April 2008

And that's it! Show us your observations.
Asdrius
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Yes it could be grztus.

The two most probable planes now I think are these:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Gomelavi ... TD/1187771
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Asia-Con ... TD/1337202

Both visited several European airports in 2008

Actually, I found in one spotters page sgmst that EW-240TH departed Geilenkirchen AB at 08/04/15 . But I saw this plane on 08/04/14, a day before :-(. Maybe it's a mistake in that page, or it's another flight I saw. :-)
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grztus
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Maybe in few days there will be some new photos on a.net or jp.net and we will see one of this planes. It's really difficult to say with one it was. Both are very similar and the only difference is the "Il-76 TD" words near the nose of Asia.
Grzegorz Tuszyński
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Hi,

AVI4
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UAL982
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CKS329
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DAL106
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JAI229
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GEC8283 this one was so close to crossing the moon!
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Asdrius
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Hello,

Last several days had amazing weather. Crystal clear sky, unlimited visibility, no clouds and contrails forming at normal altitudes. What more can a contrail spotter want ? ;-)
And the best part is that weather forecast says the same high pressure system with such nice weather will stay for few more days :-)

I still don't have enough time to process all the photos I made in recent days, because I spend all my free time outside photographing :-)
Here some pics I managed quickly to process today:

2008/04/21

20:03 UN858
A321 Aeroflot ;AFL252 ;LFPG-UUEE
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20:22 UN858
A319 Lufthansa ;DLH3208 ;EDDF-UWGG
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2008/04/23

Donbassaero's nice colourful A320 operated a flight for Aerosvit:
10:57 UM996
A320 Donbassaero ; AEW216; ESSA-UKBB
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In recent weeks Transaero changed the routing of Frankfurt-Moscow flight from usual UN858 via Poland, to a more northerly route via Kaliningrad and pass directly above my house everyday :-):
18:19 UM874
B737-400 EI-DDY Transaero; TSO308; EDDF-UUDD
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19:35 UN858 FL330
DC-10F Aeroflot Cargo ;RCF908 ;EDFH-UUEE
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2008/04/24

I got up early this morning and was not dissapointed. Delta routed their 2 daily USA-Moscow flights on southerly route via Poland UN858. Usually they fly up north via Stockholm and Estonia. The first one DAL30 JFK-Moscow was a bit too early, but I caught the later one:

08:20 UN858 FL330
B767-400 Delta ;DAL46 ;KATL-UUEE
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First time ever I caught a 764 :-)

That's all, I 'll upload more pics later.
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Asdrius pisze:Hello,

Last several days had amazing weather. Crystal clear sky, unlimited visibility, no clouds and contrails forming at normal altitudes. What more can a contrail spotter want ? ;-)
Ahh, for me the last few days have been quite the opposite - visibility poor, hazy sunshine... I could nearly look at the sun all day and not go blind :lol:
Today was better, showery weather with clear intervals but evertime it started to rain a plane would pass over :evil: :roll:

That Delta you saw would have passed over me on UW501 airway. Unfortunately I wasnt awake to see him :cry:
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Asdrius
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Yes it took UW501, here is DAL46 yesterday route:

DOOLY4 GRD J209 ORF J174 RIFLE ACK WHALE
N29B NANSO N29B RAFIN NATX GUNSO UM197
GAPLI UW501 REDFA UL620 ARNEM UP147 RKN
UL980 SUI UN858 BOKSU UN858 RATIN G723
TU G3 FK UM

Of course it was too dark for you to see it :-)
Asdrius
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Some more photos from last week:

2008/04/24:

18:09 UN858
A320 Air Berlin BER8394 EDDL-UUDD
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18:36 UM874
B747-400 PH-CKB KLM Cargo KLM176 VHHH-EHAM
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Tried some bizjet photogaphy. They fly so high and are so small, it's always difficult to capture them:
19:35 UN858
Gulfstream G-V, Netjets; heading east, probably to Moscow
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19:43 UN858, FL390
Embraer ERJ-135 G-CMAF, LFPB-UUWW
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19:57 UN858,
B747-400F F-GIUA Air France Cargo AFR6740 LFPG-ZSPD
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20:23 UN858
B777-200 Air France AFR128 LFPG-ZBAA
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20:27 UM874
B737-300 KD Avia KNI992 UMKK-UUDD
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That's All
Asdrius
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Some more from last week

2008/04/25

18:15 UL29 at FL360
B747-400 Air China CCA931 ZBAA-EDDF
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18:19 UN858
B737-300 Kras Air KJC316 EDDV-UUDD
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And a very interesting and beautiful VIP MD-87:
19:49 UN858,
MD-87 P4-AIR; EDDI-UUEE
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Regards

Edit: added route information for P4-AIR
Ostatnio zmieniony 08 maja 2008, 18:40 przez Asdrius, łącznie zmieniany 1 raz.
G@wron
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Asdrius pisze:And a very interesting and beautiful VIP MD-87:
19:49 UN858,
MD-87 P4-AIR; heading east
It was caught by henry a few days ago.
Pozdrawiam, Łukasz.
Asdrius
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So it's not so rare as I thought. :-)
Still a beautiful aircraft and I hope to see it more often. I don't see any MD-80 in my area :-(

I also managed to destroy my photo camera yesterday. It fell from my hands and the lens is damaged. So for some time, until I buy a new one there will be no photos from me :-(
But it was an old simple camera, maybe it's time to move on for more advanced equipment :-)
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ohhh :-( but maybe telescope :-)
Pozdrawiam, Łukasz.
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The air france 777 and 747 are great :-)
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