Isn't it great when you can identify the planes that pass over your head?
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Omag
Moderator: Plane spotting team
waypoints, VOR's and airways: the waypoints are coördinates with a name where planes can fly to. The VOR is something like waypoints but only that it has its own morse code and frequency, and looks like thiscontrailwatcherUK wrote:also, does anyone know much about VOR/Waypoints/airways etc..? I think i see contrails crossing over these but not sure![]()
Thanks
CWuk
Yep, I live close to FLORA VOR which is the initial approach fix for Brussels Airport. In the summer during rushhour there is one every minute or so.contrailwatcherUK wrote:Thanks Jessy, i now have a better undestanding of these navigational points. There are only 2 airways that cross near my house, "UR37" and "UN20", which both go to the "SAM" VOR (Southampton International Airport). I still see lots of contrails on them airways and thats only on 2 airways!
I suppose if you live right next to a VOR, you have contrails crossing in all directions directly over your head every minute or so
hope you know about mappy, map24, viamichelin &C &C?jessy wrote:well my geography isn't 100%
Ruiselede is roughly halfway Tielt & Aalter, closest main airport is EBOS but that would be an unusual destination for this A340, besides the local spotters would surely have mentioned it.jessy wrote:which is the first "big" airport in the neighbourhood
Jessy, which VOR's are these? They are quite different from any I saw yet! For info, some are visible near airfields, like ANT or BUB, others can be clearly seen "in the wild"', like NIK or COA. They all look look alike, rather like your second photo, but different still!jessy wrote:
waypoints, VOR's and airways: the waypoints are coördinates with a name where planes can fly to. The VOR is something like waypoints but only that it has its own morse code and frequency, and looks like this
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There were quite a few of these 'low passes' around Ruiselede and Ursel, I've seen the Sri Lankan when flying over Maria-Aalter at 2.500 ft (my alt not the Sri Lankan'somag wrote:can someone explain the presence of this Srilankan Airlines A340 over Ruiselede at this low altitude? ( 24/06/06)