Contrail spotting January 2011

[Vlad]

Happy new year!

My first pictures in 2011. Air traffic over Romania:

World Airways Cargo, McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F), N383WA, UM747, E-W


Swiss Air,AirbusA330, HB-JHD, UM747, W-E


Clean sky.

[DC10MD11]

Hi to you all,
Wish you all a happy new year.-----My 1st post of 2011.--------Only had time for 3 photos due to the cloud rolling in .I had blue sky with upper white cloud and haze(NOT GREAT).
Saw the BELGIAN AIR FORCE AIRBUS A330 CS-TMT going west over the pond as BAF630 at 12192m but was to far away for photo and the haze did not help.



LUFTHANSA BOEING 747-400 GOING EAST ON UL607----MEX-FRA.



SINGAPORE A/Ls BOEING 747-400 9Q-SPQ AS SIA25 GOING EAST ON UL607---JFK/FRA/SIN



OMNI AIR BOEING 767 GOING EAST ON UL607 MANY KMs AWAY.(NOT ON RADAR)

MORE FLIGHT INFORMATION ON THE OMNI AIR BOEING 767-300=

OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL BOEING 767-300 N378AX CMB300 35.000ft.
Many thanks to skystef and the SBS-I LOG from kampenhout BELGIUM.


THATS ALL FOR NOW.
DC10MD11

[contrailwatcherUK]

Happy new year
Glad some people are getting some clear skies. Its been overcast all week here, and its back to work on tuesday

[DC10MD11]

Happy new year
Glad some people are getting some clear skies. Its been overcast all week here, and its back to work on tuesday

Hi contrailwatcher,
I only got about 1 hours sun on sunday it has been overcast here all week and the out look is cloud and rain towards the end of the week .The amount of time the sun was out in DECEMBER must have been very LOW. Like you self its back to work tuesday .

All the best to you
DC10MD11

[galaxy]

The amount of time the sun was out in DECEMBER must have been very LOW.

Ukkel/Uccle (Brussels):
Normal for december is 45 hours .
December 2010 was 33 hours

Dutch:
http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/nl/50351 ... +2010.html

French :
http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/fr/50351 ... +2010.html

[Vlad]

Hi.

Air traffic over Romania:

2.01.2011, Pakistan International Airlines - PIA, Boeing 777-240/ER, AP-BHX, UM747


4.01.2011, Air France, B747, UM 747


4.01.2011, SwissAirlines, Airbus A330-343X, HB-JHF, UM747


4.01.2011, GulfAir, Airbus A330-243, A9C-KF, UM747


Clean sky!

[contrailwatcherUK]

Hi,

Fantastic Pictures Vlad, you must be using a lot of zoom to get that close!
My pics from today, taken near the CPT VOR. I was hoping to see the Air France A380, but it must have followed a different route . Still, I caught the Egypt Air 773 which was cool to see .

Egypt Air B773 MSR985 SU-GDO


Swiss Air A340 SWR64 HB-JMN


Swiss Air A330 SWR14E HB-IQC


Swiss Air A330 SWR86 HB-JHI


Thomas Cook in the distance

[leedseagle]

I was hoping to see the Air France A380, but it must have followed a different route .

Had a lot of Trans atlantic traffic routing north on UL613 via Detling Kent from Europe on Sunday (AF from Paris, AWE, AA and Delta from Brussels and numerous Swiss from Zurich) which indicated AF006 (A380) to New York might route over my house I tracked on flight stats but was delayed at CDG and when it did take off it didnt show upon Flightradar24.com so i waited about 1 hour (time a CDG departure takes to fly over Leeds) but no show. Unfortnately sky conditions were poor so didnt get any shots.

When routing over the south it may take old AF Concorde route which takes it over Lands End VOR Towards Southern Ireland

Good luck its proving elusive
Leedseagle

[Vlad]

Hi.

Thank you, ContrailwatcherUK, your pictures are also great. I use a 10"Dobson & a 2X Barlow.

Two pictures from romanian air space, UM 747.

08.01.2011:

Thai Airways International, Boeing 747-4D7 , HS-TGN, UM747- direct DINRO



OmniAir, Boeing 767, UM747



Clean Sky.

[DC10MD11]

Hi
A few more photos from sunday 9th Jan.Sky was hazy so lost a lot of photos due to not being sharp.
Have put a fan on my scope to help with the cooling down time---(12V BATTERY + 80MM FAN FROM A COMPUTER).
ALL photos below taken with BARLOW.



BOEING 757(C-32A) 99-0003 USAF ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL9 AT 35.000ft. AIRCRAFT IS OPPED BY THE
1st AIRLIFT SQUADRON/89th AIRLIFT WING, ANDREW AFB,MARYLAND.




EVERGREEN INT BOEING 747-200 ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607(NOT ON RADAR).



