Contrail spotting January 2012

[sn26567]

Thanks for all the contributions last month and during the whole year 2011.

A new year is arriving, so again opportunities to share your (pictorial) sightings of January 2012.

[DC10MD11]

Hi
My 1st post of the year and the 1st for this site .--------Taken today heading west out of AMS--KLM BOEING 747 PH-BFB ON ITS WAY TO HATO AT 32.000FT AS KLM735.




Will have more soon now back to work

All the best
DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

Another KLM MD-11 passing over on 2/1/12, this time at 28,000ft.... unfortunately didnt quite fit in the frame.

KLM627 AMS-MIA FL280 PH-KCF

[DC10MD11]

HI
A few more pictures which i took on the 2/1/12 monday-----Still getting distortion in pictures.----------------------------very little US TRAFFIC GOING WEST and most east bound OTT aircraft routing further north-so a few distance photos.

MOST pictures below are common so have not listed ALL OF them.


A LOT of KLM/MARTINAIR FLIGHTS, MOSTLY TO SOUTH AMERICA TODAY.

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MARTINAIR MD-11 ROUTING WEST(1 OF 2 TODAY)








THY BOEING 777 ROUTING EAST AS THY12(1 OF 2 TODAY ALSO THY12)








B767 CONDOR CFG197











SINGAPORE A/Ls AIRBUS A340 9V-SGA ROUTING EAST AS SIA21---EWR-SIN 33.000ft.











DLH485 A343 ROUTING EAST.


AIR BERLIN AIRBUS A330 BER7000 ROUTING WEST





Thats all for now.
DC10MD11

[GoldenEagle]

That Singapore is a very nice one, keep up the good pictures!

Greetings

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Saw this aircraft over Ireland on flightradar24 so got the scope out hoping their would be a gape in the clouds and it was coming my way.

SOUTHERN AIR BOEING 747-400 N469AC ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607 TO BELGIUM AS SOO103P AT 32.000FT.

Looks like it was put into service in a rush AS IT STILL HAS GOT THE AIR NEW ZEALAND COLOURS .NO TLS .
Was converted to CARGO in TEL AVIV-----LSD FROM AIRCASTLE.


NOT the best of pictures HAD ATMOSPHERIC DISTORTION AND WAS +10C here TODAY .






ALL the best
DC10MD11

[Squelsh]

Moeder's Mooiste strikes again nice pic

[contrailwatcherUK]

Hi,

Photos from Saturday 07/01/12. Had clear sky all day, although it was quite windy and unfortunately suffered some atmospheric distortion. Traffic operated different routes than usual over the Atlantic today due to a very stong jet stream (flights to europe over the atlantic arriving much earlier to their destination). This was in my favour as many aircraft were heading my way, and I had the opportunity to spot some gems


KLM735 FL320 AMS-CUR PH-BFG


TFL375 FL320 AMS-BON PH-OYE


UAL961 FL360 BRU-EWR N773UA


CRL943 FL390 MIA-ORY EC-KXN (Air Pullmantur operating for Corsair )


KLM757 FL300 AMS-PTY PH-KCF


KLM17 FL340 AMS-IAD PH-AOA


Regards,
James.

[simon180399]

james, you was lucky, i had a break in the cloud for about an hour or so and took a few shots (see my new post) i was rather hoping for a few breaks this afternoon but it just steadily got worse.

tomorrow is looking even worse.

btw what is your set up? as your pics are stunning.
cheers simon

[DC10MD11]

Hi,

Photos from Saturday 07/01/12. Had clear sky all day, although it was quite windy and unfortunately suffered some atmospheric distortion. Traffic operated different routes than usual over the Atlantic today due to a very stong jet stream (flights to europe over the atlantic arriving much earlier to their destination). This was in my favour as many aircraft were heading my way, and I had the opportunity to spot some gems


KLM735 FL320 AMS-CUR PH-BFG


TFL375 FL320 AMS-BON PH-OYE


UAL961 FL360 BRU-EWR N773UA


CRL943 FL390 MIA-ORY EC-KXN (Air Pullmantur operating for Corsair )


KLM757 FL300 AMS-PTY PH-KCF


KLM17 FL340 AMS-IAD PH-AOA


Regards,
James.

