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Pawel
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Post by Pawel »

Hi

24.03.06 I took photo B747 Atlas Air JFK-DXB. Maybe the same plane :?:

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Post by lumumba »

Hi pawel.
Looks the same but it was 2 day's before.
Patrice
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loadmaster747
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Post by loadmaster747 »

Hi to you all,

Dear Ivan confirm it's an Atlas Air B747, cos nowadays there's an increasing AMC (US army) flights between USA and Middle East (maybe KWI or DXB) operating by Atlas Air Freighters.
Between July 2002 & 0ctober 2004 such flights using Atlas Air Freighters were doing Stopover (for fuelling) at LGG, but now maybe at SNN or PIK probably.

Can somebody confirm pls
rgds

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Post by contrailwatcherUK »

hi,
I like the Atlas air B747 Pawel;)
I wish i could get my pictures through my telescope as clear as that.
here is my atlas air pic, taken through my telescope:
http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img109411wi.jpg

thanks for the information ivan!!

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Post by Ovostar »

All your pics are absolute amazing... How do you do them ? you know that a plane will come, or ou just take pictures of random planes you see in the sky ?

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Post by Pawel »

Hi

I have observed planes since 2 years so I know when, what time they fly.
Some photos through telescope :wink:

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Post by SilverJET »

how do you manage to make pictures of behind a telescope. I've tried several times but I failed.
Best Regards Raymond

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Post by Ivan_Eagle »

awsome shots Pawel :D
trying to uploud my picture but :cry:

Greats Ivan

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Post by liebensd »

Today 2 April:
@14:44 Type B777??? Airline???
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Egyptair A330-200 MS743 on arrival for EBBR

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Arkia B757-300 IZ301 on arrival for EBBR
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Greetz,

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Post by Ovostar »

COOL PICS!!! Thank you for sharing! I am not sure that the 1st one is a 777, the engines aren't that big to be a 777...
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Ovostar wrote:I am not sure that the 1st one is a 777, the engines aren't that big...
Could it be a First Choice Airways B767?

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Post by liebensd »

EHAM wrote:Could it be a First Choice Airways B767?
That is possible.

Greetz,

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Post by lumumba »

Hi liebensd.
I so the Arkia today in Tell-aviv on take of for BRU.
Regards
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Hasta la victoria siempre.

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Post by Ivan_Eagle »

hello

This is clearly an B767-300ER of First Choice :wink:

Greats Ivan

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Post by omag »

Anyone able to identify this one?

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Went overhead this evening going east. Probably from heathrow... Thai Airlines new paint? But then the engines wouldn't be purple ( or is it blue)

edit: perhaps Atlas air ( see post by Pawel on top of this page.. the colours match, as do the engines...)

Cheers

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hmmm.... my first guess is also THAI

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Post by loadmaster747 »

Hi guys,

I'm almost sure that's an Atlas Air 747, I could be wrong as a human beeing.

Let's have a look to this link in order to compare

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0951645/L/

Rgds
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Post by Ovostar »

WOW!!!!!!!!! Congratulation loadmaster747!!! You are probably right!

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You're welcome my friend

See ya

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