Contrail spotting May 2010

[Skystef]

A new month has arrived, so again new opportunities to share your (pictorial) sightings.

[Airplanefooood]

Let's hope this grainy weather gets better soon.
I want to test my repaired lens
Past two years, the first two days of May we're hot as hell and perfect for spotting.
Now, autumn has arrived again I guess.

[Alvaro]

In Air Plane to Plane Contrail Spotting (made from a Brussels Airlines A319 direction Nice and made a picture of Transavia B737 which landed aswell in Nice after my plane)

[Airplanefooood]

One of the 10 Transavia Boeing 737-7K2 a/c. Nice shot.

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few photos which i took 10th may(17.30--19.00)1st time the sun has been out in days.---------------only get a few contrail movements in the evening(ryanair//easyjet//.----best time of day is early a.m when i get contrail aircraft from the USA going east to EUROPE.

ALL AIRCRAFT BELOW TAKEN MANY KMs AWAY


LUFTHANSA CRJ GOING EAST ON UL607

EASYJET AIRBUS A320 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607

BRUSSELS AIRLINES RJ100 ALSO GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607

OMNI AIR DC-10 GOING EAST ON UL607(THIS WAS TAKEN 30/04/10)

THOMSON.COM BOEING 737 GOING EAST ON UL607


Nice to see your photos prvee--Sloveria

Thats all for now.

All the best
DC10MD11

[prvee]

The weather is super clear, not enough humid for leaving trails... anyway some of them...

this one is flying on same flight path as other, but couldn`t get info of the plane, i think is one of the 757 planes







Greetings

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Some more photos which i took on the 14th may.-----Sky was hazy in the day but inproved in the evening.
photos taken 17.00--19.30 put very few movements in the evening.

For the last 4/5 days their has been very little if any USA/CANADA TO EUROPE MOVEMENTS(going east) over the southeast of england .--------i see from the internet thay have been routing GREENLAND-NORTH OF ICELAND and down the NORTHSEA with some flights taking 2 hours longer.----------Today the 15th they are routing via the southeast.



SWISS AIRBUS A340 GOING WEST ON AIRWAY UT420

ANTONOV DESIGN BUREAU AN-124-100 UR-82072 GOING NORTHWEST ON AIRWAY UM733-RAF CHARTER?????

MONARCH AIRBUS A321 GOING NORTHWEST ALSO ON AIRWAY UM733

AIR FRANCE AIRBUS A320 ON IT WAY FOR LHR

EASYJET AIRBUS A320 OUT OF LGW IN THE LAST RAYS OF LIGHT GOING EAST

AIR FRANCE BOEING 777-300 F-GSQO GOING WEST ON AIRWAY UM733

BMI BABY BOEING 737 G-TQYG GOING NORTHWEST ON AIRWAY UM733

HELVETIC A/Ws F-100 GOING NORTHWEST ON UM733

BRITISH A/Ws BOEING 777 OUT OF LGW GOING EAST


Next few days is overcast with some rain

thats all for now,
DC10MD11

[prvee]

It`s not really contrail made in May, anyway interesting way of use google-maps



type in maps "voduce", zoom in 1km resolution, voila... (it`s near my city)

[contrailwatcherUK]

We had showery weather in SW England today so it was hit and miss. I only managed to capture two aircraft, despite many transatlantic flights going overhead due to the volcanic ash cloud.

Thomas Cook A330 at FL270 as TCX65K


Aerologic 772 at FL300 as BOX412 - never seen before

[Selcal]

190510 - Shamrock 64G EI-EDS at 37.000 ft, heading 127 crossing the Moon on a beautiful clear sky.


Cheers,

Rob

[Lyulka]

Gentlemen (and women),

yesterday evening (may 19th) I noticed a plane passing south of Louvain in a north-eastern direction leaving a single contrial. When looking with my binocoulars, it looked to me like the Diamond Jet, but I am aware that this is hardly possible. Unfortunatly the plane was out of reach by the time I had my camera in my hands...

Anybody who can tell me what I saw?
Thanks!

