JULY 2008

[administrator]

Enjoy your observations in July!

[jpro747]

Not a great photo, but since i havnt posted for a while i'll post this one anyway because of bad weather, and its something i dont see very often:

LOT28 KRK-JFK

[G@wron]

contrailsUK, it's nice to see you again
Nice picture, this bird seems to be familiar

[Asdrius]

Hello,

I didn't have an opportunity to post for long time. Summer is not a good time to sit near computer.


Some of my contrail spotting views from last week:

2008/07/09

18:25 UM998, heading west; PODIL-KRAKI
An-124 Volga-Dnepr

My first ever An-124 picture. Flew far away, 40 km distance from my home, but still it's easy to recognise the type

2008/07/11

17:48 UL29
B747-200F Air China Cargo; CAO1041 ZBAA-EDDF


17:57 UN858
B757-200 G-CPEO British Airways; BAW874 EGLL-UUDD

British Airways usually send's 767 to Moscow, but this time I got something a bit different.

18:16 UN858 at FL350
A320 VP-BFY Vladivostok Avia; VLK716 EDFH-UUWW


18:36 UN858, FL310
B747-400 PH-BFT KLM; KLM887 EHAM-VHHH

This one was crusing lower, at FL310, and did not produce any contrail.

18:44 UL29, climbing from FL280 to FL300
B737-400 PH-BDW KLM; KLM906 UUEE-EHAM

This KLM 737 flew much lower than usual, and also no contrail.

18:46 UN858, at FL350
B737-300 EI-CBQ Kras Air; KJC316 EDDV-UUDD


19:44, UN858 at FL390
EMB-135BJ Legacy OE-IGR


19:50 UN858, at FL370
A318 F-GUGO Air France; AFR2544 LFPG-UUEE

Baby Airbus

That's all

[PawelB]

June/July I spent in UK only what I can say is OMG Hundreds of contrails, jets from RAF Waddington I hope photos will share soon in new very big topic Greets

[Asdrius]

Hello,

some more observations from Saturday:

2008/07/12

Due to huge Cb clouds forming on Lithuanian-Belarus border in afternoon on Saturday many planes deviated from normal airways.

16:36
A319 F-GRXF Air France; AFR1945; UUEE-LFPG

Flew 15km away from usual airway and right above me

16:40
B747-400 Korean Air Lines

This 747 also was coming straight for me, but too many clouds blocked view as it approached the zenith.

17:27 UL29
A340-600 D-AIHC Lufthansa; DLH713; RKSI-EDDF

This one flew on normal airway, probably the storm moved away at that time. Star Alliance colors.

17:45 UN858 at FL370
A310-200 VP-BTL Sibir; SBI892 EDDL-UUDD


On the evening I saw three Kazakhstan planes flying home, with equal 15min separation between and on the same altitude :

20:59 UN858, at FL350
B757-200 P4-EAS Air Astana; KZR924 EDDV-UAUU


21:14 UN858, at FL350
B757-200 P4-FAS Air Astana; KZR902 EGLL-UAAA


21:29 UN858, at FL350
B767-300 P4-KCB Air Astana; KZR922 EDDF-UACC

[Asdrius]

2008/07/13

19:40, avoding storms, and flew more the 50km deviation from airway.
A320 Air France; AFR2245; UUEE-LFPG


21:23, UM874
B737-300 EI-CXN Transaero; TSO310; EDDT-UUDD


21:26 UN858
TU-154M RA-85807 Ural Airlines; SVR3750; EDDL-USSS

A very nice, unexpected for me Tu-154 flight :)

[Asdrius]

2008/07/15

17:49 UN858
A310 F-OHCZ Sibir; SBI900 EDDF-UUDD

There are still some white planes in very green Sibir fleet

18:00 UL29
A310 German Air Force, heading west, most probably back to Germany.

First time I see German government A310 flying.


18:39 UM874 at FL240
B200 KingAir N242NA, heading west

Overflying turboprops at cruise altitude are rare in my location.

19:50 UL29 at FL340
EMB-135 Legacy P4-SIS

Embraers are becoming very popular bizjets around here.

20:21 UN858
MD-11F VP-BDQ Aeroflot Cargo; RCF906 EDFH-UUEE

First time I see Aeroflot's MD-11. Finally they replaced their DC-10's.

22:00 UN858
A340-300 Air China; CCA936 EDDF-ZSPD


2008/07/20

20:50 UL29
B747-400F Air China Cargo; CAO1047; ZBAA-EDDF

[jpro747]

Hello everyone, I just got back from my holiday in Turkey.

here are some photos I took through my window whilst in flight:

Firstly, near Belgium/Germany border I saw an emirates 777:



Over germany this jet passed over (anyone know what it is?):




On the journey back, I caught this thomsonfly 737 cruising with us over Belgium:



Unfortunately most aircraft had no contrail :x

James

[michalw]

In my opinion it's LTU. Probably A330.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php? ... 347&nseq=0
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6293852

It looks same.

[karol_n1]

Probably it's B735 Smart Wings http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php? ... 636&nseq=0

Very nice photos James.

[Asdrius]

Hello,

Nice air-to air shots. Especially Emirates pic. I know it's very hard to catch opposite traffic from passenger seat. They appear with no warning and move very fast. :)
As for that unknown, I think Karol is right. It's looks like B737 and paintjob is similar. It doesn't look like A330.

Some of my catches:

2008-07-27

20:54 UN858
A340-600 Lufthansa; DLH712 EDDF-RKSI


21:27 UN858
TU-154M RA-85807 Ural Airlines; SVR3750 EDDL-USSS

This Tupolev became regular for me on summer sunday evenings. Really nice to see it flying.

2008-07-28

20:01 UL29
B747-400ERF Air Bridge Cargo; ABW165 UUEE-EDDF