Contrail spotting September 2007

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 01 Sep 2007, 09:56

Another month, a new opportunity to report your (pictorial) sightings.

omag · Post by **omag** » 01 Sep 2007, 20:30

Allow me to start this month off... with an artistic one...

A British Airways 747 and an unidentified A340 race eachother over Ruiselede this morning, going East.

Cheers,

Omag

Post by **tangolima** » 02 Sep 2007, 10:17

omag wrote:Allow me to start this month off... with an artistic one...

A British Airways 747 and an unidentified A340 race eachother over Ruiselede this morning, going East.

Cheers,

Omag

Hello,

Nice picture Omag.

Greetings,
Kristof

contrailwatcherUK · Post by **contrailwatcherUK** » 02 Sep 2007, 12:44

Wow what a great picture!!

Just goes to show how close airliners can get to the moon

ilpavone2004 · Post by **ilpavone2004** » 06 Sep 2007, 19:25

Hello people!
Here i'll show some pics i took during this summer(august - september). Hope you enjoy them.

Brussel Airlines, Airbus A330-300
[img]http://img252.imag$eshack.us/img252/7699/unknown7wb2.jpg[/img]

Astraeus, Boeing 757-200

Europe Air Post, Boeing 737-400

Donbass, Yak 42

XL Airways, Airbus A320

Brussel Airlines, Airbus A330-300

Livingston Energy Flight, Airbus A330-343

Air Italy, Boeing 757

Air Moldova, Airbus A320

Livingston, Boeing 757-200(suppose)

EasyJet, Boeing 737-700(suppose)

Unknown8, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

Eurofly, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

Qatar Airways, Airbus A330

Click Air, Airbus A320

Hemus Air, BAe 146

MEA, Airbus A321

Aegean, Boeing 737-400(suppose)

Blue Panorama, Boeing 737-400

MEA, Airbus A321

Wizz Air, Airbus A320

Swiss International Air Lines, Boeing 737-800

Eurofly, Airbus A320

Blue Air Web, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

Air Mediterranée, Airbus A320(suppose)

Wizz Air, Airbus A320

Viking(suppose), Md-82(suppose)

Eurofly, Airbus A320

Mistral Air, Boeing 737-400(suppose)

Aerosvit, Boeing 737-400(suppose)

ItaliAirlines, md-82

Alitalia, md-80(suppose)

Bulgaria, Boeing 737-400(suppose)

Air Transat, Airbus A310

Blue Panorama, Boeing 757(suppose)

KLM, Boeing 747-400

Onur Air, Airbus A321

Alitalia, Airbus A321

Eurofly, Airbus A320

That's almost all!
Hope you like them!
Have a nice time

Mattia

lumumba · Post by **lumumba** » 06 Sep 2007, 20:18

Hi ilpavon2004.
The 2 777 are 330-300 from Brussels airlines.
IL love your pictures.
Thax
Pat

Lyulka · Post by **Lyulka** » 06 Sep 2007, 20:37

Quite some nice catches. But you need some exercise on the types and companies

*unknown 3 is a Yak 42, I believe from a Ukranian company, can't remember the name.
* unknown 5: a livingstone a330
* the XL is a A320
* unk 6 is a 757 from Air Italia
* Unk 7: a Moldova A320.

Keep your camera upwards, it's interesting to see your shots!

Kind regards

EHAM · Post by **EHAM** » 06 Sep 2007, 21:25

ilpavone2004 wrote: Unknown2, Boeing 737-400
Totally unknown3
Unknown6, Airbus A321(suppose)
Unknown7, Boeing 737-800(blurry:D)
Unknown9, Boeing 767(suppose)
Unknown10, Boeing 737-800(suppose)
Unknown11, Boeing 737-400(suppose)
Unknown12, Boeing 737-400
Unknown13, Md-82(suppose)
Unknown14, Boeing 737-400(suppose)
Unknown15, Boeing 737-400(suppose)
Unknown16, Boeing 737-400(suppose)
Unknown17, Boeing 757(suppose)
Unknown18, Airbus A321(suppose)

