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Below over 80 special contrail pictures or related events like
the passage of the ISS. Shots have been taken with 500 mm telelens
(indicated on picture) or
telescope, for the technical details check
here. Pictures are made at Kampenhout, 5km NE of Brussels
Airport. Registrations via SBS-1 equipment.
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| 03/09/13 - 0725 - UZ738 - telelens + 2x converter. Transavia B737-700(WL)
PH-XRA at 37500 ft enroute Rotterdam-Rome (FCO) as TRA6035. This shot
was taken 26 minutes after sunrise with 1000 mm when the aircraft was
approx 20 km northwest of Cologne (over Pulheim), distance approx 150
km. Note also three sun spots.
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| 20/08/13 - 23:54 - UL607 - telelens.
Singapore Airlines A380 9V-SKL at 35000 ft enroute London (LHR) -
Singapore as SIA321
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| 14/11/12 - 16:22 - UZ703.
Airbus Transport International A300F-608ST F-GSTF at 33000 ft enroute Hamburg (XFW) -
Toulouse as BGA5TC
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| 10/10/12 - 12:31 - UL607 - telelens. easyJet Airline
A320 G-EZWD at 33000 ft enroute London (LGW)
- Antalya as EZY8839.
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| 10/10/12 - 11:23 - UL607 - telelens. United Airlines
B777-200 N74007 at 39000 ft enroute Newark-Tel
Avib
as UAL90.
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| 07/10/12 - 11:49 - UZ703 - telelens. Air Europa
B737-800 EC-JHK climbing at 28000 ft enroute Amsterdam-Madrid
as AEA1098.
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| 29/05/12 - 21:00 - UL608 - telelens. British Airways
A320 G-EUUE at 36000 ft enroute Prague-London (LHR)
as BAW859 (BAW30C). Taken 44 minutes before sunset, the plane was just
offshore the Belgian coast at a distance of approx. 120 km. Also
several sunspots are visible.
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| 28/05/12 - 22:49 - UL607 - telelens. Emirates
Airlines B777-300 A6-EGH at 33000 ft enroute London (LGW) -
Dubai as UAE10
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| 26/05/12 - 21:42 - UL607 - telelens. Royal Jordanian
A310-300 JY-AGQ at 35000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Amman as RJA052
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| 26/05/12 - 21:18 - UL607 - telelens.
Austrian Airlines A321 OE-LBF at 35000 ft enroute London (LHR) -Vienna
as AUA456R
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| 20/03/12 - 13:43 - UL608.
Turkish Airlines A330-200 TC-JNC at 38000 ft enroute
Istanbul-Washington (IAD) as THY7 with behind a slightly faster (but 2000 ft lower)
Emirates Airlines B777-300 A6-EBI at 36000 ft enroute Dubai-London (LHR)
as UAE29
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| 20/03/12 - 13:00 - UL608.
British Airways A320 G-EUUT at 38000 ft enroute Vienna-London (LHR) as
BAW697 with ahead and flying somewhat faster (but >10000 ft lower) Hangar 8 Cessna 525 Citation
G-OSOH at 25000 ft enroute Maastricht-Dunsfold as HGR870
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| 10/11/11 - 15:30 - UL608.
Bmibaby B737-300 G-ODSK at 36000 ft enroute Prague-East Midlands as
BMI5684 (BMI89D) with on top (and 2000 ft higher) Slovak Government TU154
OM-BYO cruising at 38000 ft enroute Bratislava-London (LHR) as SSG002
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| 05/11/11 - 15:50 - UL608.
Blue Air B737-300 YR-BAF at 36000 ft enroute Bucharest (BBU) - Luton as JOR231
with in front, but at much lower height, a bunch of real birds heading south
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| 02/11/11 - 16:42 - UZ703.
Airbus Transport International A300F-608ST F-GSTC at 30000 ft enroute Hamburg (XFW) -
Toulouse as BGA3TC
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| 27/10/11 - 17:36 - UZ703.
Airbus Transport International A300F-608ST F-GSTD at 30000 ft enroute Hamburg (XFW) -
Toulouse as BGA4TD
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| 16/09/11 - 0746 - UL607 - telelens. easyJet Airline A319 G-EZFW
at 37000 ft enroute London (LGW) - Thessaloniki as EZY5091 (EZY509D).
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| 20/08/11 - 1931 - UL608 - telelens. Thomas Cook Airlines A321 G-TCDA
at 32000 ft enroute Paphos-East Midlands as TCX49WK.
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| 11/08/11 - 1224 - UL607- telelens. Royal Air Force C17 ZZ176 at
29000 ft enroute Brize Norton-Doha Al Udeid AFB as RRR6638.
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| 01/08/11 - 0622 - UL604 - telelens + 2x converter. Jet Airways B777-300 VT-JEG
at 36000 ft enroute Mumbai London (LHR) as JAI120.
This shot, with a rather turbulent layer due to a temperature
inversion, was taken 13 minutes after sunrise with 500 mm when the
aircraft was approaching overhead Munster (Germany), distance approx 260
km. Note also several sunspots on a SW-NE orientated line. The lower
dot just SE over the lowest sunspot was another aircraft without
contrail: KLM A330-200 PH-AOI at 33000ft enroute Entebbe-Amsterdam as
KLM535, roughly 20 km in front of the B777.
