Last Saturday, I heard the sound of an Osprey and - sure enough - one was coming from the north, following Rt 17 into Teterboro.
Today, I heard one just after noon. It followed the same route. 10 minutes later, the same thing..........and then again and again.
There can't be 4 of them - maybe one was circling the area or giving tours. In any event, that meant there was an Osprey at Teterboro and I wanted to get some pictures.
I drove down Huyler St, crossed Rt 46, and continued down along the eastern edge of the airport.
There I saw.................FOUR OSPREYS!
Usually, there's nowhere to park there, but I found a lot with 3 or 4 cars parked in it by a fence close to the planes. I fully expected someone to come out of a building and start yelling at me..............nothing.
I REALLY expected someone on the tarmac - which was just on the other side of the fence - to chase me away when I started taking pictures from the fence with a full-size camera and a cellphone cam..............again, no problem.
The cellphone was limited in what it could do, because using the digital zoom makes the pictures look like crap. It's really only good for close shots and this was not close enough.
(Remember when buying a camera or camcorder: forget the useless DIGITAL zoom..........it's the OPTICAL zoom that's important)
The first picture is the only one where I didn't use the digital zoom, so it's the sharpest. I could fit almost 3 of the aircraft in the frame. The 4th was parked over to the right - closer to Rt 46.
At one point, about 30 airmen left the planes and walked across the tarmac and into a building. You can see 3 of them in the last picture, which looks as if I was hiding in the bushes (I wasn't). Rt 46 is in the background.
On a humorous note, I saw a quick photo shoot going on near the front of one plane. The subject was taller than everyone else and was in full uniform.
It was Mister Met. Let's see where those pictures pop up.
I think I got a shot of it with my adult camera, but I'm still shooting slides, so it'll be a while before I see those shots.
(5:23pm - I just saw one coming in to Teterboro following the same route as above - a fifth one? I'm guessing they're in the area for Memorial Day weekend events.)
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