Contrail spotting June 2012

[sn26567]

Thanks for all the contributions of May 2012.

With a little advance due to my absence the next few days, I am opening the thread that will enable you to share your (pictorial) sightings of June 2012.

[vader]

Hi,

2nd June

Private, MHHHH, M-HHHH, A318CJ, FL390, ZRH-DME, ~ZLA(SK)-BIGLU, G17:32 - List of A318


Nippon Cargo, NCA17, JA01KZ, B744, AMS-MXP-NRT, FL330, BABKO-BIGLU, G18:13 - delayed fee hours

[DC10MD11]

Hi
My 1st post for june but only 3 pictures due to a lot of Aircraft routing into FRANCE and by passing the southeast of ENGLAND as well as the sky not being very friendly.

Stars of the day go to the 2 BOEING 747-800s .



ATLAS-AIR--PANALPINA BOEING 7478F N850GT ROUTING LUX--HUNTSVILLE AS GTI600 AT 30.000FT.



LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A340-600 D-AIHM ROUTING EWR---MUC AS LH413 AT 38.000FT.



LUFTHANSA BOEING 747-800 D-ABYA ROUTING DULLES--FRA AT 37.000FT....NOT A GREAT PHOTO AS IT WAS A LONG WAY OFF



THATS ALL FOR NOW,

All the best
DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

Great catch of the Atlas Air 748. I saw it on the radar going past London and was wodering if you got a photo of it

[DC10MD11]

Hi to you all
A few more pictures which i took today at 1st LIGHT and all taken by 9am due to the high sun .
Not all AIRCRAFT on contrail and not a bad sky today .

Hope your like???????????????????


AIR BERLIN AIRBUS A330 D-ALPJ ROUTING EAST AS BER7451 JFK--DUS AT 35,000FT.



UNITED BOEING 777 N780UA ROUTING EAST AS UAL950 IAD--BRU AT 30.000FT.



THOMAS COOK A320 G-DHJZ OTT ROUTING EAST



LUFTHANSA BOEING 747- 800 ROUTING EAST AS DLH419 IAD--FRA AT 35.000FT.





UNITED BOEING 777 N781UA ROUTING EAST AS UA960 EWR--BRU AT 31.000FT DESCENDING.



LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A340 D-AIDG ALSO ROUTING EAST AS DLH427 PHL--FRA 34.000FT.



Thats all for now,

DC10MD11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Took this picture on the 16th june at around 3/4 pm when the sun was high so not great.

May have come out of Brize Norton ???????????????????ON A ROYAL AIR FORCE CHARTER--It was at 30.000ft when i took it so it must have been light...........Saw it return today over the north sea on FLIGHT 24.



PULLMANTUR AIR BOING 747 EC-LNA ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9 AS HFY263 AT 30.000FT





AIR FRANCE AIRBUS A340 F-GLZH ROUTING WEST AS AF010 CDG-JFK AT 32.000FT



All the best
DC10MD11

[vader]

16th June

Lufthansa, DLH779, D-AIMG, A388, SIN-FRA, FL380, KOROP(UA)-PADKA, G4:26


CSA, CSA929, OK-KFP, AT4, LWO-PRG, FL200, L984 W, G4:51


and charters

Sunwing, TVS7517, C-FTDW, B738, OUD-WAW, FL390, ABITU(SK)-WAW, G4:36


Bingo, BGY1572, SP-ABK, A320, HRG-KTW, FL100-, KEKED(SK)-KTW, G5:24


Travel Service, TVS7116, OK-TVV, B738, KTW-RMF, FL200+, KTW-LENOV, G5:50


OLT Express Poland, YAP6358, SP-IAF, A320, KTW-BOJ, KTW-KARIL(RL), G5:55


Small Planet, LLP8938, SP-HAB, A320, HRG-KTW, FL100-, KEKED(SK)-KTW, G5:59


Wizz Air, WZZ1261, HA-LPM, A320, KTW-BOJ, FL200+, KTW-KARIL(RL), G6:01

[contrailwatcherUK]

Hi,

Well I finally caught the TNT, taken at 21:06 when the sun was setting.

13/06,
TAY11 JFK-LGG FL350 OO-TSA


Weather is looking nice for tomorrow so I'll go to sleep for an early wake at 4:30AM to put the scope out
James.

[vader]

19th June:

Korean Air, KAL933, HL7733, B772, ICN-VIE-ZRH, FL350, L856 SW, G17:07 - SkyTeam livery


Transaero, TSO332, EI-UNN, B773, BCN-DME, FL390, BABKO-BIGLU, G17:29

[vader]

18th June

Turkish, THY9, TC-JJH, B77W, IST-LAX, FL320, LENOV-BINKA, G13:42


Singapore, SIA333, 9V-SKN, A388, CDG-SIN, FL330, GUBKO-DIBED, G13:54


Polish Air Force, reg. 017, C295, PLF033, KRK-, KRK-DIBED, G18:32


Wizz Air, WZZ2468, HA-LPJ, A320, WAW-BUD, FL360, WAW-EVINA-KELEL, G18:36


Enter Air, ENT1238, SP-ENY, B738, RHO-KTW, FL100-, LENOV-KTW, G18:38


Atlas Air, GTI8973, N263SG, B744, LAX-TIF, FL410, KOLOB-LDZ-JED-KENIN(SK), G18:40


Singapore Cargo, SQC7343, 9V-SFO, 744F, AMS-SHJ-SIN, FL330, L986 SE, G20:00

[Kopinet]

I feel like I always have to complain about the weather, but when the interesting aircraft are coming conditions are not good. Too many Ryans, BAs, Wizz and Easyjets, few highlights By the way: it just starts raining...

