April 2008

[administrator]

Ready, set, go

[Asdrius]

Weather is yet very cloudy on this month
Caught one plane on April 1st, between high cirrus clouds, but the last few days had more thick low altitude clouds.

2008-04-01:

17:56 UL29
B747-200F Air China Cargo CCA1041 ZBAA-EDDF


Regards

[Bulent737]

Hello all,

My contrail photos from LTBA

[G@wron]

Hello Bulent737. It's nice to see your pics. I think we have some the same planes !?

Best Regards

[Ania]

Hi Bulent!
Finally joined us!
Kudos on your pics!

[Bulent737]

Hi G@wron,
Yes I think we are see same planes

Thanks mate

[G@wron]

Hi G@wron,
Yes I think we are see same planes

Thanks mate

I'm thinking about Kuwait 117/118 to/from JFK, United to KWI, Emirates to Houston, Toronto, JFK, Qatar to IAD etc.

[Bulent737]

We are see on LTBA Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Swiss, Air China

[Bulent737]

Hi Bulent!
Finally joined us!
Kudos on your pics!

Yes Ania I am finally join Its really good share my photos with you.

[jpro747]

Hello,

Nice to have a new member to join us over here in the international contrail spotters section. Welcome

One from Saturday, contrails were forming very low, saw one contrail forming on a Virgin Atlantic 747 at 23,000ft. This BA was at approx. 26,000ft. Strangely enough the contrails were gone after FL300 :?

[Asdrius]

Welcome Bulent737. Nice to have new contributors to this forum, I guess there is lots of traffic high and low above Istanbul.

ContrailsUK I also experience this kind of effects more often recently. Contrails on lower levels and no contrails higher. Maybe it's something related to this season - spring?

Some new pics, from last few sunny days:

2008-04-14

Contrails were forming in FL330, but no contrails above FL370

17:53 UL29, flying high and no contrails
B747-400 B-2471 Air China CCA931 ZBAA-EDDF


19:15 UN858, at FL330 and nice contrails
B777-300 F-GSQA Air France AFR112 LFPG-ZSPD


19:19, at UL741(KRAKI-DUKAT) heading East - an interesting IL-76
IL-76 Gomelavia?




Not sure about airline. I guess it's Gomelavia, but it could be other companies as well. It flew from Kaliningrad, or somethere further from west like Denmark, Northern Germany? Maybe someone can help with exact identification of this one?

20:12 UM874
B737-300 KD Avia KNI992 UMKK-UUDD


2008-04-15

On this day contrails were forming on all altitudes, but thin cirrus layer at high altitude blocked the view. Only few pics I can show:

A new summer season flight for Lufthansa:
17:27 UN858
A340-300 D-AIGV Lufthansa DLH780 EDDF-ZSNJ


18:52
DC-10-40F VP-BDE Aeroflot Cargo RCF914 EDFH-UUEE


That's all.

[grztus]

It could be Gomelavia, but also Asia Continental Airlines. They are sometimes flying to Germany.