Contrail spotting April 2013

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Contrail spotting April 2013

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A new month is starting. A new opportunity to share your best pictures of contrails.
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi to you all,
First post for April.......Was out with the scope on Tuesday--Had a white haze in the sky and early pm had HEAT in the SKY so conditions not great and a lot of the OTT aircraft routing via FRANCE :x ...........
Not great pictures :roll: :roll:



ATLAS-AIR BOEING 767 :D N643GT :D ROUTING EAST AS PAC977--CINCINNATI-BRUSSELS-------32.000FT---IN FULL DHL COLOURS WITH SMALL ATLAS AIR LOGO/TLS BY COCKPIT WINDOW.
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SWISS AIRBUS A340 HB-JMQ ROUTING WEST AS SR52---ZRH-BOS-----------36.000FT.
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Will have more soon.

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

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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi,

Clear skies all day on tuesday and didn't want to waste a nice clear day so took the scope to CPT VOR to catch more movements. Unfortunately had the same problem as DC10MD11, throughout the morning/afternoon the sky was full with heatwaves and haze and most pics went in the trash :cry:. Heatwaves dissapeared in the evening but contrast still low, managed to capture only 4 or 5 nice pics out of nearly 900 frames. "C'est la vie".

MSR985 CAI-JFK FL320 SU-GDR
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AFR006 CDG-JFK FL360 F-HPJE
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AFR008 CDG-JFK FL360 F-GSPD
Overtaking EI-RJJ, almost caught in the same frame :/
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AFR907T CDG-DUB FL320 EI-RJJ
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Qantas A388 , VH-OQK , MEL-DXB-LHR , fl 400 , flying over my house this morning.
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi , I had a bash with the scope yesterday , like you guys say the conditions were poor . The images are on my flickr page if you want a look . All shot at 2400mm , near POL in northern England.
Cheers -Nick
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ps.I will try and post my pic's in here next time

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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi
Was out with the scope on Saturday and sky conditions were very poor and still had the white haze which you might see in some of the pictures---took about 220 pictures and below is what remains.
I had the flight information but now i cant find it on Laptop. :oops: :oops: :oops: .SORRY.




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C/C WELCOME.

Today Sunday,had about 2 hours SUN(Pictures in BIN)and now have high white cloud at about 28.000ft :evil: :evil:

Thats all for now.

:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D

Nick--Nice to see your pictures and look forward to see some more---POL must have lots of OTT movements-Nice........

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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Finally the sun came out for about two hours
2 quick captures, didnot get the full TNT TripleSeven.......was too slow :( need more practise :)

Turkish Cargo A310 to Maastricht FL360
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TNT 777 Hongkong - Liege FL340
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hello again,

I'm sorry, but I forgot web address of this forum :oops: Right now I live in southwest UK anb below you can see few photos from my new home ;)

18th April
British, BAW2203, LGW-CUN, G-VIIT, B772, FL310+, LGW-MERLY, G12:26
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Virgin, VIR93, LGW-CUN, G-VROS, B744, FL330+, LGW-MERLY, G12:52
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QinetiQ, BDN59, G-BVRJ, RJ70, FL100-, G16:30 - flying to EGDM
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RRR, RRR422, ZH875, C130J, FL60, G18:51 - flying from BZZ
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I like your Virgin photo ! thanx

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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi to you all,
This is a follow on from my above post----Not a great sky that day.



ATLAS AIR BOEING 747 N421MC ON ITS WAY TO KENT INTERNATIONAL.
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NIPPON CARGO BOEING 747 GOING EAST......
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UNITED BOEING 767 ROUTING NORTHWEST.
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DELTA A/Ls BOEING 767 ALSO ROUTING NORTHWEST.
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:D NORDIC GLOBAL A/Ls MD-11 OH-LGC :D ROUTING EAST AS NGB0722--JFK-???--------32.000FT
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UNITED BOEING 747 N182UA ROUTING SFO-FRA--39.000FT.
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LUFTHANSA BOEING 747 ROUTING EAST AS DLH405---JFK-FRA---39.000FT.
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UNITED BOEING 757 ROUTING NORTHWEST .
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UNITED BOEING 777 ROUTING EAST.
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LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A330 ROUTING EAST.
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SWISS AIRBUS A321 HB-IOC ROUTING WEST TO DUBLIN.
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AIR CANADA BOEING 767 ROUTING NORTHWEST.
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NOT great photos this time.