ETIHAD BOEING 777 ROUTING EAST ON UL607.



BMI BABY BOEING 737 ROUTING EAST ON UL9.



ROYAL AIR FORCE C-17 ZZ171 AS RRR6636 ROUTING EAST ON UL607 AT 31.000ft.


I HAVE A FEW MORE PHOTOS WHICH I WILL PUT ON SOON

Thats all for now----------WAITING FOR CLEAR SKYS

All the best
DC10MD11 :wave: :wave: :wave:

[Kysky]

Hi, I'm sorry, my photos are of December 2010 and January 2011. But I think from the spott on photos are very interesting.
Airbus A330-200 (Gulf Air) - 2nd January

Boeing 747-4R7F (Cargolux Airlines) Reg: LX-YCV - 1st January


C17 Globemaster, Time: 08:44am - 30th December

C17 Globemaster, Time: 10:59am - 30th December

C17 Globemaster, Time: 11:03am - 30th December

C17 Globemaster, Time: 11:31am - 30th December

C17 Globemaster, Time: 01:11pm - 30th December


KC135 Stratotanker, Time: 11:06am - 30th December

KC135 Stratotanker, Time: 02:49pm - 30th December

[Kysky]

Hi, today was cloudy, but I caught one Jumbo :thumbup:
Boeing 747-4B5ERF (Korean Air Cargo) Reg: HL7499

[DC10MD11]

Hi
This is a follow on post from the 9th JAN.



EL AL--- BOEING 747-400 ----IN THE HOLD OVER BIGGIN HILL FOR LHR.



LAUDA AIR-- BOEING 737-800---- OE-LNK------ ROUTING EAST ON UL607 AS AUA9368 AT 38.000ft.



AMERICAN A/Ls--- BOEING 767----- N345AN----- ROUTING WEST AS AAL65 ------ ZRH--JFK




ICELANDAIR CARGO---- BOEING 757---- TF-FIG ----- ROUTING EAST ON UL607 AS ICE784 ---- 30.000FT.



OMNI AIR --- BOEING 767------ N378AX ROUTING EAST ON UL9 AS CMB318 ------ 31.000FT.



AIR FRANCE HS146------- ROUTING NORTHWEST



SWISS----- AIRBUS A330---- HB-JHC------- ROUTING NORTHWEST.



KALITTA AIR----- BOEING 747-400----- N741CK ------ ROUTING EAST ON UL607 AS CKS207----33.000FT



ATLAS AIR------ BOEING 747-200-------- ROUTING EAST ON AIRWAY UL607.


STILL WAITING FOR CLEAN SKYS.

All the best to you all.
DC10MD11

ONE PHOTO I FOR-GOT

TURKISH/THY ---- AIRBUS A320 ----- TC-JPM ----- ROUTING EAST AS THY1970 ----- BHX--IST ----- 37.000FT.

[Vlad]

Hi.

On the romanian airspace, 16.01.2011, Etihad Airways, Airbus A340-541, A6-EHD, UM747



Clean sky.

[Ian K]

DLH8UK B733 at FL240 crossing the moon



Ian

[Vlad]

Hi.

Nice picture Ian.

Over Romania,16.01.2011, UM747, B747-2B4B, Kalitta Air, EWR-BAH



Clean sky

[Ian K]

A few taken yesterday 18th, all heading West to the States.
D-AIHH Lufthansa A346

D-AIHU Lufthansa A346

D-AOLB OLT Saab 2000

N775UA United B772

N76062 Continental B764

N808NW Delta A333

PH-MCM Martinair B763

PH-BQB KLM B772

D-ABVP Lufthansa B744

[Ian K]

Some low level flights at 8000ft going into Heathrow
CS-TFM Bangladesh B772

A6-EDH Emirates A388

YU-ANP JAT B732

[DC10MD11]

A few taken yesterday 18th, all heading West to the States.
D-AIHH Lufthansa A346

D-AIHH.jpg

D-AIHU Lufthansa A346

D-AIHU.jpg

D-AOLB OLT Saab 2000

D-AOLB.jpg

N775UA United B772

N775UA.jpg

N76062 Continental B764

N76062.jpg

N808NW Delta A333

N808NW.jpg

PH-MCM Martinair B763

PH-MCM.jpg

PH-BQB KLM B772

PH-BQB.jpg

D-ABVP Lufthansa B744

D-ABVP.jpg

Hi Ian

Nice to see your getting on with your new scope and great pictures .
we had biue sky here for the last 2 days but had to work .

GREAT PHOTOS.

OLT SAAB 2000------May be not going west to the states

All the best
DC10MD11

[Vlad]

Hi.

Romania, 17.01, UL5, Dniproavia, Embraer EMB-145EU (ERJ-145EU), UR-DNS



Clear sky.