Contrail spotting March 2009

[Skystef]

If weather permits, you are invited to share your (pictorial) sightings.

[DC10MD11]

Hi
was out with the scope on friday 27th feb for a few hours and got a few pictures----the sky was a bit hazy and the temperture was +15------hope you like the pictures--------------










THE BMI EMBRAER ERJ145 G-RJXE WAS GOING NORTH,
EVERYGREEN BOEING 747 WAS GOING EAST,
CATHAY PACIFIC CARGO BOEING 747-444BCF WAS GOING EAST--MAY BE OUT OF MANCHESTER-WAS TO HIGH TO BE OUT OF LHR.
LTU AIRBUS A330-200 WAS GOING WEST.
BIZJET UNKNOW GOING EAST.
AER LINGUS AIRBUS A320 GOING EAST,
AIR FRANCE RJ100 GOING WEST,
FLYBE DASH 8(DHC-8-400)G-JECF GOING WEST.

AM I THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE BLUE SKY/SUN ????????????AS THEIR HAS BEEN VERY FEW PICTURES LATLY

ALL THE BEST

DC10MD11

[Raza_Ali]

Hi DC10MD11

I am amazed by the quality of your pictures of aircraft captured at such heights. What equipment do you use for zooming into these aircraft which I guess must be flying above 30,000 feet. I must say, Well done

[DC10MD11]

Hi DC10MD11

I am amazed by the quality of your pictures of aircraft captured at such heights. What equipment do you use for zooming into these aircraft which I guess must be flying above 30,000 feet. I must say, Well done

Many thanks ----------please go to the links below which should help you(preview from member skystef)

http://www.skystef.be/contrail.htm

http://www.skystef.be/scope-setup.htm

all the best
DC10MD11

[Andrzej_ES.com]

Hi,

Some shot's from 2.03.2009:

A319 Koral Blue


B773 Singapore - SQ333


A388 Singapore - SQ317


More at http://www.ExtremeSpotting.com

Best Regards!

[Fire Boss]

French KC-135

757-300, Thomas Cook

747-400 British

747-400 Emirates

[DC10MD11]

WAS OUT WITH THE SCOPE ON FRIDAY WITH MIXED RESULTS AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PHOTOS---- ALL PHOTOS TAKEN IN RAW AND CONVERTED BACK INTO JPEG---WONT BE DOING IT AGAIN DUE TO THE TIME IT TOOK ME .
The flight information was taken from the extreme spotting SBS-1(and its free ) which takes in southeast kent where i live,---it did not pick up the 3 evergreen boeing 747s which come over going east.



UL607 ACA838 C-FMWP YOW-FRA

UL607 UAL932 IAD-FRA

UL607 UAL982 IAH-KWI


UL613-GOING EAST ACA876 C-FMWV YYZ/FRA

UL607 GOING EAST N706CK

UL607 GOING EAST LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A330

UL607 ROYAL AIRFORCE C-17 GOING EAST

UL607 GOING EAST N415MC

UL9 GOING WEST PZ-TCM

UL607 GOING EAST

UL607--GOING EAST AS GEC8275 HATO-FRA B-2423??????????

UL15 KLM MD-11 GOING WEST

UL607 GOING EAST EVERGREEN B747

UL607 LUFTHANSA B747 GOING EAST

UT420 RYANAIR BOEING 737 GOING WEST.

DOES any body know if the JADE CARGO b-2423 was operating as GEC8275 ON FRIDAY GOING WEST TO FRA--i saw this aircraft a few weeks ago and it was going northeast to AMS?????????????????????????????????????


UL613 AER LINGUS A320 GOING NORTHWEST

UL607 LX-MCV CLX861 HUSTON LUXEMBERG

UL613 AIR FRANCE 366 CDG/PHL F-GZCJ

UL613 AIR FRANCE 018 F-GZCH

UL607 GOING EAST LUXAIR

UL607 TURKISH AIRBUS A320 AS THY1970 BHX/IST

UL607 BRUSSELS AIRLINES RJ100 GOING EAST

EASYJET AIRBUS A320 GOING NORTHWEST.

The 2 air france airbus a330s are NOT the same photo(reg under the wing).

hope you like(comments are welcome)
all the best
DC10MD11

[Fire Boss]

Nice photos

[Raza_Ali]

What is this UL607, UL608, UL 9 etc...... How do you know which UL is that, and how do you know the origin and destination of the aircraft. DC10MD11, you wrote that you took the pictures without the scope. Does that mean that you just took these close ups from your Digital Camera???

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Many thanks for your e-mail---------ul607,ul608 are airways route codes which are near my home(the same for motorways/roads).you can get maps which show the routes.
when i said that i "was out with the scope"---------it means that i had been out side with the scope taking photos.
When you know the flight number which you can obtain from a SBS-1 base station which connects via a PC, you can go on to google -key in the flight number and it should give you the origin and destination.

hope this help

DC10MD11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
a few more pictures which i took sunday--only a few pictures i took with the barlow due to the heat later on in the day.
aircraft routing on airways UL15,UL607,UM733,UT420 and a few out of LHR at about 5,000Ms.
hope you like!!!!would like to hear your comments on my photos please.



RYANAIR BOEING 737-UL15 GOING EAST

AIR CANADA BOEING 767-UL15 GOING EAST

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380-UL15-GOING EAST

BIZJET-UL15-GOING EAST

RYANAIR BOEING 737-UL15-GOING EAST

LIBYAN A/L BOMBARDIER CRJ---GOING TO MANCHESTER-UL613

CITYJET RJ100--UM733--GOING WEST

USAF C-17--GOING EAST--UL15

FIRST CHOICE AIRBUS A321 GOING EAST--UL15

RYANAIR BOEING 737 GOING WEST--UM733

OLYMPIC AIRBUS A340 GOING WEST--UM733

KLM MD-11 GOING WEST--UL15

EMIRATES AIRBUS A380 OUT OF LHR

QATAR AIRBUS A340 OUT OF LHR

OLYMPIC AIRBUS A340 INBOUND LHR AT 4,000M

MARTINAIR MD-11 GOING WEST ON UL15

THAI AIRBUS A340 OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

AIR CANADA BOEING 767 GOING EAST ON UL15.

Thats all for now untill next time.

all the best to you all

DC10MD11

[Depretair]

Hello,


Seen above Ixelles this afternoom,

Emirates A 380 en route from LHR to DXB

Time was 15h55 LT.



Cheers,

Olivier

[DC10MD11]

Hi
a few more pictures which i took today------------The E-3A SENTRY was going south and is a rare sight where i live.
the TRANSAERO BOEING 747-400 IS A VERY RARE SIGHT WHERE I LIVE put the picture is full of disortion.was going east to west-may be out of EUROPE
*********does any one know the flight number--------------departure/arrival points or is it flying for some one else?????????????????????.MAY BE CONTRAILWATCHER UK took it.




thats all for now
DC10MD11

[lumumba]

Hi Depretair.
So this Emirates the same day same hour I was also in Ixelles.
Regards
Patrice

[Raza_Ali]

From where can one get the maps of Airways like UL607, 608, 980 etc etc. Any website which can provide info on these??

[Andrzej_ES.com]

Hi,

DC10MD11, Congartulations!

SQ333 on PADKA-TEPNA
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Singapor ... 1497390/L/

Regards!

[Skystef]

Taken slightly higher than a contrailing airplane, the ISS + Space Shuttle "Discovery" overhead at 354 km height.
On March 25, with fading sunlight, finally a descent view on the Shuttle, meanwhile it's detached.



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