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WOW!!!!!! Surprised

Hi,

Some good weather over the last few days but aircraft only making very faint contrails if at all as of yesterday. Nice Air France Asdrius, especially for the summer that is a very clear shot!! ...

Hi,

Summer is finally here, and we can look forward to more hours of sunshine and clearer skies. Not to mention the warm weather too!! Smile

I'll show some "green" planes now Cool

. I'am l ...

Thanks bartek Smile

Grztus, I tried my photo on jp.net but they rejected it Sad

Every time I upload a photo from my computer the quality of the photo seems to decrease and ruins the photo Crying or Very sad

so ...

Hello

Some unsettled weather over the past few days but managed to get a few shots:

UPS207 KPHL-EDDK UN20 No contrails Crying or Very sad

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/th_IMG_5880.jpgh ...

nice pics, all very rare a/c and I have never seen any of those airlines over my house! Surprised

Some poor conditions, but also some nice 'rainbow' contrail effects occuring Razz

23/5/07

DLH499 on ...

Embe

Super Fotki Very Happy

gratulacje Razz

Grztus
ładny Atlas 747!

Hi,
From today:

XS606
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/th_IMG_5502.jpghttp://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/th_IMG_5494.jpghttp://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/th ...

Thanks, Im not an expert on viewing the sun but your waves may be because of various reasons. My guess is that your telescope is on a roof, or balcony and heatwaves are rising off this. My telescope i ...

ok thanks for helping, I might have to ask my local telescope shop about this one Wink

Hello,

My solar filter has arrived and is up and running. Very Happy

I have managed to have a look at the sun and took a picture:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/IMG_5379o.jpg

I have a ...

Interesting tracking site.
I am using a similar website to track my aircraft (www.openatc.com), where people can share there SBS-1 information online. It works with Google earth or maps. The areas th ...

Hi Grztus,

I am planning to spend some money on a barlow lens...(more money spent Rolling Eyes

) and I was wondering how you go about attaching your camera to a barlow lens, as I cant seem to do it with ...

looks like you see a lot of lufthansa Smile

That last one is also interesting, i have never seen a Tupolev before.
BTW, how do you find out your flight information?

nice photo and great lighting Smile

I have no photos to show due to bad weather conditions (typical english rain Mad

) and it doesnt look like it will clear up until wednesday at the earliest.

Hi Asdrius,
Nice Pictures Razz

In answer to your question, I think that it is neccesary to buy some new equipment if you want better quality photos. When I first started contrailspotting 3 years ago ...

Hello Asdrius

Thanks for the compliment. Dont be disheartened about your pictures. We are just curious to know what types of planes and airlines you see in Lithuania!! Smile

Sorry to hear that you ...

Hello and welcome to the forums Asdrius!! Very Happy

Great to have another member on the international side of this forum!
Now I have heard that Lithuania is very popular with contrails.

I have some mor ...

Hi,

737 Question

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Hi.
I need help uploading images, as I have a lot of images to show you all but Im not sure how to upload image thumbnails from photobucket.I want to get a small icon instead of the full size picture ...

Hi, I have gone for the cheap option and chosen baader planetarium astrosolar film (comes in A4 size), which is sort of like yours, except you have to build the filter yourself. I too was thinking of ...

Hi, Grztus, I have noticed you have taken pictures of the sun, and therefore have a solar filter. I just wanted to know what kind of filter you are using as I am thinking of getting one. Cool

Also, Ste ...

I have sent your reply to him on the luchtzak.be forums. Smile

Yes, Stef is on www.luchtzak.be
I have informed him of this forum Smile

Hi,
Another from yesterday once the cloud broke up.
LTU566 EDDF-MDPP on UN20:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/468962751_ffdd4ebb63_b.jpg

Hi,

A bit hazy yesterday, these were the only sharp enough images after a bit of photoshopping:
CKS424 heading W:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/466976897_b3cf24d279_b.jpg

COA42 heading E ...

UFO ???

LOL

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0937578/L/ Question

Two from yesterday:

THY1 @ 14:55 Heading E on UM140.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/464355489_ac11099953_b.jpg
CKS333 @ 20:06 Heading W on UN20.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/464355519_ ...

Hi,

More bad visibility making unclear photos Sad

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/IMG_4006.jpg?t=1176587889
Urrgh Evil or Very Mad

The weather is nice and hot though Cool

I'm really glad from this Soligor, it's not giving an abberration and photos are very sharp (I didn't expect that quality will be so good).
Even though the barlow lens gives you more magnifiation, is ...