Greetings

Kopinet

[contrailwatcherUK]

Hi,

Some shots I took on Tue 19th. I got up early at 4:30 to take some shots before work and spot some of the Trans-Atlantic rush. Unfortunately I had some problems with the scope, and the photos were coming out with the plane as a double image.


BEL502 JFK-BRU FL390 OO-SFW


DLH419 IAD-FRA FL370 D-ABYA


AUA72 YYZ-VIE FL350 OE-LAT


AUA88 JFK-VIE FL380 OE-LPA


AAL70 DFW-FRA FL350 N7375A


AWE708 PHL-MUC FL380 N278AY


CwUK

[vader]

To start of with a question: can anybody identify this Dash 8 with the roundel under the wing ?
Kopinet

It's new EuroLot plane. Ofc DH8: SP-EQA/B/C

17 June

Yakutia, SYL9958, VP-BFI, B752, PMI-VKO, FL370, ABLOM(SK)-~ERNAP-BIGLU, G13:58


Turkish, THY5, TC-JNC, A332, IST-ORD, FL340, KENIN(SK)-DEMUR, G14:10


Turkish, THY17, TC-JJI, B77W, IST-YYZ, FL340, ~KSC(SK)-MIXAT-DEMUR, G14:21 - FC Barcelona livery


KLM, KLM427, PH-BFG, B744, AMS-DXB, FL370, NAROX-TEPNA, G16:04


Lufthansa, DLH3005, D-ABII, B735, KBP-DUS, FL340, nad LWO-PADKA, G16:09


Atlas Air, ETD919, N476MC, B744, AMS-AUH, FL350, NAROX-TEPNA, G16:11


Transaero, TSO9912, EI-UND, B763, RMI-OVB, FL370, BABKO-BIGLU, G16:36


Vista Jet, VJS739, OE-LXX, GLEX (BD-700-1A10 Global Express), FL410, BABKO-BIGLU, G16:36


Virgin Atlantic, VIR301, G-VAIR, A343, DEL-LHR, FL380, L984 W, G16:49


VistaJet, VJS678, OE-INM, CL60 (Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 605), NCE-, FL390, BABKO-BIGLU, G17:31


Prywatny, HBJFC, HB-JFC, CL60 (Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604), NCE-, FL370, BABKO-BIGLU, G17:31

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few more photos which i took over the last few days.



HI FLY AIRBUS A330 ROUTING EAST ON A ROYAL AIR FORCE CHARTER.



AMERICAN A/Ls BOEING 777(ONE WORLD) ROUTING WEST OUT OF CDG.



1 OF 3 TODAY JET AIRWAYS A330 ROUTING TO BRUSSELS.



BRUSSELS AIRLINES AIRBUS A330 OO-SFM ALSO ROUTING TO BRUSSELS AS SN502 FROM JFK



ATLAS AIR BOEING 767 N640GT ROUTING EAST AS GTI8894--FORT BENNING-HAHN AT 36.000FT--EARLY AM.



TAKER TODAY 23 JUNE PM

THOMSON BOEING 737 G-FDZY ROUTING NORTH



AIR FRANCE AIRBUS A340 F-GLZS ROUTING WEST AS AFR378 ----CDG-DTW 34.000FT.








BMI BABY BOEING 737 ROUTING NORTH


MISSED THE FRENCH AIR FORCE AIRBUS A310 F-RADA DUE TO THE CLOUD ROLLING IN AND THE WEEK BEFORE I MISSED THEIR AIRBUS A340

THATS ALL FOR NOW,

DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

Hi,

A few photos taken from the last few days:

22/06/12.
UPS203 PHL-CGN FL350 N259UP - No contrail



24/06/12.
VIR15 LGW-MCO FL250 G-VXLG - With rainbow trail starting to form


VIR65 LGW-MBJ FL280 G-VROM - Moon transit, but with milky sky


ICL942 JFK-LGG FL310 4X-ICM - not on radar



25/06/12.
AWE750 PHL-BRU FL390 N253AY


JAI227 EWR-BRU FL400 VT-JWL


UAL952 IAD-FRA FL380 N649UA - One of the few still in the tulip livery


DAL140 JFK-BRU - Not on radar


DC10MD11, nice Air France A340, taken in good conditions, pity there were no contrails.

CwUK.

[Dr. Strangelove]

DAL140 JFK-BRU - Not on radar

That was N1612T, but I guess you already know that.

[vader]

17th June

Etihad, ETD16, A6-EYE, A332, MAN-AUH, FL370, L986 SE, G12:35 - Manchester City FC livery


United, UAL982, N222UA, B772, IAD-KWI, FL370, L986 SE, G13:58

[lumumba]

Again THX very much Vader for this review .
Patrice

[vader]

Again THX very much Vader for this review .
Patrice

Thx & I've much more in my archive

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few photos which i took today----------sky was hazy so pictures not great.

SAW THIS BOEING 737-800 DOING SOME CIRCUITS ON FLIGHT 24 AND IT COME MY WAY KULULA-- ZS-ZWQ ROUTING EAST AT 23.000FT----------IS TO BE LSD TO TRANSAVIA FOR THE SUMMER.



HI FLY AIRBUS A340 CS-TQM OUT OF BRIZE NORTON ROUTING EAST AT 30.000FT-Must have been light??????.





Thats all for now

DC10MD11