Contrail spotting July 2009

[Skystef]

A new month has arrived, so perhaps new opportunities to share your (pictorial) sightings.

[DC10MD11]

Hi
At last some photos-------the sky in the southeast of england has been very hazy with upper white cloud for the last 10 days and very hot!!!!Not great for taking photos of aircraft.
Today the sky is still a bit hazy if taking photos away from the sun.--------some photos not that great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
AIRWAYS=UL607,UT420,UM733,UL15,--LHR--LGW.
Only aircraft on contrail was the AIR FRANCE A340 AND BOEING 777 GOING WEST at about 25,000ft.

[freddielaker2]

hi,
was anyone out there on Thursday evening in the London area at approx 18:00hrs, a plain white dc8-63 cargo? going east to west . I did get a photo of it but it was far too hazy to see anything. I would just like to know who it belongs to as it reminded me of the defunct Cargo Lion, Any ideas?

[Skystef]

hi,
was anyone out there on Thursday evening in the London area at approx 18:00hrs, a plain white dc8-63 cargo? going east to west . I did get a photo of it but it was far too hazy to see anything. I would just like to know who it belongs to as it reminded me of the defunct Cargo Lion, Any ideas?

Hi,

on July 2 around that time in London area there was 9G-AXB

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few more photos,,,,,,,,,highlights are the UNITED STAR ALLIANCE BOEING 767 and the LOT STAR ALLIANCE BOEING 767(1st time i have seen LOT BOEING 767 GOING EAST towards belgium at about 35,000ft---may be a charter????????).
and the MONTENEGRO A/LS FOKKER 100--40-AOM.
Sky not great for photos due to the heat/hazy so quaility of photos not great.


VIKING BOEING 737 OUT OF LGW GOING EAST

KLM BOEING 777 GOING GOING WEST UL15

EMIRATES SKYCARGO BOEING 747 GOING EAST TO FRA---UL15

VIP BOEING 737 FLYING FOR LUFTHANSA GOING EAST---UL15

DELTA BOEING 777 GOING EAST----UL15

UNKNOW BOEING 757 GOING EAST---UL15

CONDOR BOEING 767 WITH WINGLETS GOING EAST---UL15

QATAR A/W AIRBUS A330 OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

BRITISH A/W BOEING 777 OUT OF LGW GOING EAST

LOT STAR ALLIANCE BOEING 767 GOING EAST TOWARDS BELGIUM--CHARTER?????????????

MONTENEGRO A/L FOKKER F-100 40-AOM GOING EAST(aircraft had a blue tail a few weeks ago)OUT OF LGW

BMI BABY BOING 737 GOING NORTHWEST

DELTA A/L AIRBUS A330 GOING NORTH---UM733

KUWAIT A/W BOEING 777 OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

UNITED A/L BOEING 767 N653UA IN STAR ALLIANCE COLOURS GOING NORTHWEST THEN TURNED WEST OVER BIGGIN HILL.

UNITED A/L BOEING 767 N653UA IN STAR ALLIANCE COLOURS.

ALL THE BEST TO YOU ALL

DC10MD11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A Few Photos i Took Last Weekend--------------No Contrails -To Hot--------------Some Photos Have Heat Distortion


RYANAIR BOEING 737 GOING WEST ON UT420

BIZJET-- FALCON 2000EX CS-DLD OF NETJETS ROUTING TO LHR

THOMAS COOK BOEING 757 ROUTING ON UM733 TO BIRMINGHAM

THOMSON.COM BOEING 757 ROUTING ON UM733 TO BIRMINGHAM

RYANAIR BOEING 737 GOING NORTH

CARGOLUX BOEING 747-400 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607

All The Best
DC10MD11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
Some more photos which i took on the 18th july---------sorry about the heatwaves in some of the photos



