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administrator - 2008-05-01, 17:36
Let's start another great month of contrail spotting!

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contrailsUK - 2008-05-03, 12:44
I tried some more photos with the 2x Barlow on May 1st. Here is a photo:

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Asdrius - 2008-05-18, 14:18
Hello

Today heavy thunderstorm activities in my area. Many airplanes were flying around the storms, not on normal airways.
I don't know how high the tops of the Cb clouds were, but even planes cruising at FL380 were turning away from storms.

Here are some westbound planes flying 20km away from usual UL29 airway, which was covered with huge Cb clouds:

16:29
B747-200F Air China Cargo CAO1047 ZBAA-EDDF


16:56
A320 Air France AFR1945 UUEE-LFPG


Also I hear next week there will be champions league final in Moscow and several hundred charter flights from UK are planned to Moscow.
Maybe I'll see some of them?
Sometimes London-Moscow flights are made on UN858. But usually they fly on more northerly route via Baltic sea and Latvia.

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Asdrius - 2008-05-20, 18:10
Hello,

Today some champions league charter flights from UK to Moscow passed close to me. I saw TravelService B738's, Air Finland B752, several Corsair 744's

Managed to get a photo only for Air Finland:, and it was not very good, against the sun :
Maybe I'll get more luck tommorow. Many more football charters are expected tomorrow at Moscow.

10:47 UM874, at FL350
B757-200 OH-AFK Air Finland FIF1273 EGCC-UUDD


And some other usual flights:

18:21 UN858
DC-10F Aeroflot Cargo RCF914 EDFH-UUEE

Flying below cirrus layer at high altitude.

20:03 UM874 at FL380
B747-400ERF PH-CKB KLM Cargo KLM170 VHHH-EHAM


That's all. I really hope to see and capture more Champions League charters tomorrow.

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contrailsUK - 2008-05-21, 09:54
Hello,

Some nice rare ones there Asdrius! A lot of Corsair 747s have been flying from Paris to Manchester and I have seen a few in the distance but they're too far away for a photo.

A few taken in the morning on Tuesday:

KLM743


DAL140


JAI227


JAI229

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Asdrius - 2008-05-23, 15:47
Nice pics as always, it seems you get a lot of Jet Airways.

I had a lot of hopes for this champions league charters from/to Moscow. And actually a lot of interesting planes passed high above my city, BUT weather was total disaster.
All days totally covered in cloud, rain. Only on Tuesday some sunshine and Air Finland B752 was the only champions league charter I got in picture.