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Below are some special contrail pictures or related events like the
the passage of the ISS. Shots have been taken with 500 mm telelens or
telescope, for the technical details check
here. Pictures are made at Kampenhout, 5km NE of Brussels
Airport. Registrations via SBS-1 equipment. Pictures © SkyStef. High resolution digital format available for sale. For more details contact me. |
Four engined airliners |
Three engined airliners |
Two engined
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| 25/08/10 - 0030 - UL607. Turkish Airlines A321 TC-JMI at 36000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Istanbul as THY1984.
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| 19/08/10 - 2010 - UN873. Japan Airlines B777-300
JA733J at 31000 ft enroute Paris (CDG) - Tokyo (NRT) as JAL406 with
colorful irisation effect of the aerodynamic and exhaust contrail.
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| 30/07/10 - 1922 - UL607. British Airways B777-200
G-YMMT at 28000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Delhi as BAW257. Besides a
colorful irisation effect of the aerodynamic contrail behind the
plane, there is in front also a white faint thin hart formed line which is a
sound wave (or pressure wave)
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| 30/07/10 - 1914 - UL607. Emirates Airlines B777-300
A6-ECL at 29000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Dubai as UAE30 with
colorfull irisation of the aerodynamic contrail
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| 05/06/10 - 0949 - UL607. Kuwait Airways B777-200
9K-AOA at 35000 ft enroute New York (JFK) - Kuwait as KAC118
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| 04/06/10 - 1008 - UL607. Singapore Airlines B747-400
9V-SPJ at 35000 ft enroute New York (JFK) - Frankfurt as SIA25
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| 04/06/10 - 0915 - UL607. Lufthansa A340-300 D-AIGF at 35000 ft enroute
Toronto-Frankfurt as DLH471
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| 03/06/10 - 0858 - UL607. United Airlines B767-300
N662UA at 35000 ft enroute Washington (IAD) - Frankfurt as UAL952
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| 03/06/10 - 0839 - UL607. Air Canada B777-300 C-FIVS at 37000 ft enroute
Montreal (YUL) - Frankfurt as ACA874
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| 03/06/10 - 0824 - UZ703. Regional ERJ190 F-HBLD at 33000 ft enroute
Gothenburg
- Paris (CDG) as RAE219
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| 03/06/10 - 0801 - UL607. easyJet A319 G-EZEJ at 35000 ft enroute
London (LGW) - Sofia as EZY8973
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| 22/05/10 - 2125 - UL607. Austrian B737-800(WL) OE-LNS at 37000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Vienna as AUA456
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| 21/05/10 - 2205 - UL608. Air Contractors B737-300QC
EI-STA at 34000 ft enroute Dubrovnik-Shannon as ABR402J
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| 27/04/10 - 0036 - UL607. El Al B777-200 4X-ECA at 39000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Tel Aviv as ELY318
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| 26/04/10 - 2330 - UL607. Etihad Airways A330-300
A6-AFB at 39000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Abu Dhabi as ETD018
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| 22/04/10 - 2019 - UL608. Emirates Airlines B777-300
A6-EBG at 36000 ft enroute Dubai-Birmingham as UAE37
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| 18/04/10 - between 04:56:07-04:57:08. Composition
within one minute of 8x Space Shuttle "Discovery" passing the zenith
from west to east at a height of 346 km. It was (relative seen) around
a dozen seconds ahead of the ISS on its return to Earth after its
mission STS-131. Time in hours, minutes and seconds in local hours
with the first row taken towards the west, second row taken towards
the east.