Hi ilpavone2004,

Here we go:
Unknown2: I guess it's a Europe Airpost 737
Unknown3: Yak42 Donbass
Unknown6: Air Italy 757
Unknown7: Air Moldova 320
Unknown9: Qatar Airways 330
Unknown10: Clickair 320
Unknown11: Aegean 737
Unknown12: Blue Panorama
Unknown13: I guess it's a Viking MD82
Unknown14: Mistral Air 737
Unknown15: Aerosvit 737
Unknown16: Bulgaria 737
Unknown17: Blue Panorama 757
Unknown18: Onur Air 321

Grtz,

ilpavone2004 · Post by **ilpavone2004** » 06 Sep 2007, 21:30

I can't confirm that unknown6 is air italy, i can't found it on airliners...so it's always unknown....sorry found it:D

maaspotter · Post by **maaspotter** » 06 Sep 2007, 21:50

Unknown8 is the only one I don't know for sure, but it could be Egypt Air...

Brussels Airlines A330
Astraeus B757
Unknown2: I guess it's a Europe Airpost 737
Unknown3: Yak42 Donbass
XL Airways A320
Brussels Airlines A330
Unknown5: Livingston A330
Unknown6: Air Italy 757
Unknown7: Air Moldova 320
Livingston A321
Easyjet A319
Unknown8: Egypt Air? A320
Eurofly A320
Unknown9: Qatar Airways 330
Unknown10: Clickair 320
Hemus Air BAe146
MEA A321
Unknown11: Aegean 737
Unknown12: Blue Panorama 737
MWA A321
Wizz A320
Swiss A320
Eurofly A320
Blue Air B737
Air Mediterranee A321
Wizz Air A320
Unknown13: Viking MD83
Eurofly A320
Unknown14: Mistral Air 737
Unknown15: Aerosvit 737
ItaliAirlines MD82
Alitalia MD82
Unknown16: Bulgaria 737
Air Transat A310
Unknown17: Blue Panorama 757
KLM B747
Unknown18: Onur Air 321
Alitalia A321
Eurofly A320

rgds, Rob

ilpavone2004 · Post by **ilpavone2004** » 08 Sep 2007, 22:42

Another report of summer photos!
Hope you like them and enjoy them

Myair.com, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

Unknown1, Airbus A320(suppose)

Aegean Air, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

XL Airways, Airbus A320

Unknown2, Boeing 737-400(suppose)

Viking, MD-82(suppose)

Tarom, Boeing 737-400

Aegean Air, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

Europe Airpost, Boeing 737-800(suppose)

Unknown3, Boeing 737-400

Volare Web, Boeing 737-800

Unknown4, Boeing 737

Aegean Air, Boeing 737-800

Unknown5, Boeing 737-400

Unknown6, MD-80

Air China, Airbus A340-313 en route Rome-Shangai

Unknown7, Boeing MD-80

XL Airways, Boeing 767-200

XL Airways, Boeing 767-200 same day of the previous one

Blue AirWeb, Boeing 737-400

Brussel Airlines, Airbus A330

Monarch Airlines, Boeing 757-200

KLM, Boeing 767

Monarch Airlines, Boeing 757

Blue Panorama, Boeing 737-400

That's all! I think i've finished all my decent photos! Hope you enjoy them

stevie · Post by **stevie** » 09 Sep 2007, 09:39

hi,

unknown 3 is Yat airways
unknown 4 tarom old cs???
unknown 5 olympic
unknown 6 AMC Airlines??
unknown 7 bulgarian air charter

ciao

Yaroslav · Post by **Yaroslav** » 09 Sep 2007, 12:42

Nice pictures

!
-Myair.com: A320
-Unknown1: Edelweiss
-Aegean Air: B737-300
-Unknown2: Centralwings
-Tarom: B737-300 or -700
-Aegean Air: B737-400
-Europe Airpost: B737-300
-Volare Web: A320
-Unknown4: Azal Azerbaijan Airlines A319
-Aegean Air, B737-300
-XL Airways, Boeing 767-200 - I would say B767-300
-XL Airways, Boeing 767-200 same day of the previous one - same as above
-Brussel Airlines, Airbus A330 - looks more like a Lufthansa to me
-KLM: A330-200
-Monarch Airlines, Boeing 757 - I would say A320
Hope this helps...