[prvee]

Today was extreme day for contrail spotting, but sadly - it was cludy... There were A300, A330(Qatar, Emirates...), A340, A380X2(Emirates), B777(Emirates), B767, B747... etc that usualy fly much norther? Are there weather conditions that makes airlines to choose new routes, or is there something else that influences on? For example, A380 EK02 on LHR-DXB flew on UL603 for a month, then all of the sudden much norther, and stayed there for a while? Now again luckily on UL603. How to know when they will change enroute?

[contrailwatcherUK]

Are there weather conditions that makes airlines to choose new routes, or is there something else that influences on? For example, A380 EK02 on LHR-DXB flew on UL603 for a month, then all of the sudden much norther, and stayed there for a while? Now again luckily on UL603. How to know when they will change enroute?

On long-haul routes, aircraft tend to fly in favour of high altitude winds, such as the jet stream. If the aircraft flies in the same direction as the wind then it will reach its destination quicker and fly more efficiently. The pilot will be given a route they must fly by the flight despatcher. You can view the jetstream winds at this link http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/jetstream.asp
Also EK02 route can be found here http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAE2

Hope this helps,
James.

[Bottie]

Not really a contrail-shot, due to ... no contrail :

[prvee]

Some new photos...









and finally a rare one above us...



same...



thanks James!

regards...

[leedseagle]

Hi there

A few from Sunday 23 May Between 6pm and 9pm


BMI Regional 678 g-ccyh Embraer 145EP LHR-ABZ Heading North on UL613


EZY6784 A319 Krakow-Belfast Heading West on UL46





LOT 9 SP-LPA B-767 Krakow, Balice- Chicago O'Hare Heading West on UL46


EZY145 A319 LTN-ABZ Heading North on UL613


BMI 680 G-MEDK A320 LHR-ABZ Heading North on UL613


AF5560 Embraer 190 CDG-ABZ Heading North on UY250

All the best
Leedseagle

[DC10MD11]

[quote="leedseagle"]Hi there

A few from Sunday 23 May Between 6pm and 9pm

Hi leedseagle
very nice pictures

All the best
DC10MD11

[prvee]

Another good day for spotting...





those Avro planes are sooo hard to spott...

















same one...





coludn`t identify, too high, and no radar information

Best regards .)

[Airbus A330]

Yesterday (24 May), I got a JAL 777 heading to CDG just before the ANA 744. Can someone help me to identify the reg of those 2 birds ?

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Took the photos below over the weekend 22/23 may.-----most are taken early am(07.00--09.00)and evening (18.30--20.00)as in the daytime sky was very hazy and hot(28c).
Lost a few photos due to the heat.----------ALL PHOTOS TAKEN WITHOUT BARLOW------.


HELVETIC A/Ws FOKKER F-100 HB-JVG GOING WEST ON AIRWAY UL15

BMI BABY BOEING 737 GOING NORTHWEST ON AIRWAY UT420

ATLASAIR BOEING 747 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9

AIR FRANCE RJ100 GOING NORTHWEST ON AIRWAY UT420

THOMSON.COM BOEING 737 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL15

RYANAIR BOEING 737 ALSO GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL15

OMNI AIR BOEING 767 N351AX AS RICH 296 35.000FT GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9

CONTINENTAL A/Ls BOEING 777-224 N77019 35.000FT NEWARK----TEL AVIV ON AIRWAY UL9

CYPRUS A/Ws ??????? AIRBUS A320 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9

SWISS AIRBUS A320 GOING NORTHWEST ON AIRWAY UT420

KLM BOEING 747-400 MANY KMs AWAY GOING WEST ON AIRWAY UL607

FIRST CHOICE AIRBUS A321 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9

SINGAPORE A/Ls BOEING 747 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607-----JFK---FRA

THOMSON.COM BOEING 757 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9

UNKNOW BOEING 747-200(MAY BE KALITTA AIR)DECENDING OVER THE SOTHEAST OF ENGLAND FOR BELGIUM.

VIKING BOEING 737 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607

LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A340 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL15

LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A330 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL15

THOMSON.COM BOEING 757 GOING NORTHWEST ON AIRWAY UT420

RYANAIR BOEING 737 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607

AER LINGUS AIRBUS A320 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9

AER LINGUS AIRBUS A320 GOING WEST ON AIRWAY UL15

AIR TRANSAT AIRBUS A310 C-GTSY 35.000FT CYUL--------LFBO


Thats all for now,

All the best
DC10MD11