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| 12/02/10 - 1649 - UL608. Southern Airways B747-200(F)
N758SA at 28000 ft enroute Liège-Dover AFB as SOO500
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| 12/02/10 - 1645 - UL608. Meridian Airways DC8-63(F)
9G-AXA at 30000 ft enroute Frankfurt (HHN) - RAF Lyneham (presumable
as MAG219)
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| 22/01/10 - 1643 - UL608. Kalitta Air B747-200
N707CK at 30000 ft enroute Ramstein AB-Dover AFB as CKS424
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| 28/12/09 - 1401 - UL608. Emirates Airlines B777-300
A6-ADG at 36000 ft enroute Dubai-London (LHR) as UAE29 and British
Airways B777-200 G-VIIL at 40000 ft enroute Dubai-London (LHR) as
BAW108
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| 29/10/09 - 2309 - UL607. Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VGAS at 35000 ft enroute London (LHR)
- Dubai as VIR400
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| 06/08/09 - 2337 - UL607. Qatar Airways A340-600 A7-AGB at 37000 ft
enroute London (LHR) - Doha as QTR002
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| 01/06/09 - 2303 - UL607. Jet Airways B777-300 VT-JEC at 33000 ft
enroute London (LHR) - Mumbai as JAI117
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| 22/04/09 - 20:28 - UL608. Cargolux B747-400F LX-SCV at 30000 ft enroute Luxembourg-New York as CLX862
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| 22/04/09 - 19:47 - UL608. World Airways B747-400F
N741WA at 31000 ft enroute Ramstein AFB - Mc Guire AFB as RCH0426
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| 01/04/09 - 20:20 - UL608. Evergreen International B747-200 N471EV at
38000 ft enroute Frankfurt (HHN) - New York as EIA1315
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| 31/03/09 - 20:02 - UL608. Air India B747-400
VT-ESN
at 38000 ft enroute Delhi-London (LGW) as AIC1
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| 25/03/09 - between 20:38:15 -20:39:25. Composition of 4x ISS
(International Space Station) with Space Shuttle "Discovery" (mission
STS-119) docked on passing Belgium at a height of 354
km. Frame 1 was taken at 20:38:15 CET, frame 2 was taken 1 minute and
3 seconds later, frame 3 taken 2 seconds later, frame 4 taken 5
seconds later. The Space Shuttle is quite recognizable on the bottom
of pictures 2 (see arrow), 3 & 4 and is seen from the back & slightly above, consecutive
fading away when losing the sunlight.
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| 24/03/09 - between 20:11:45 -20:11:58. Composition of 4x ISS
(International Space Station) with Space Shuttle "Discovery" (mission
STS-119) docked on passing Belgium at a height of 354
km. Frame 1 was taken at 20:11:45 CET, frame 2 and 3 were taken each 2
seconds later, frame 4 was taken 9 seconds later.
The Space Shuttle is recognizable on the bottom of all pictures (see arrow on frame 1) and is
seen from the back.
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| 24/03/09 - 18:58 - UL608. Lufthansa B737-300 D-ABEI
at 31000 ft enroute Dusseldorf-London (LHR) as DLH4778
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| 21/03/09 - between 20:24 - 20:26. Composition of 4x ISS
(International Space Station) with Space Shuttle "Discovery" (mission
STS-119) docked on passing Belgium at a height of 354
km. Frame 1 was taken at 20:24:43 CET, frame 2 was taken 13 seconds
later, frame 3 was taken 59 seconds later and frame 4 was taken 9
seconds later. Especially on frame 1 and 2 the Space Shuttle is
recognizable (see arrow) and is seen from the back.
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| 21/03/09 - 19:01 - UL608. Emirates B777-300 A6-EBN
at 36000 ft enroute Dubai-Birmingham as UAE37
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| 16/03/09 - 18:46 - UL608. Kingfisher A330-200 VT-VJK
at 40000 ft enroute Mumbai-London (LHR) as KFR007
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| 16/03/09 - 18:28 - UZ703.
