway leading into the airport. Despite the fact it started to rain, nothing was going to stop us from being apart of not only NY's history but aviation history.
The closer we arrived, the more I had mental flashbacks of my previous days in North Carolina when I visited Kitty Hawk for the first time. Even though it was a large hill, I reflected on how we have come in aeronautical engineering and technology.. I tried to imagine at that moment there how the Wright brothers struggled to get their new invention to eventually lift off the ground and start a new chapter in world aviation history.
Once we arrived, no baby turquoise was in plane sight. I kept circling around the airport hoping that the Port Authority Police wouldn't site me as a suspicious. Around and around again we went past Terminal 1. We were determined to see that aircraft.
After almost ten minutes of circling JFK, we were driving over the overpass near Terminal 1 when I saw a massive turquoise tail of registration HL7612 rising up towards the sky. The more we drove, the more it came into sight until finally ... there it was. It was "KOREAN 081 'SUPER'."
As the aircraft taxied to the gate the shades of turquoise turned different shades like a kaleidoscope. Once powder turquoise then a baby blue which resembled an abstract KLM A380! Hey ~ perhaps this will inspire AF to purchase one for KLM!
As I saw it for the brief few moments, I saw The Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Nancy-Bird Walton, Howard Hughes and so many other aviators who gave their heart and "Seoul" for our industry.
We should all strive for the same success and soar to new levels just as the Orville and Wilbur Wright did at Kitty Hawk, NC on 17 December, 1903 marking a new chapter in world and aviation history. ~~~~
Jeremy D. Carlisle
Once I saw the indications of its descent, I quickly informed my followers on Twitter then made my way, accompanied by a good friend of mine, down to JFK. This may seem peanuts of importance to some, however, there was and is great significance to yesterday's event. This is the launch of the first non-stop East Asian operation for the A380 into JFK; a technologically advanced aircraft which provides a product to its customers which the other airlines' A380s do not. It also launches an expansion of Korean Air's fleet to the North American market to which Europe and the other destinations will follow suit.
Having this in mind, my heart raced faster as I approached the JFK Expressway leading into the airport. Despite the fact it started to rain, nothing was going to stop us from being apart of not only NY's history but aviation history.
The closer we arrived, the more I had mental flashbacks of my previous days in North Carolina when I visited Kitty Hawk for the first time. Even though it was a large hill, I reflected on how we have come in aeronautical engineering and technology.. I tried to imagine at that moment there how the Wright brothers struggled to get their new invention to eventually lift off the ground and start a new chapter in world aviation history.
Once we arrived, no baby turquoise was in plane sight. I kept circling around the airport hoping that the Port Authority Police wouldn't site me as a suspicious. Around and around again we went past Terminal 1. We were determined to see that aircraft.
After almost ten minutes of circling JFK, we were driving over the overpass near Terminal 1 when I saw a massive turquoise tail of registration HL7612 rising up towards the sky. The more we drove, the more it came into sight until finally ... there it was. It was "KOREAN 081 'SUPER'."
As the aircraft taxied to the gate the shades of turquoise turned different shades like a kaleidoscope. Once powder turquoise then a baby blue which resembled an abstract KLM A380! Hey ~ perhaps this will inspire AF to purchase one for KLM!
As I saw it for the brief few moments, I saw The Wright Brothers, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Nancy-Bird Walton, Howard Hughes and so many other aviators who gave their heart and "Seoul" for our industry.
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| Photo by Matt Molnar (NYC Aviation) |
We should all strive for the same success and soar to new levels just as the Orville and Wilbur Wright did at Kitty Hawk, NC on 17 December, 1903 marking a new chapter in world and aviation history. ~~~~
Jeremy D. Carlisle
