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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #175 on: May 11, 2011, 04:42:32 PM »
Cheers Dave!

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #176 on: May 11, 2011, 10:57:32 PM »
Air France A-380
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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #177 on: May 14, 2011, 01:03:09 AM »
A few more recent shots

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #178 on: May 14, 2011, 01:08:08 AM »

KLM B747
Lufthansa B747

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #179 on: May 14, 2011, 01:16:48 AM »
B747 operator ?
DHL B757 taken as it was almost dark
BA B767 ?

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #180 on: May 14, 2011, 09:01:14 AM »
Going to have to get myself a 500mm lens :(

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #181 on: May 21, 2011, 09:25:09 PM »
Air France A380 on its way to Montreal yesterday afternoon.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #182 on: May 22, 2011, 02:48:11 PM »
A-380 from this morning (22/05/2011)



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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #183 on: May 22, 2011, 05:04:18 PM »
2nd A-380 today! + C-17.

Also appears to be another A-380 heading our way.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #184 on: May 22, 2011, 05:26:17 PM »
2nd A-380 today! + C-17.

Also appears to be another A-380 heading our way.

Nice shots! Thanks for the heads up... I was just reading this as I heard a noise going overhead. By the time I got the camera set up with a new memory card (havn't touched the camera since Dublin on Wednesday), it was just a spec on the horizon! Pitty as there's not a cloud in site here. Still nice to see the mighty A380 though.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #185 on: May 22, 2011, 09:59:06 PM »
Cheers Dave, managed to catch the third one between the heavy showers!

Three A-380s in one day over N.I.?!



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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #186 on: May 23, 2011, 12:55:26 AM »
Great shots Steve-did`nt see many contrails today here at BFS,some high fliers about,but most didn`t have contrails and were too far north of me to get a decent photo. :-\

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #187 on: May 23, 2011, 08:46:28 AM »
Cheers Angry.

The C-17 was directly overhead me, here in Carryduff, making it more difficult to get decent shots. Have added the best three.

The contrail from the C-17 remained in the sky for about 25mins, whereas the A-380 contrails vanished in minutes. Why is this? Different heights? Different fuels?

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #188 on: May 23, 2011, 10:57:36 AM »
Lufthansa A-380 this morning..another one currently heading our way.



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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #189 on: May 23, 2011, 02:48:33 PM »
Yep UAE A380 just flew over a few minutes ago
All theese worlds are yours except EUROPA

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #190 on: May 23, 2011, 04:46:08 PM »
And yet another A-380...how many is that within 24hrs?



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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #191 on: May 23, 2011, 11:21:30 PM »
You wait for weeks and then five turn up at once ;)
Regarding your question re contrails and the C-17,all jet turbine aircraft use Jet A1 fuel,so I doubt that is the cause,more likely the altitude/temp and probably the shape/size of the engines determine how long the trail lasts.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #192 on: May 24, 2011, 08:58:44 AM »
Didn't you know that the C-17 is probably chemtrailing :) lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #193 on: May 25, 2011, 09:29:54 AM »
Grabbed a few while on a Western Front trip last week, these were taken from the Somme area.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #194 on: June 02, 2011, 10:30:47 PM »
Two from today.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #195 on: June 02, 2011, 10:47:07 PM »
Lovely shots,noticed there have been a lot less high flyers over BFS recently,maybe due to the strong winds,aircraft have been taking a more southerly route to avoid the strong headwinds.

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #196 on: June 02, 2011, 11:27:40 PM »
Two from today.

Stunning quality there! A 100-400mm and a 5D seems like a killer combo! I caught the Air Berlin A330 aswell :)



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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #197 on: June 02, 2011, 11:30:20 PM »
By the way, nice shots Steve of the various A380's and C17!

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #198 on: June 03, 2011, 09:27:06 AM »
By the way, nice shots Steve of the various A380's and C17!

Cheers Dave.  8)

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Re: Contrail Photo Thread - 2011
« Reply #199 on: June 05, 2011, 03:30:39 PM »
Some from 22nd May,was VERY windy and some high mist about so quality isnt great.

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