Contrail spotting February 2013

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Contrail spotting February 2013

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Thanks for all your pictures of January.

A new month has started. An opportunity to share your best pictures with other fans of contrail spotting. Hoping that the weather will be better than in January.
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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hi to you all,
Had a nice clear sky on Saturday (2nd feb)for about 4/5 hours before the cloud rolled in.-------Lost a few 1st thing due to the scope not being on temperature :oops: :oops: :oops:
.Will put more on soon....................

MARTINAIR CARGO MD-11 PH-MCS ROUTING WEST AS MPH1153 31.000FT.
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C U SOON

All the best
:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hi Everyone,

February is looking a lot more promising :)

We had very clear skies on Saturday, unfortunately i was working during the morning and could only watch them streak overhead but rushed home to catch a few afternoon shots. I was also after that Martinair MD-11 that DC10MD11 caught, but he flew too far south.

02/02/13:
DLH402 JFK-FRA FL340
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CKS412 LEJ-WRI FL360
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KLM255 AMS-ATL FL340
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More clear skies forecast for tomorrow.

Regards,
James.

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hi
A few more pictures to follow on from my above post.................c/c welcome


KLM BOEING 747-400 PH-BFY ROUTING WEST AS KL735-----------AMS-CUR-----------32.000FT.
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DELTA A/Ls BOEING 747 N670US ROUTING EAST AS DL8958 TO HAHN------------33.000FT.
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EMIRATES BOEING 777 A6-EGA ROUTING EAST AS UAE212---------HOUSTON-DUBAI----------35.000FT.
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KLM MD-11 PH-KCC ROUTING WEST AS KL723 ------------AMS-HAV---------33.000FT.
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:D Nice pictures contrailwatcheruk :D


Thats all for now.

All the best.

:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hello,

after many wet days the weather calmed down with lots of sunshine today :D ; but unfortunately many pictures distorted due to air temperatures. Some fighter planes could be seen at high altitude,a pair of Eurofighters,a Tornado and a single Phantom which I include here.

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A FlyBE Dash 8 with contrails, as usual no flight data available.
A FlyBE Dash 8 with contrails, as usual no flight data available.
Also with contrails, this Dash 8 is from EuroLOT. Taken from some distance on an eastern heading.
Also with contrails, this Dash 8 is from EuroLOT. Taken from some distance on an eastern heading.
Just detected because of the contrail, this is most probably one of the last few Luftwaffe Phantoms from JG71. The F4F will be retired in June.
Just detected because of the contrail, this is most probably one of the last few Luftwaffe Phantoms from JG71. The F4F will be retired in June.

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hello,
just to add something new from this month, here is World Airways Cargo N742WA. Seen a couple of days ago, I just found out today that this is the only 747 they have in service, so I can say "I´ve got it" ;). I have to admit I´ve paid more attention to their MD11 fleet. As there´s more snow predicted, I guess there will be no more sightings this month... :(

Greetings from cold Germany

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Caught when there were a few sunny hours, but even then the sky was not really clear.
Caught when there were a few sunny hours, but even then the sky was not really clear.

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hi to you all,
This is a follow on to my last post above--hope you like???????????????.
I am using the NEW PHOTOBUCKET and when i use the IMG THUMB LINK they open up on the photobucket webb site even when the LINK BACK OPTION IS OFF.
Can any one help please??????????????????????????????????????????????.


KLM BOEING 777 PH-BVA ROUTING WEST AS KLM743----AMS-LIMA-----30.000
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AIR CARGO GERMANY BOEING 747 D-ACGD ROUTING EAST AS AGX3142 ---HATO-HAHN---35.000FT.
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JET2 BOEING 737 ROUTING NORTHWEST AS EXS2104--CHAMBERY-DUBLIN--34.000FT.
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KLM AIRBUS A330 PH-AOI ROUTING WEST AS KL765.
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UNITED B0EING 777 N775UA ROUTING WEST OUT OF BRUSSELS AS UA951-34.000FT.
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AIR TAHITI AIRBUS A340 F-OSUN ROUTING NORTHWEST AS THT7--CDG-LAX-PAPEETE--32.000FT.(BACKLIT) :( :( :(
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JET AIRWAYS AIRBUS A330 VT-JWH ROUTING WEST AS JAI228--BRUSSELS-NEWARK--36.000.
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AUSTRIAN BOEING 737 OE-LNR ROUTING EAST AS AUS9364--BRISTOL-INNSBRUCK--37.000FT.
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JET AIRWAYS AIRBUS A330 VT-JWM ROUTING WEST AS JA1230--BRU-YYZ--34.000FT.
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US AIR BOEING 767 N251AY ROUTING WEST AS US751---34.000FT.
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JET2 HOLIDAYS BOEING 737 G-CDFB ROUTING NORTH AS EXS672--GENEVA-EAST MIDLANDS-28.000FT.
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ARKEFLY BOEING 767 PH-OYE ROUTING WEST AS TFL0367====AMS-HATO--30.000FT.
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MONARCH AIRBUS A321 ROUTING EAST.
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UNITED BOEING 777 ROUTING WEST.
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KILITTA-AIR BOEING 747 N795CK ROUTING EAST AS CKS209--JFK-BAHRAIN--32.000FT
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Thats all for now,

:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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Hi
A few more photos from the 17th feb---1st sun in days but was not very friendly(heat waves :x )Not much blue sky this winter.....................

TRANSAERO BOEING 747 EI-XLJ ROUTING WEST AS TSO553-----MOSCOW/PUNTA CANA=====37.000FT.
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JET AIRWAYS AIRBUS A330 VT-JWK ROUTING EAST AS JAI229---TORANTO-BRUSSELS--WAS RUNNING LATE BY ABOUT 6 HOURS DUE TO SNOW
IN CANADA.
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LUFTHANSA BOEING 747 D-ABVY ROUTING EAST AS LH499---MEXICO CITY-FRANKFURT =37.000FT
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OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL BOEING 767 N387AX ROUTING EAST AS CMB594===33.000FT
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ALITALIA BOEING 777 EI-DBM ROUTING NORTHWEST AS AZ608--ROME-JFK----34.000FT.(BACKLIT :x )
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KLM BOEING 777 PH-BQE ROUTING SOUTHWEST AS KL757---AMS-PANAMA CITY===32.000FT.
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Not great pictures this time due to the heatwaves in the sky.-----just waiting for the SUNto come out----has any one seen it lately :lol: :lol:

Thats it for now,

All the best
:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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We had about 15 minutes today , where there was a little bit of blue in the overcast sky. Three aircraft could be seen before the "window" disappeared, a Ryanair, an Easy Jet plus one which I cannot identify. Coming from the west, probably Benelux, this one looks like a Fokker 100 with a livery I have not seen before, so maybe one of the experts can solve this puzzle.

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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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To me it looks more like ERJ-134/145 ...
Could be Eastern Airways then but I can't find any livery of them with blue on the wings ...

Hope it helped a little :-)
Have a good day,

Laurent,
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Re: Contrail spotting February 2013

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HI,

27 February:

15:38 - A388 Thai - HS-TUC - THA921 [FRA-BKK]
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1600 pix ;)
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Best Regards! :D

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