Post by **tangolima** » 16 Sep 2007, 14:53

Hello,

Saw this morning above Ghent 2 nice or special aircrafts:

- Delta Airlines B767 N154DL took off at BRU as DL 125 to Atlanta
- A SPECIAL BUT i haven't found a airline or typ

It was a quind of AN-124 but with winglets and it had a gray colour.

Someone who knows witch airline and type this was ?

Thanks,
Greetings,
Kristof

jan_olieslagers · Post by **jan_olieslagers** » 16 Sep 2007, 15:14

tangolima wrote: - A SPECIAL BUT i haven't found a airline or typ :oops: It was a quind of AN-124 but with winglets and it had a gray colour.

Someone who knows witch airline and type this was ?

I don't think any witches were involved... };-) the plane you describe might well be a kind of C17 Globemaster - these are much used by the USAF, painted grey.

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 16 Sep 2007, 15:51

@ Kristoff: would be appreciated if you could add a time and heading, makes it a lot easier.
No Antonov was in Belgian airspace (untill sunday afternoon), but this morning there were 2 Globemaster of the RAF present: ZZ173 around 1110LT & ZZ172 around 1120LT.

Time to add some pics from my side. Heat waves are becoming less intense, so tried barlow lens and pictures show more detail

.
By using barlow the annoying thing is that shutter speed is quite low, between 1/250 - 1/640 sec. An ISO value of 200-400 is needed, hence the pics are a bit grainy. With this kind of magnification lots of experience is needed to get sharp images. My rate of succes still remains well below 50%, lucky the digital era is there.

September 9

UL608 @ 1844LT : Air India B747-400 VT-ESP cruising at 40000 ft enroute Delhi-Heathrow as AI121.

UL608 @ 1903LT : First Choice B757-200 G-OOOX cruising at 38000 ft as FCA849D.

UL608 @ 1905LT : Thomas Cook Airlines B757-200 G-FCLD cruising at 38000 ft enroute Larnaca-Birmingham as TCX222L.

UL608 @ 1931LT : Pegasus Airlines B737-800 TC-APJ cruising at 36000 ft enroute Bodrum-Dublin as PGT401.

September 15

No contrail on the pictures, but they were present but at a certain distance from the plane.

UZ703 @ 1604LT : All Nippon Airways B747-400 JA8098 cruising at 34000 ft enroute Tokyo (NRT)- Paris (CDG) as ANA205.

UL607 @ 1622LT : Thomsonfly B757-200 G-BYAT cruising at 35000 ft enroute Gatwick-Antalya as TOM1867.

UL608 @ 1800LT : Saudi Arabian B777-200 HZ-AKD cruising at 34000 ft enroute Riyadh-Heathrow as SVA109

Zorba · Post by **Zorba** » 16 Sep 2007, 18:24

Amazing pictures, Skystef

Skyfighter · Post by **Skyfighter** » 16 Sep 2007, 18:36

indeed,

very nice!

greets

Post by **tangolima** » 16 Sep 2007, 20:08

Hello,

Time was between 11.00LT and 11.15LT and heading USA.

Greetings,
Kristof

Post by **tangolima** » 21 Sep 2007, 20:26

Hello,

Seen this evening between 18.45-19.00 above Ghent:

- Cathay Pacific Cargo B747-200F Heading USA or UK
- Emirates B777 Heading UK

Greetings,
Kristof