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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #75 on: March 01, 2011, 11:11:57 PM »
Haha nice one Steve, I saw the Swiss Hippy A340 flying overhead as well, i just wasn't quick enough with the camera, I had been wondering if anyone else had caught it! Nice catch.

Cheers Dave...wasn't quite sure what I was looking at! :drinks:

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #76 on: March 02, 2011, 09:07:45 AM »
Love the lighting in the MD11 shots Angry.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #77 on: March 02, 2011, 06:49:27 PM »
Some from this afternoon taken through the telescope.

1) Swiss A340-300 -- ZRH/SFO
2) Lufthansa A340-600 -- FRA/DEN
3) Air Canada A330-300 -- LHR/YVR
4) Air canada B767-300 -- FRA/YYC

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #78 on: March 02, 2011, 06:51:16 PM »
Last one.  :)

KLM B747-400 -- AMS/MEX

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #79 on: March 02, 2011, 07:39:41 PM »
Now that's just showing off :) Brilliant :)

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #80 on: March 02, 2011, 09:56:16 PM »
Very impressive! ;D

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #81 on: March 02, 2011, 10:34:09 PM »
Stunning!  :o

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #82 on: March 03, 2011, 11:20:58 PM »
United Airlines Boeing B777.
 
 

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #83 on: March 05, 2011, 06:20:10 PM »
Another B777

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #84 on: March 05, 2011, 06:23:03 PM »
Some British Airways stuff:

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #85 on: March 05, 2011, 06:26:44 PM »
Canadian Airforce A310 MRTT or Pegasus as they call it.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #86 on: March 05, 2011, 06:29:01 PM »
BA B747-400

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #87 on: March 14, 2011, 02:36:55 PM »
Boeing Dreamlifter, N747BC, I think!

Quality not good, taken at extreme distance.


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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #88 on: March 14, 2011, 02:45:07 PM »
Brilliant catch. When was this taken.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #89 on: March 14, 2011, 02:54:09 PM »
Brilliant catch. When was this taken.

About 20 mins ago. Just happened to look up and thought it was unusual looking, and managed to rattle off about 20 shots. Checked it on the radar, and details came up as stated. Was flying towards the IOM/England from our direction, 39,000ft.
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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #90 on: March 14, 2011, 03:45:05 PM »
Nice catch.  8)  I think they fly into Prestwick quite often on refueling stops.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #91 on: March 14, 2011, 04:15:52 PM »
Great catch it is now close to italy on flight radar. DREAMLIFTER looks great too.
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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #92 on: March 19, 2011, 05:38:59 PM »
Observed this flying overhead, around 9:30am, whilst spotting @ BHD this morning.

Looks like a C-17 to me  :)

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #93 on: March 19, 2011, 07:35:43 PM »
Very nice shot. Was it flying East or west? Could it be a Canadian C-17 heading to the Mediterranean?

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #94 on: March 19, 2011, 08:30:42 PM »
Very nice shot. Was it flying East or west? Could it be a Canadian C-17 heading to the Mediterranean?

Flying west.

Funnily enough I was thinking the same thing at the time  ;)
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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #95 on: March 20, 2011, 05:28:31 PM »
Nice shot of the C-17 Merlin;see them fairly often over BFS,tend to be later in the evening though and with the sun sinking in the west it`s not always possible to get a good pic of them.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #96 on: March 24, 2011, 10:29:53 AM »
What mm of lens are you guys using to nab these shots. 4 pages of great shots :)

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #97 on: March 25, 2011, 09:40:09 AM »
What mm of lens are you guys using to nab these shots. 4 pages of great shots :)

I use a Canon 100-400mm, and unless the aircraft is directly overhead, a hefty edit/crop with Photoshop (or similar) is required.


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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #98 on: March 25, 2011, 02:58:04 PM »
I also use a Canon 100-400mm, recently I have been trying to use a skywatcher 200p telescope with a 2x barlow lens = 2000mm ;D  Not as easy to track/focus as a lens but good fun :D

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #99 on: March 25, 2011, 03:00:06 PM »
Using a 75-300mm lens. Not alot of reach but it's all I have :(