Hi James


------- ------------------------------------------GREAT PICTURES JAMES------------------------------------------------------ -----------Nice to see you had nice clean blue sky : DON'T GET TO MANY AIRCRAFT COMING RIGHT OVER TOP Here in the southeast it is +10c and still getting DISTORTION


All the best to you
DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

btw what is your set up? as your pics are stunning.
cheers simon

Thanks.
My setup is this:
Canon 50D > Televue 2x 2" Powermate (barlow lens) > Orion Optics VX12 (12" dobsonian telescope)

[simon180399]

i think these can go into this section as they are all pretty much in focus albeit a bit small.

i know they are pointing at different obscure angles but i was concentrating on getting the focus right instead of angling the camera.

[contrailwatcherUK]

Nice photos, reg readable on the Ryanair

I take it you live in or near Torquay? quite a busy airway north/south situated right overhead there. Most of it is small traffic like easyjet/ryanair, but have spotted the airbus beluga over there quite a few times as well

All the best,
James.

[simon180399]

hi james,thanks mate im getting there, i especially like the first monarch one as i caught the strobe light illuminating.

im actually in a small town called chudleigh just SW of exeter.

i have two routes that cross almost above my head a transatlantic one and the berry head radial one.

seen the beluga many times, in the summer it used to fly over on a tuesday afternoon.

cheers simon

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few more photos which i took today-------Had some blue sky with high white cloud////not many movements today as most US movements routing more south.
Had to use 400 iso due to the low light(high white cloud) .


C/C WELCOME



A RARE MOVEMENT FOE ME USAF C-17 HEADING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9(Not great pictures)






AIR BERLIN AIRBUS A330 D-ALPB ROUTING WEST ON AIRWAY UL607 BER7324----TXL-PUJ----------36.000ft.



MNG CARGO AIRBUS A300-600 TC-MCA ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9 AS MNB508---32.000ft.





AER LINGUS AIRBUS A320 EI-DEB ROUTING EAST DUB-BRU AS EIN634 AT 28.000ft.



EMIRATES BOEING 777 A6-EBJ ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9 AS UAE40----BHX-DXB.



SPANAIR AIRBUS A321 EC-HPM ROUTING NORTHWEST AS JKK1325 AT 35.000ft----LPA-TRD.
RARE FOR ME TO GET SPANISH/SCANDINAVIA MOVEMENTS.



TAKEN AT A DISTANCE ----------SWISS AIRBUS A340 ROUTING NORTH TO SFO.



RYANAIR BOEING 737 EI-DAK ROUTING NORTHWEST BACK TO DUBLIN.



OUT OF GATWICK ANTONOV An-148 RA-61702 OF ROSSIYA RUSSIAN A/Ls ROUTING NORTHEAST.



UNKNOW GULFSTREAM???????????????????????????????????ROUTING TO WAY POINT DOVER ON AIRWAY UL607.



THATS ALL FOR NOW
DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

Cool shots DC10, nice clear shot of the MNG A300. I also suffered the high white cloud and lack of movements, hopefully winds will change soon over atlantic. Weather looking good for the next few days

[Ian K]

Didn't get the scope out until this afternoon when most of the traffic had disappeared
KLM744 PH-BQK B772 Heading back to AMS

DAL249 N188DN B763 heading to the States

Ian

[leedseagle]

Nice shots Ian, i thought same thing today thought id missed all good traffic so didnt bother takin scope out and missed a Kalitta Air B747 and a Martinair Cargo MD11
hopefully nice clear day again tomorrow
All the best
Leedseagle

[Tomskii]

How do you guys zoom in so far? What equipment is needed? (except for a DSLR of course)

[Ian K]

Here is my selection from today.
N768UA

N248AY

Unknown 737

N781UA

D-AIKO

OO-JAP

a couple of distant ones
C-GSCA

XA-APB

Inbound to Stansted at 16000ft G-GSSE B748

Inbound to Heathrow at 8000ft
A6-AFB

A9C-KB

Ian