AIRWAY UL607--THOMAS COOK BOEING 757 GOING EAST,

AIRWAY UL607--FLYBE ERJ-195LR OUT OF LGW GOING EAST

NORWEGIAN.COM BOEING 737 LN-NOO OUT OF LGW

AIRWAY UL607--LUFTHANSA AIRBUS A340 GOING EAS

AIRWAY UL9 JETAIRFLY.COM BOEING 767 GOING WEST

LUFTHANSA A320 GOING EAST OUT OF LHR

AIRWAY UL607--NORTH AMERICAN B767 GOING EAST

AIRWAY UM733--SWISSAIR A320 GOING WEST

AIRWAY UM733--EVERGREEN BOEING 747 GOING WEST

DELTA A/Ls AIRBUS A330 TURNING LEFT FOR AIRWAY UT420

AIRWAY UL607--KALITLA AIR BOEING 747 GOING EAST

AIRWAY UM733--UNITED BOEING 767 GOING WEST

AIRWAY UM733-- SWISSAIR A330 GOING WEST

AIRWAY UL607--LUFTHANSA BOEING 747 GOING EAST

TURKISH B777 GOING EAST OUT OF LHR

AIRWAY UM733---EGYPTAIR STAR ALLIANCE BOEING 777 GOING WEST

AIRWAY UM733--UNITED BOEING 767 GOING WEST

AIRWAY UM733--AIRONE.COM AIRBUS A330 GOING WEST

AIRWAY UM733---EGYPTAIR STAR ALLIANCE BOEING 777 GOING WEST

All the best
DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

Not bad photos DC10, the heatwaves and lack of contrails are a problem here too, oh and the thick overcast layer of cloud the past few weeks...

Looking forward to winter for some nice clear conditions!

Took this one the other day, making a turn and catching some last rays:

[DC10MD11]

HI
A FEW MORE PHOTOS TAKEN TODAY AT AROUND 19.00------------STILL VERY HAZY AT THIS TIME/STILL NO CONTRAILS.


FEDEX MD-11 ON ROUTE UL607 DECENDING INTO BELGIUM

LUFTHANSA CL-600 CRJ ROUTING TO BIGGIN HILL FOR LHR

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRBUS A340-300 ZS-SXB ROUTING TO BIGGIN HILL ALSO FOR LHR

ALITALIA AIRBUS A320 EI-DTC ALSO FOR LHR.

All the best
DC10MD11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
a few more photos which i took today----a few more aircaft on contrail today//may be due to a small high pressure over the southeast of england!!!!!!!!!!!!sky not as hazy today as it has been for the last 4/5 weeks-----rain is forcast next 48 hours.
Hope you like photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SRILANKAN A340 ROUTING TO DOVER- OUT OF LHR

EUROCYPRIA A/L BOEING 737 C-GLBW (GREY COLOURS) ON AIRWAY UL607 GOING EAST

UNITED STATES NAVY C-130 RU-378 ON AIRWAY UT420 ROUTING NORTHWEST

DELTA A/Ls AIRBUS A330 ON AIRWAY UM733 GOING WEST

EUROCYPRIA A/L BOEING 737 5B-DBR(GREEN COLOURS) ON AIRWAY UL607 GOING EAST

BMI BABY BOEING 737 ON AIRWAY UT420 GOING NORTHWEST

KUWAIT AIRWAYS AIRBUS A310 ROUTING FOR DOVER OUT LHR


FEDEX MD-11 GOING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607

All the best to you all
dc10md11

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A more photos taken today-----------Not a great day due to a lot of heat so photos are not so good.
Very few contrails today------------------does anyone know the ID of the 1st photo--Airbus A320??????????.


AIRBUS A320 UNKNOW????Not a great photo,does anyone know the airline???????????????????????????????????????

FIRST CHOICE BOEING 757 OUT OF LGW GOING EAST

BRITISH AIRWAYS BOEING 777 ON ROUTE TO LHR

EASYJET AIRBUS A321 OUT OF LGW GOING EAST


EMIRATES AIRBUS A380 OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

MEA AIRBUS A330 IN THE LATEST COLOURS OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

THOMSON.COM BOEING 757 ON AIRWAY UT420 GOING NORTHWEST

MONARCH AIRBUS A321 OUT OF LGW GOING EAST

KENYA AIRWAYS BOEING 777 ON ROUTE TO LHR

CARGOLUX BOEING 747-400 ON AIRWAY UL607 GOING EAST

OLYMPIC AIRWAYS AIRBUS A340 OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

SWISSAIR AIRBUS A320 ON ROUTE TO LHR

THOMSON.COM BOEING 737 ON AIRWAY UT420 GOING NORTHWEST

HELVETIC AIRWAYS FOKKER 100 ON AIRWAY UT420 GOING NORTHWEST

AER LINGUS AIRBUS A320 ON AIRWAY UT420 GOING WEST

THAI AIRWAYS BOEING 747-400 OUT OF LHR GOING EAST

THOMAS COOK A330 TURNING LEFT AT BIGGIN HILL FOR AIRWAY UN601
TCX74K LGW---ORLANDO/SANFORD





All the best to you all

DC10MD11

[Devon Rex]

does anyone know the ID of the 1st photo--Airbus A320??????????.


AIRBUS A320 UNKNOW????Not a great photo,does anyone know the airline???????????????????????????????????????

Iberworld Airlines for sure, most probably EC-IMU

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... entry=true

[Benighted]

Great pics; here still cloudy when I'm at home. It's been a long time I've could use my scope. Next problem is that I've to wait about 4 weeks to have my barlow. I've already waited 4 à 5 weeks