Contrail spotting June 2009

[Skystef]

Great work last month but a new month has arrived, so perhaps new opportunities to share your (pictorial) sightings.

[contrailwatcherUK]

2 pics from monday evening... Click to enlarge


Aer Lingus A320 catching the last rays of the sun:


Nearly a moon shot...!

[contrailwatcherUK]

Heres 2 moon shots I captured yesterday. I was lucky enough to have the moon positioned right over the inbound flight paths to the London Airports from the South West.

Ryanair 737 descending to LGW


United 767 descending to LHR

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Only 2 photos today due to high/low cloud----not sure about the AIRBUS A310(UNKNOW).
Only contrails i saw at about 25,000ft mostly in high cloud.



UM733 UNKNOW AIRBUS A310 GOING WEST

UM733 ROYAL AIR FORCE ????????? C-130 TURNING WEST OVER MY HOME AT ABOUT 20,000ft(16.50 GMT)

All the best
DC10MD11

[tangolima]

Hello,

June = exam month not so nice but on Saturday when there is some good weather i'm able to do some contrail spotting and the weather was OK.

Seen above Ghent from 17.35-18.35:

Lufthansa B737 D-ABXT -> LOGAN
Lufthansa B737 FL360 ???-BHX
British Airways A319 G-EUPU FL380 MUC-LHR
British Airways A320 G-EUUG FL360 KBP-LHR -> LOGAN
Easy Jet A319
KingFisher A330 VT-VJK FL410 BLR-LHR
KingFisher A330 FL400 BOM-LHR
Atlas Air B747-400F FL320 HDG west
Transavia B737 PH-XRA RTM-ALC
Transavia B737 PH-XRW AMS-ALC
Saudi Arabian B777 HZ-AKG RUH-LHR
Austrian Fokker70
Norwegian B737 LN-KKB OSL-PMI

Never saw a KingFisher above my house and it was only 2 min when the other one past my house so like they say in Belgium " Twee vliegen in 1 klap"

Greetings,
Kristof

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Only 3 pictures today due to cloud coming in.All pictures taken WITHOUT barlow.
All aircraft going east on UL607.


SINGAPORE A/Ls BOEING 747-400

LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A340

DELTA A/Ls BOEING 777

HOPE YOU LIKE

All the best
DC10MD11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
some more photos from southeast england.----most are taken on the 16 june,--sky was very hazy and taken between 18.00---20.30.-----------highlight was the C-130 OF THE USAF GOING EAST TOWARDS BELGIUM(16 JUNE--- 20.05 GMT).has any one got the reg????????.---------------and the UPS MD-11 WAS MY 1st(20.30 gmt).
AIRWAYS=UL607--UL15--UT420--UM733--and A/C in/out of LHR.

















All the best

DC10MD-11

[airtrotter]

nice photo's! thanks

look at the Iran Air 747, 30 years old and still looking good flying the blue skies!!!

[Skystef]

Hi
some more photos from southeast england.----most are taken on the 16 june,--sky was very hazy and taken between 18.00---20.30.-----------highlight was the C-130 OF THE USAF GOING EAST TOWARDS BELGIUM(16 JUNE--- 20.05 GMT).has any one got the reg????????.---------------

Nice contributions DC10MD11, serial was 164994 of the US Navy.

Perfect shots of the Moon, contrailwatcherUK. Managed to get one too on June 1 here a picture.

[airtrotter]

Hey Skystef! I've visited your site before and I must say, very informative and some awesome pictures.
Also the weather-related parts. Just had a nice wikipedia read about noctulicent clouds, an unknown phenomena for me which i encountered browsing your photo's

Keep up the good work
greetings

[Georgi]

Hi.I`m new here and i want to ask is there a problem if i am posting pictures which are taken with DMC-FZ18 ? Because as i see you are using very good things to spot the OVERFLIGHT planes.
Thank you.

[Skystef]

Hey Skystef! I've visited your site before and I must say, very informative and some awesome pictures.
Also the weather-related parts. Just had a nice wikipedia read about noctulicent clouds, an unknown phenomena for me which i encountered browsing your photo's

Hi airtrotter,
thx for feedback, now and the next couple of week indeed chances to see the noctilucent stuff after sunset or before sunrise. Try to keep track of them by making some pictures.

Hi.I`m new here and i want to ask is there a problem if i am posting pictures which are taken with DMC-FZ18 ? Because as i see you are using very good things to spot the OVERFLIGHT planes.

Hi Georgi,
no problem , you can post any contrail picture, with or without telescope.

[matsATC]

Not sure if this picture fits here, but it's still a contrail

http://www.jwgc2009.fi/23062009/target60.html

Picture taken at the Junior World Gliding Championship in Finland by one of the 'locals'. Plane is a Discus 2a glider, releasing water ballast over the finish line...

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few more photos which i took to today(18.30--20.30pm)-----the sky is still HAZY over the southeast of england.

The EGPYTAIR AIRBUS A340(SU-GBN) IS RARE over the southeast of england as this is my 1st sighting on contrail.aircraft going west on airway UM733.
The flybe is going northwest on airway UT420,
FEDEX MD-11 going east on UL607,
The AIRBUS A330 of BMI is routing for LHR.







All the best to you all

DC10MD11

[Georgi]

Hey Skystef! I've visited your site before and I must say, very informative and some Hi Georgi,
no problem , you can post any contrail picture, with or without telescope.

Skystef : Thank you for the answer and now I`m waiting for overflight planes and when i spot something good i will put it here ! Thank you again

[tangolima]

Hello,

WAUW never saw so many traffic above Ghent. 23 aircrafts just on 2 airways and 16 different airliners.

From 12.00-13.30:
DHL A300F HDG east
BMI A321 G-MEDF BEY-LHR FL360 -> LOGAN
BMI A321 G-MEDJ EVN-LHR FL380 -> LOGAN
Transavia B737 PH-HZM FAO-AMS
Transavia B737 PH-HZE PMI-IBZ-AMS
KLM Fokker70 PH-WXD TLS-AMS
British Airways A319 G-EUOD STR-LHR FL380
British Airways A319 G-EUPY HAM-LHR
British Airways A320 G-EUUM VIE-LHR FL380 -> COSTA
British Airways B767 G-BNWZ FRA-LHR
British Airways B777 G-YMML RUH-LHR FL400 -> LOGAN
Lufthansa B737 FL280
Lufthansa A330 D-AIKI MUC-JFK FL380
Lufthansa A340 D-AIHI MUC-CLT -> KOKSY
Emirates B777 A6-EBS FL340 DXB-BHX
Luxair ERJ
United Airlines B777 N778UA BRU-IAD was climbing to FL360
Turkish Airlines A321 TC-JRB IST-DUB
Ryanair B737-8AS
Etihad Airways A340 A6-EHF AUH-LHR
Qatar Airways A340 A7-AGA DOH-LHR FL380 -> LOGAN
Atlas Air B747 hdg west
Thomson B737 hdg UK

Greetings,
Kristof

[airtrotter]

I noticed it as well, I don't know the exact time, but there were some nice grid-patterns visible!

[tangolima]

Hello,

First time i saw the A380 above my house

Around 16.20LT
Airline: Emirates
Type: A380-861
Registration: A6-EDC
Route: LHR-DXB
Airway: UL608

Greetings,
Kristof