Photos of Planes and Contrails (That you took yourself)
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Just to show that heavy contrailing doesn't necessarily lead to a "whiteout":
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TEEJ
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Non-sense. You know very well that Harry Rhodes has been zapping them with his chembuster!
Mackdog
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So I was traveling through Wooster, Ohio today and stopped at the Wal-Mart there, and when I got out I noticed this interesting contrail in the sky. I am not sure if it is 2 contrails or one that is curving a lot..I could not figure out how to use the flight history on flight aware so I am having trouble figuring out what flight this is. It was at 6:45 PM on Sunday July 17, 2016.
Another cross this afternoon from Vazon beach in Guernsey. I noticed this plane heading for the sun and thought there might be a decent shadow, and then another flight that was previously totally invisible suddenly produced a short burst of contrail just as they crossed.
The "upright" is TOM7126 at 37,000ft and the crossbar is BAH3 at 32,000ft. An optical illusion means the lower contrail looks as if it is "behind" the higher one, because the shadow is cast on it.
The "upright" is TOM7126 at 37,000ft and the crossbar is BAH3 at 32,000ft. An optical illusion means the lower contrail looks as if it is "behind" the higher one, because the shadow is cast on it.
A few interesting sights while I washed the car this evening.
This contrail appeared to be inside its own shadow. It must have been perfectly aligned with the sun:
Then this pattern appeared right overhead:
And finally a hole punch (and a distrail, I think) appeared in this little cloud:
This contrail appeared to be inside its own shadow. It must have been perfectly aligned with the sun:
Then this pattern appeared right overhead:
And finally a hole punch (and a distrail, I think) appeared in this little cloud:
Jan-61
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A few interesting sights while I washed the car this evening.
This contrail appeared to be inside its own shadow. It must have been perfectly aligned with the sun:
Then this pattern appeared right overhead:
And finally a hole punch (and a distrail, I think) appeared in this little cloud:
Nice! May I ask which flights were involved?
Jan.
I didn't actually think to record the flight numbers. Looking at Planefinder.net I think the one with the shadow may have been FR1958. The flight path isn't quite aligned with the sun angle but the wind may have blown the contrail. The timing fits (18:53 BST Sunday July 31). Alternatively it could have been 8H5550, which perfectly fits the sun angle but looks too far north.
I think the newest contrail forming the triangle was U26267 (photo at 19:10 BST same day). The other ones look much older so I am not sure what they were.
cloudspotter
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Unmarked white plane
Roughly 6 miles from our position at the red dot but I would have sworn it was overhead
Roughly 6 miles from our position at the red dot but I would have sworn it was overhead
cloudspotter
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Jan-61
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I guess the aircraft that casted the shadow were a mysteryplane without transponder, supposed the photoposition is in Hampshire. Considering the shadow, it should have been at higher level.
Data:
It could not be RYR11YP/FR1958.
Interesting is the triangle:
Could consist of these:
Jan.
Jan-61
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Unmarked white plane
Roughly 6 miles from our position at the red dot but I would have sworn it was overhead
On the Photograph, I
So it is right that it is not the aircraft 6 miles away.
UPD: I am wrong, probably it is an Airbus380!
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cloudspotter
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On the Photograph, Iclearlysee a Boeing747, not the Lufthansa Airbus340.
So it is right that it is not the aircraft 6 miles away.
UPD: I am wrong, probably it is an Airbus380!
Jan.
Judging by the flap track fairings and outboard nacelles I'd say it looked like an A340
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Here is a photo I took of a Lufthansa A340 DLH412, MUC-EWR:Judging by the flap track fairings and outboard nacelles I'd say it looked like an A340
Note that the body and the wings are more slim then that of the A380 (on your photograph) and that the inner engines are closer to the body/center of the aircraft -- this makes the fresh newborn contrail of the A340 recognizeable towards those of the B747 and the A380: The two inner trajectories inside the contrail are closer to the heartline of the entire contrail in case of the A340
This is the corresponding FR24-screenshot:
Jan.
(PS I live underneath one of the approaching routes of Schiphol, from this I learned to recognize nearly all aircrafts overhead
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cloudspotter
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Here is a photo I took of a Lufthansa A340 DLH412, MUC-EWR:
Note that the body and the wings are more slim then that of the A380 (on your photograph) and that the inner engines are closer to the body/center of the aircraft -- this makes the fresh newborn contrail of the A340 recognizeable towards those of the B747 and the A380: The two inner trajectories inside the contrail are closer to the heartline of the entire contrail in case of the A340
This is the corresponding FR24-screenshot:
Jan.
(PS I live underneath one of the approaching routes of Schiphol, from this I learned to recognize nearly all aircrafts overhead
Looks like you're right. The difference between the trailing edge of the wings on my photo and your diagram threw me but I think that's due to the angle on my photo
Roughly 6 miles from our position at the red dot but I would have sworn it was overhead
About 12:50UTC on Sunday August 7th?
I don't see any other candidates at that time. This Air France A380 did fly almost overhead almost an hour later, at 13:41 UTC. Is it possible you were mistaken on the timing?
cloudspotter
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That may be it, I'll check the times. Did the A380 make a turn to port just before this?
Trailspotter
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I have taken a photo of Air France A380 this morning flying nearly overhead and it looks almost exactly like your photo of "unmarked white plane". It was just south of the lake Windermere. I'll post it later when I am back from our vacation there.