Correction - Astronomical Wink

Good idea, I will try to find some help on a forum. If that doesnt work I will get someone to correct it for me. If he says its broken then I will have to ge ...

That is the best pic I have seen taken through a telescope
The current weather situation looks like this where I live at the moment:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1735
So I hav ...

Hi,

Sorry that I have not been able to post my pictures for a while. I am having problems with my telescope at the moment Crying or Very sad

I have only been able to capture one photo recently which is this ...

Hi,

Saturday:
UAE205 EDDH-KJFK A6-EBO UN20 airway:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/425066904_e8155e075e_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/425066901_1583d455c7_b.jpg

yesterday:
UM140 airway:
A business jet, saw it twice that day:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/417414327_5349541e92_b.jpg
ETD502 CYYZ-EBBR A6-EYH
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/41736764 ...

Yes, now I see the refuelling rod at the back Smile

Would have been nice to see him in action.

Hi,
not familiar with military a/c:
Circling overhead:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/414023203_e1033f7c05_o.jpg

I guess he was trying to avoid the contrail as he was contrailing on and off ...

Wow, that is amazing, how did you do that? Smile

Also, what is levels function?

Hello!

Due to bad weather over the last few weeks, and over the next few days I havnt been able to do much spotting Sad

Oh well, summer is just round the bend... Cool

One pic from Saturday... ...

aaaaaaaah now I see!
I thing my t-ring is too big, so the camera isnt close enough to the focuser of the telescope. Ive just had a go with taking a pic, it seems to work now Razz

Its going to be hard ...

Hi,

Interesting set up grztus. I have tried using the telescope without an eyepiece, but I cant focus the scope on contrailing aircraft. I can only focus on things which are no more than 100m away. ...

WOW! I cant wait... hopefully it will fly overhead as I do sometimes see aircraft going to FRA Smile

Thanks!

Hi,

Not sure if this topic has already been created, but I thought it would be a good idea to show each other our set ups and how we are taking our photos. This way we can help each other solve pro ...

Good afternoon,

A bit off topic, but can you unlock the 'contrails spotting equipment' forum?
I would like to post a topic in there, or should I just post it in here?
Thanks.

Hi,

Finally after weeks of unsettled weather the skies cleared up today, and I have noticed the days have become considerably longer Razz

Heres two I caught this morning:
WOA904 - KJFK-EBBR - 9: ...

Witam

UN20 + UM140:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/395582237_a8794d847f.jpg
UN20:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/383090275_87b19c5939.jpg
UN20:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/3 ...

your right, thanks for that!

Hi,
Nice to see you have the new 400D Blix! Smile

Does anyone know what carrier this one is?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/380935386_9dbcf32832.jpg

Hi all,
Great Start to February, the coming months are the best times for contrails, with the low angled sun plus days getting longer...
Some shots from the weekend:

Saturday
LTU908:
http://f ...

By the way, I didn't know Etihad flies the Calgary-Brussels route.
Isn't that the Toronto flight?

sorry, my mistake - The A330 of Etihad is flying CYYZ-EBBR, thanks for all your comments, Ill pos ...

Hello, such a long time since I had clear skies!
Here are some from the weekend:
DAL11 (?) going back to the USA:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/366372226_3a8d68572c_o.jpg

Surinam Airways, ...

Hello,
On Tuesday:
Two planes crossing contrails, here is the 767 of thomsonfly crossing over the 747 of Asiana cargo:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/346796847_330d0549ef_o.jpg
And also... t ...

Yes sad thing really, I really love that airline the colours were so magnificant Crying or Very sad

I have heard that a new airline 'Carribean Airlines' is supposed to be taking its place.

Thankyou, and a very happy new year to everyone else here at rnavspotters from me Razz

A great strat to the new year when these planes came over this morning:
BAW2157 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1 ...

hello,
The only day which had blue sky was last thursday, and I only managed to capture one contrail before it clouded over again, however it was one which I had never seen before Smile

Korean Cargo a ...

Witam

Ależ mi to bydlątko wskoczyło na sam koniec roku Very Happy

16.11-->E-->DRE 747 Question

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Shocked

super!!!

Thanks for the suggestions Ill give that a try Wink

For now, no contrail photos because of dense fog follwed by cloudy skies for most of this week. Crying or Very sad

I wish you all a very merry christmas!!! ...

thanks grztus, I will have a go on 'Av' mode, because at the moment I am always shooting with 'M' mode Laughing

by the way, my fave is the SIA A346 Smile

I see that it is SIA21, which sometimes passes over my house Very Happy

Hi,
Yes I have seen them in the polish topic thanks, VERY good photos, you can read the reg on most of them.
what are your camera settings?
My knowledge on cameras isnt too good.
I am also using ...