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| 15/07/11 - 1207 - UL607- telelens. British Airways B777-200 G-VIIG
at 29000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Delhi as BAW143.
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| 11/06/11 - 2336 - UL607- telelens. Ryanair B737-800(WL) EI-EMP
at 38000 ft enroute Bergamo-Stansted as RYR4197 (RYR17TH).
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| 22/04/11 - 0648 - UL604 - telelens + 2x converter. Etihad Airways A330-200
A6-EYF at 38000 ft enroute Abu Dhabi-Dublin as ETD045. This shot was
taken 13 minutes after sunrise with 1000 mm when the aircraft was
approx 80 km east of Dusseldorf, distance approx 230
km. Note also several sunspots
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| 21/04/11 - 0655 - UZ738 - telelens + 2x converter. Transavia B737-800(WL)
PH-GGW at 36000 ft enroute Amsterdam-Heraklion as TRA137. This shot was
taken 18 minutes after sunrise with 1000 mm when the aircraft was
approx 30 km east of Dusseldorf, distance approx 180
km.
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| 17/04/11 - 2310 - UL607 - telelens. Air Berlin A321 D-ABCC at
37000 ft enroute
London (LGW) - Nürnberg as BER8599
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| 15/04/11 - 0703 - UL604 - telelens + 2x converter. Wizzair A320
HA-LWF at 38000 ft enroute Sofia-Luton as WZZ3403. This shot was
taken 14 minutes after sunrise with 1000 mm when the aircraft was
approx 80 km east of Dusseldorf, distance approx 230
km. Note also several sunspots
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| 09/04/11 - 0717 - UZ738 - telelens + 2x converter. Arkefly B737-800(WL)
PH-TFB at 35000 ft enroute Amsterdam-Hurghada as TFL487. This shot was
taken 15 minutes after sunrise with 1000 mm when the aircraft was
approx 30 km east of Dusseldorf, distance approx 180
km.
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| 22/03/11 - 17:41 - UZ703.
Airbus Transport International A300F-608ST F-GSTD at 28000 ft enroute Hamburg (XFW) -
Toulouse as BGA4TD
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| 20/03/11 - 2353 - UL607- telelens. Qantas B747-400 VH-OJU at 33000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Bangkok as QFA2
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| 20/03/11 - 2302 - UL607 - telelens. Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VWEB
at 37000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Dubai as VIR400G
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| 20/03/11 - 2145 - UL607 - telelens. Lufthansa A321 D-AIRD at 37000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Munich as DLH2481 (DLH2XC).
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| 02/03/11 - between 19:49:32 -19:50:30. Composition of
2x ISS (International Space Station) with Space Shuttle "Discovery" docked on passing Belgium at a height of 353
km. Was on its final mission STS-133 before retirement. Frame 1 was taken
when arriving from the west, frame 2 when on the eastern horizon and
moving further away. In frame 1 the Shuttle is recognizable from the
back (in black and grey), in frame 2 it has turned white and seen from
the bottom (while ISS turned upside down).
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| 19/01/11 - 2342 - UL607 - telelens. Gulf Air A330-200 A9C-kE at 39000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Muscat as GFA006.
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| 06/12/10 - 1632 - UL607. Emirates A380 A6-EDK at 37000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Dubai as UAE2.
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| 23/09/10 - 0008 - UL607 - telelens. Thomas Cook Airlines B757-200 G-FCLJ at 37000 ft enroute
Birmingham-Rhodes as TCX836K(TCX46DG).
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| 22/09/10 - 2253 - UL608 - telelens. British Airways A319 G-EUPD at 37000 ft enroute
Frankfurt-London (LHR) as BAW915.
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| 19/08/10 - 2010 - UN873 - telelens. 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 - telelens. 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 - telelens. 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 - telelens. Air Contractors B737-300QC EI-STA at 34000 ft enroute Dubrovnik-Shannon as ABR402J
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| 27/04/10 - 0036 - UL607 - telelens. El Al B777-200 4X-ECA at 39000 ft enroute
London (LHR) - Tel Aviv as ELY318
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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 - 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 - telelens. 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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| 06/08/09 - 2337 - UL607 - telelens. Qatar Airways A340-600 A7-AGB at 37000 ft enroute London (LHR) - Doha as QTR002
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| 01/06/09 - 2303 - UL607 - telelens. 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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| 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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| 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 - telelens. 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 - telelens. Side by side: Lufthansa A330-300 D-AIKK at
34000 ft enroute Munich-Newark as DLH412 and Lufthansa A320 D-AIPH at
33000 ft enroute Munich-Heathrow as DLH4758
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| 09/10/08 - 21:17 - UL607 - telelens. 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 - telelens. 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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| 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 - telelens. 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 - telelens. 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 - telelens. 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 - telelens. 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
- telelens. Two
airplanes crossing each other: Ryanair B738 EI-DPA at 38000 ft as
RYR4173 and Etihad A346 A6-EHF as ETD012 at 36000 ft
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| 30/08/07 - 00:15 - UL607 -
telelens. 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 -
telelens. Kuwait
Airways B747-400 and British Airways A320 side by side heading W
(no SBS data of altitude)
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| 29/11/06 - 13:43 - UL608 - telelens. 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 (no
SBS data of altitude)
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