Contrail spotting
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When looking into the sky, you sometimes can see some nice surprises. This is clear in all the previous posts in this topic. I have some more to add!:
Kenya Airways in approach for Schiphol:
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8223
PIA Boeing 743, probably coming from MAN:
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8222
A real surprise: a RAF VC-10 :
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8221
The Germanwings 'Bearbus' :
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8218
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8217
Apart of that, I could also catch a Virgin Atlantic A340:
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8220
Hope you like them. Feel free to comment!
Rgds,
Wim
Kenya Airways in approach for Schiphol:
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8223
PIA Boeing 743, probably coming from MAN:
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8222
A real surprise: a RAF VC-10 :
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8221
The Germanwings 'Bearbus' :
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8218
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8217
Apart of that, I could also catch a Virgin Atlantic A340:
http://coppermine.luchtzak.be/displayim ... ?pos=-8220
Hope you like them. Feel free to comment!
Rgds,
Wim
Depends on humidity and temperature: usually between 6km and tropopause. Tropopause is fluctuating in height (somewhere between 8-15km) and it's the inversion layer from which temperature starts to rise. It is also the level at which commercial aircraft want to stay just below, a matter of the most economical cruising level (the colder, the less cost).Ovostar wrote:THANK YOU!!!!! :and from which altitude do you have Condensation trail ?
Todays conditions for contrail spotting are quite good, as can be noted on my webcam.
Rgrd S
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Hi,
can someone help me identify this one: picture
taken with Canon 300D 75-300mm lens at 10:35GMT heading W over my house in Dorset, England.
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can someone help me identify this one: picture
taken with Canon 300D 75-300mm lens at 10:35GMT heading W over my house in Dorset, England.
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Did spent some money ? Your pic seem to match with one of the two Belgian Defence A310s: piccontrailwatcherUK wrote: can someone help me identify this one?
taken with Canon 300D 75-300mm lens at 10:35GMT heading W over my house in Dorset, England.
With the longer daylight, some east bound traffic can be photographed with back light, but only in early morning or late evening. The horizontal distance is a bit larger than the W bound traffic, hence the smaller planes.
A grip of some evening shots of 03/06.
No contrail, but first time I saw a RYR descending to EBCI taken around 2026LT.
It came from Stockholm (Skavsta) as FR9571 and is presumable EI-DAQ
A Belgian registered contrailing plane above EBBR, very rare: A300 of EAT cruising E around 2026LT.
Fedex MD11 cruising E around 2111LT
Classic shot of Air India B747-400, this time heading E around 2123LT, catching the last sun rays.
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Hi,
Thanks for the info skystef, I was lucky to see one out of two planes at contrail height!
The equipment I was using isnt mine, im just borrowing it and have to give it back tomorrow But I have bought the canon 350D and some attachments for my telescope so i can take better pics through it, which will arrive sometime next week. I also have some mone left over for a lens
Also some more pics from yesterday:
Delta 767 going W with rainbow contrail
@ Skystef: FedEX express MD-11 heading E at around 19:50BST maybe the same one you saw
Sorry about quality, this one was on a further away flight path
Saudi Arabian MD-11 heading W at 20:17BST
Northwest A330? heading W at 15:30BST
An unknown 767? heading E at 10:06BST(edited to make it clearer)
Today:
Eirjet A320 heading W at 10:50BST:
Thanks for the info skystef, I was lucky to see one out of two planes at contrail height!
The equipment I was using isnt mine, im just borrowing it and have to give it back tomorrow But I have bought the canon 350D and some attachments for my telescope so i can take better pics through it, which will arrive sometime next week. I also have some mone left over for a lens
Also some more pics from yesterday:
Delta 767 going W with rainbow contrail
@ Skystef: FedEX express MD-11 heading E at around 19:50BST maybe the same one you saw
Sorry about quality, this one was on a further away flight path
Saudi Arabian MD-11 heading W at 20:17BST
Northwest A330? heading W at 15:30BST
An unknown 767? heading E at 10:06BST(edited to make it clearer)
Today:
Eirjet A320 heading W at 10:50BST:
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Hi Pawel,
The delta pic was taken over my house on airway UN20 at 11:11am on 3rd June. I dont know the flight no. of the one in my pic but im guessing it came from AMS because i see a lot of flights from AMS on that airway. If you want to you can track flight DL88 live on www.flightview.com
CwUK
The delta pic was taken over my house on airway UN20 at 11:11am on 3rd June. I dont know the flight no. of the one in my pic but im guessing it came from AMS because i see a lot of flights from AMS on that airway. If you want to you can track flight DL88 live on www.flightview.com
CwUK
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