Yes it did, about 10 miles ESE of your location:
I didn't realise how many flights pass over that part of the Peak District until I looked at the playback!
cloudspotter
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That's a great distinction, kind of like a contrail barcode.
cloudspotter
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OK so I managed to spot that the clock on the camera was a few minutes slow but completely failed to notice that it is on GMT
Jan-61
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Yes, indeed. Actually one does not need binoculars or a strong telephotolens to recognize the exhaustpattern of an A340 skyhigh. If one is aware of it
Trailspotter
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Unmarked white plane
It passed over at 37,000 ft (11 km) even closer to the 'directly overhead' - just about one kilometre from my location:
For direct comparison, I've scaled and rotated my A380 photo. Together with the cloudspotter's photo it makes a pseudo stereo pair:
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It passed over at 37,000 ft (11 km) even closer to the 'directly overhead' - just about one kilometre from my location:
For direct comparison, I've scaled and rotated my A380 photo. Together with the cloudspotter's photo it makes a pseudo stereo pair:
Nice info!
BTW, How did you manage to get such a sharp and clear image of the A380? A 1000mm lens?
Jan.
Trailspotter
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS at full optical zoom (x65), or 1365 mm in the 35mm equivalent. As I held the camera in my hands, the image is not that sharp and clear. Otherwise, I would expect to read the aircraft registration F-HPJG on the wing, rather than to guess it.
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Thanks.
Yet, overall it looks sharp, be it not at pixelpeep format. My initial impression did not lead to consider an ultrazoom bridge camera.
I wonder if I can have those results with the Sigma 600mm Mirror Telephoto (900mm 35mm eqv @ APS-C).
Jan.
Very vivid contrails against a blue sky this morning in Hampshire. Within an hour of these photos the sky was mostly covered with cirrus.
The trails across the southeast are visible on the Met Office radar: this GIF shows half-hourly steps from 8.30am, which is about half an hour after these pics were taken:
The trails across the southeast are visible on the Met Office radar: this GIF shows half-hourly steps from 8.30am, which is about half an hour after these pics were taken:
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Here you can see a playback: webcam at Lasham near Basingstoke. It stores images for two days past. https://www.webcam-4insiders.com/de/Wetter-Lasham/4674-Lasham-Wetter.phpVery vivid contrails against a blue sky this morning in Hampshire. Within an hour of these photos the sky was mostly covered with cirrus.
The trails across the southeast are visible on the Met Office radar: this GIF shows half-hourly steps from 8.30am, which is about half an hour after these pics were taken:
Note that it logs the time in CEST (so go one hour back for BST)
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Contrail of the Day:
Shots from 1732 CEST, facing Southeast.
I noticed it first a hour before when I was in the inner city of Amsterdam, saw it growing while biking home. Guess the trail is over a kilometer (0,625 mile) wide.
And the winner is:
LOL, I expected it to be one of those big intercontinental guys from FRA or MUC, but (again) an ordinary B737 from Jet2com @33000ft (Jet2 nearly always are at this height, they more often made these grand contrails), EXS7AD--MAN-BUD. I was puzzled by this before.
Webcam-pics that helped identify:
http://www.nbkonline.nl/Weercam/index.php
Aalsmeer, adjacent to Schiphol, also facing southeast
Also in Germany visible:
https://www.webcam-4insiders.com/de/Wetter-Bocholt/625-Bocholt-Wetter.php
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Shots from 1732 CEST, facing Southeast.
I noticed it first a hour before when I was in the inner city of Amsterdam, saw it growing while biking home. Guess the trail is over a kilometer (0,625 mile) wide.
And the winner is:
LOL, I expected it to be one of those big intercontinental guys from FRA or MUC, but (again) an ordinary B737 from Jet2com @33000ft (Jet2 nearly always are at this height, they more often made these grand contrails), EXS7AD--MAN-BUD. I was puzzled by this before.
Webcam-pics that helped identify:
http://www.nbkonline.nl/Weercam/index.php
Aalsmeer, adjacent to Schiphol, also facing southeast
Also in Germany visible:
https://www.webcam-4insiders.com/de/Wetter-Bocholt/625-Bocholt-Wetter.php
Jan
The plane leaving the "vertical" trail in this shot I recently posted was also a Jet2 737.
(compass calibration was a bit off)
Perhaps Manchester airport is a major chemtrail depot?
Trailspotter
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Your post momentarily caused a mayhem there, after THEY failed to conceal evidence:Perhaps Manchester airport is a major chemtrail depot?
Manchester Airport terminal evacuated after unattended bag found
Hi all,
Just came back from a short holiday in Margate, where we noticed this trail cut through the cloud. Is this what is known as a "distrail"? The cloud formation looked amazing in the low sun. This was taken at St Nicolas-At-Wade, early evening, 21/08/16, facing west-northwest. This is a two-part panoramic photo.
Shortly afterwards we saw a tiny rainbow hanging in the sky. It's the same cloud formation that has drifted towards the horizon.
Just came back from a short holiday in Margate, where we noticed this trail cut through the cloud. Is this what is known as a "distrail"? The cloud formation looked amazing in the low sun. This was taken at St Nicolas-At-Wade, early evening, 21/08/16, facing west-northwest. This is a two-part panoramic photo.
Shortly afterwards we saw a tiny rainbow hanging in the sky. It's the same cloud formation that has drifted towards the horizon.
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