Witam
Some more from the weekend:
http://static.flickr.com/140/326210515_d4769a61e4_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/135/326210525_27ecbf7cd9_o.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/137/326210526_fb25db118e_ ...

Hello!

I have not had much luck in the last couple of weeks with the weather so unfortunately I have not been able to take many photos Sad

I have also been on holiday, to Barcelona. I noticed that ...

Hello!
More clear skies at the weekend and perfect opportunities to capture some contrails! Smile

The contrailing altitude was much lower than usual, which meant that planes taking off from London Gat ...

Hi
Nice one Smile

My e-mail address is jpro747@yahoo.co.uk thankyou v. much!!!!!
ContrailsUK

Hello Marcin76,
I would preferably like routes for the UK. Thanks for helping!! Smile

Thanks again FL350, I do love the Martinair Livery and the fact that their titles are so easily read off Smile

I still remain without a photo of a quad jet... I cant wat to see one Cool

Hi,
I know two good websites where you can find flight plans

1. www.flightaware.com
2. http://www.avsim.com/ (go to forums

Flight plan forum)
the second one is a flight plan requ ...

Hi,
Does anyone know where to find airspace maps on the internet? I have one for Poland Cool

but the website I got it from has closed down. I would post the file on here but I dont know how to Crying or Very sad

...

HI,
I was wondering whether the SBS-1 is a popular piece of equipment in Poland, Over here it is very popular and someone has set up a website so that we can share our SBS-1 feeds, you can watch traf ...

Hi,
Some clear skies on Saturday... but then it clouded over in the afternoon Crying or Very sad

MPH607 on UM140 Airway heading to EBBR:
I red the reg off the wing as PH-MCM:
http://static.flickr.com/111/2944 ...

On the second pic, of the 3 from JetPhotos.net with the KLM, that picture was taken near my house, it mustve been on airway UN20, the main airway which links flights going to the carribean and Amsterd ...

Hi, Pawel
Wow, amazing photos, I saw a similar incident happen yesterday morning when I was at the bus stop, a 747 coming in from the West and an A330 from the East, they both crossed each other and ...

Hi, Nice to know you that you are interested in astronomy FL350. Some people just dont think what else you can do with a telescope other than look at the night sky. Before I got into contrail spotting ...

Thankyou grztus,
I am finding my new telescope great a the moment as it is giving me great photos! Very Happy

One thing which is quite annoying is the overall weight of it - 50kg which is heavy and quite ha ...

Hi,
From Saturday (the only clear day where I had some free time aswell) it was clear all week but I was at school Mad

....typical
I had a good 2 hours spotting in clear skies. I have these photos: ...

Nice busy skies... I wish I could live under an airway as busy as that. The busiest airway I have is UR8, here is one from this afternoon, NWA37 going back home...
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/ ...

Hi all,
This morning, clear skies for about ten minutes Sad

I saw one plane which was CFG051 heading home to Frankfurt:
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/jpro747/cfg51.jpg
And one I found in ...

Thanks guys.
I this ryanair flight flies over everyday, so I hope one day I will se their dreamliner or cable and wireless livery Wink

I have chosen the Celestron StarHopper 6" telescope. It is ...

Hi there,

Its been a while since I last posted on here because the weather has been so bad Crying or Very sad

Yesterday the weather cleared up a bit, and I tried out my new telescope Smile

Here is RYR1972 on ...

hi FL350,
I do see a lot of United Airlines and most of the aircraft I see are transatlantic flights. I have seen UAE202 routing KJFK-OMDB. here is a photo:
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/1460/u ...

I have some more:
Saturday UAL950 KJFK-EBBR on UM140 airway
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1619/ual2si0.png

Sunday UAL950 KJFK-EBBR on UM140 airway
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/3075/ua ...

those are good photos!
I am thinking of getting this one: http://www.f1cameras.co.uk/shop.php?id=238&level=

Hi,
I am using a celestron Poewrseeker 76 (700mm) telescope and Canon 350D at the moment, but I am thinking of buying a new telescope soon. Has anyone got any Ideas of good telescopes? should I go fo ...

HI,
Thanks to all for the nice comments, I will post some more when the skies clear up.
I am spotting in Dorset, England and underneath airways UM140 and UN20 (closest), but I can also see airways U ...

Hello,
I am from England, and I love watching contrails just like you guys!
I take photos through a telescope.
here are some of my Best shots:
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8692/aar1cp9.png
ht ...