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

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Beautiful photos. Super quality vader!

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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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DC10MD11 wrote:All the best
:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D
Nice comilation and fantastic Global MD11F!

For all fans of MD11!

19th April

Martinair, MPH1157, AMS-MIA-SCL, PH-MCS, MD11F, FL300, FERIT-GAPLI, G17:03
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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so far the best weather in 2013, two quick shots

UAE19 B777-31HER A6-EGN OMDB-EGCC UL610 FL360
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later in the evening

UAE3 A380-861 A6-EDX OMDB-EGLL UL610 FL400 GS450
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi,

My first contrails ever!

UAE19 B777-31HER A6-ENG
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UAE3 A380-861 A6-EDQ
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Cheers!

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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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Hi
Only 3 photos today :x :x the rest in the BIN due to the haze and heat---Only the aircraft at close range turned out o/k.




MARTINAIR MD-11 ROUTING WEST---WAS NOT ON RADAR-FLIGHT24.
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KLM BOEING 747 PH-BFG ROUTING WEST TO St MARTIN AS KL785 FROM AMS---32.000FT.
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SWISS AIRBUS A340 HB-JMM ROUTING EAST AS SWR19R--37.000FT.--RARE TO SEE THE SWISS FLIGHTS THIS FAR EAST.MOST OF THE TIME THEY TURN RIGHT IN TO FRANCE ABOUT 40 MILES BEFORE MY HOME.
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All the best

:D :D DC10MD11 :D :D

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20th April

USAF, MASH51, reg. 60-0363, KC35R, FL230, G12:00
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KLM, KLM255, AMS-ATL, PH-AKA, A333, FL340, FERIT-GAPLI, G16:53
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DC10MD11 wrote:Hi
Only 3 photos today :x :x the rest in the BIN due to the haze and heat---Only the aircraft at close range turned out o/k.
MARTINAIR MD-11 ROUTING WEST---WAS NOT ON RADAR-FLIGHT24.
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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vader wrote:Right now I live in southwest UK anb below you can see few photos from my new home ;)
Vader nice pics from your new location, not far from me - Yeovil is about 16 miles away so we should get the same movements :D

Here is one with rainbow contrail taken on 16th April. Pic is taken using canon 500mm f4 L lens. I hired this lens out for a few days for a spotting trip to AMS and this was taken before the trip at my home location.

VIR15 LGW-MCO FL320 G-VLIP
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Rgds,
James.

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contrailwatcherUK wrote:Vader nice pics from your new location, not far from me - Yeovil is about 16 miles away so we should get the same movements :D
Thx! I sent you an e-mail few days ago ;)

23nd April
KLM, KLM792, GRU-AMS, PH-BVD, B77W, FL370, GITUS-FERIT, G9:44
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Atlas Air, GTI2047, HHN-DOV, N458MC, B744F, FL360, KOPUL-MID-GAPLI, G17:32
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Re: Contrail spotting April 2013

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vader wrote: Thx! I sent you an e-mail few days ago ;)
Checked my inbox but couldn't find the message. Please could you try sending the message again through luchtzak PM? Thank you. :)
I spotted the Skyteam KLM 777 yesterday but had heatwaves and distortion in the photo. Also saw the Atlas Air whilst out on a walk.

Some contrail pics i took whilst spotting at AMS. Of course while using a 500mm lens with 1.4x TC, I kept a keen eye on the sky as well as on the ground ;)

British Airways 747
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Lufthansa A380
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Air Canada A330
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Icelandair 757
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Air Berlin A330
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Lufthansa A340
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Lufthansa A380
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Rgds,
James.

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