Airbus Transport International A300F-608ST F-GSTD at 30000 ft enroute Hamburg (XFW) -
Toulouse as BGA4TD
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| 15/03/09 - 18:26 - UL608. British Airways A320 G-EUUC
at 31000 ft enroute Dusseldorf-London (LHR) as BAW943
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| 15/03/09 - 18:23 - UL607. Iran Air B747-100 EP-IAM
at 36000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Tehran as IRA710
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| 14/02/09 - 17:29 - UL608. Lufthansa Regional CRJ200 D-ACJC
at 32000 ft enroute Stuttgart-London (LHR) as DLH4782
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| 14/02/09 - 16:53 - UL608/UZ703. Following the Oman Air
A310-300 CS-TEX at 36000 ft enroute Muscat-London (LHR) as OMA911,
surprisingly another plane came in view, namely Korean Air B747-400
HL7460 at 38000 ft enroute Seoul-Paris (CDG) as KAL901. With a focal
length of 2400 mm, in a fraction of a second I had the reflex to push
exactly one time on the cams button
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| 06/02/09 - 16:25 - UL608. Eurowings BAe146-300
D-AQUA at 27000 ft enroute Frankfurt-London (LCY) as DLH4KF
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| 20/01/09 - 14:25 - UL607/8. British Airways
B747-436 G-CIVH at 34000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Dubai +
UL608 Ryanair B737-800 EI-DCW at 36000 ft enroute Rimini-Stansted as
RYR8009
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| 15/01/09 - 16:38 - UL608. Evergreen International B747-200F
N488EV at 32000 ft enroute Ramstein AB-Dover AFB as EIA1103
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| 28/12/08 - 16:48 - UL607. Emirates A380 A6-EDA
at 32000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Dubai as UAE2
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| 19/12/08 - 16:17 - UL607. Emirates A380 A6-EDB
at 32000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Dubai as UAE2
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| 17/10/08 - 16:36 - UL608. Side by side: Lufthansa A330-300 D-AIKK at 34000 ft enroute Munich-Newark as DLH412 and Lufthansa A320 D-AIPH at 34000 ft enroute Munich-Heathrow as DLH4758
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| 09/10/08 - 21:17 - UL607. World Airways MD11 N274WA cruising at 33000 ft enroute Chicago-Frankfurt as GEC8251
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| 27/09/08 - between 20:16 - 20:17. Composition of 4x ISS (International Space Station) passing Belgium at an altitude of 350
km. Frame 1, the approaching ISS, was taken at 20:16 and 40 seconds
CET, frame 2 was taken 1 minute 16 seconds afterwards when the station just passed the zenith, frame 3 was taken 10 seconds later and frame 4
was also taken 10 seconds later.
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| 14/09/08 - 23:15 - UL607. The thrilling moment
of luck came along as within 3 minutes two identical planes crossed
the Moon's disk. 150 seconds after the Qatar Airbus, on almost the
same path, here Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VNAP cruising at 37000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Dubai as VIR400
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| 14/09/08 - 23:13 - UL607. Qatar Airways A340-600
A7-AGD cruising at 39000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Doha as QTR002
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| 24/06/08 - 08:12 - UL607. Lufthansa B747-400 D-ABVB cruising at 37000 ft enroute Newark-Frankfurt as DLH403
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| 10/06/08 - 23:18 - UL607. Jet Airways B777-300 VT-JEG cruising at 33000ft enroute
London (LHR) - Mumbai as JAI117
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| 10/06/08 - 21:48 - UL607. British Airways A321 G-EUXK cruising at 37000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Munich as BAW958
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| 25/05/08 - 17:56 - near UL607/8. Seems a real
close encounter: in this case the vertical distance was 1000 ft, but
still this is just the standard minimum separation. The Omni Air International DC10 N621AX was cruising on UL607 at
35000 ft enroute Indianapolis-Nurnberg-Kuwait as RCH758 and the Thomsonfly B757-200 G-BYAT was cruising on UL608
at 36000ft enroute Larnaca-Luton as TOM2448
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| 25/05/08 - 16:28 - near UL607. Seems a close
encounter, however the vertical distance was quite significant: 7000 ft.
The Turkish
B737-800 TC-JGB was cruising at 35000 ft enroute Stansted-Istanbul
as THY1972 and the Swiss RJ100 HB-IYY was cruising at 28000ft enroute
Basle-Amsterdam as SWR706
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| 08/02/08 - 10:39 - UL607. Air
India B747-400 VT-EVA at 35000 ft enroute London (LHR) - New Delhi as
AIC112
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| 17/12/07 - 17:10.
ISS (International Space Station) passing Belgium at an altitude of 337
km, or around 33x further away in distance than a cruising airplane
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| 22/11/07 - 11:50 - UL607/8. Two
airplanes crossing each other at 37000 ft: Ryanair B738 EI-DPA as
RYR4173 and Etihad A346 A6-EHF as ETD012
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| 30/08/07 - 00:15 - UL607. Etihad
Airways A340-600 A6-EHE at 38000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Abu Dhabi as ETD018
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| 26/03/07 - 19:55 - UM624. Cargolux B747-400 LX-LCV at 30000
ft enroute Luxembourg-Glasgow-Seattle as CLX772
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| 02/03/07 - 16:50 - UL608. Evergreen International B747-100F N479EV
cruising at 37000 ft heading west
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| 01/03/07 - 16:26 - UL608. Kuwait
Airways B747-400 and British Airways A320 side by side heading W
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| 29/11/06 - 13:43 - UL608. A lucky shot of catching two A330-200s in
one frame. On top, the Emirates was heading to the U.K. while the Turkish A330-200
TC-JNE was enroute IST-JFK as TK1
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