Longhaul Overfliers - Anglesey...............

[MIKE GRIFFITHS]

KLM (flight KL644) - reg no PH-BFV (New York JFK to Amsterdam) at 485knots/37000ft above north coast of Anglesey on 28/4/11 (data from planefinder):

[Mike]

That's a fantastic shot Mike.

What lens are you using ?

[ZZ330]

It is indeed... particularly with the jet being at that height...

That Plane Finder App lost me several hours whilst in a hotel last week at Heathrow that over looked the runway. Instead of studying, I ended up watching the ac going past the window and thinking "I wonder where that's going" every 30 secs! Plane Finder had the answers

ZZ

[MIKE GRIFFITHS]

That's a fantastic shot Mike.

What lens are you using ?

Hi Mike,

Canon 400/5.6.

Here is another one almost directly overhead:
Turkish Airlines (flightTK12) - reg no: TC-JDK (New York JFK to Istanbul) - crossing over north Anglesey at 460knots/37000ft on 30/9/11 (data from flightradar24):

[Marcus G]

Two cracking images Mike

Kind regards.

Marcus.

[Paul Zietsman]

Mike,

Really excellent shots. I assume you use a good, sturdy tripod as those images are biting sharp.

Regards,

Paul

[MIKE GRIFFITHS]

Mike,

Really excellent shots. I assume you use a good, sturdy tripod as those images are biting sharp.

Regards,

Paul

Hi Paul,
No IS on this lens so sturdy tripod necessary!

One more from this morning:
Emirates (flight EK202) - reg no: A6-EDB (New York JFK to Dubai) "dodging" the clouds at 505knots/37000ft (data from flightradar24):

[MIKE GRIFFITHS]

KLM (KL644) - New York (JFK) to Amsterdam - reg. no: PH-BFY - at 485knots/39000ft - nearly overhead on 2/11/11 (data from fr24):

[MIKE GRIFFITHS]

Photo sequence of G-CIVM - British Airways (flight BA48) - Seattle/Tacoma to London Heathrow - with a long trail at 33000ft/490knots overtaking (or is it undertaking) unidentified flier yesterday:

[Marcus G]

Great stuff again Mike

Thanks for sharing.

Kind regards.

Marcus.

[Radleigh]

Are they cropped? I use 400mm and don't get shots like that overhead.

[petehemsley]

You'd need a 1200mm lens to get shots like that without cropping.

The first shot in that last sequence is cracking!

[MIKE GRIFFITHS]

To maximise image size necessary to get underneath flight path or as close as poss.
One from today.
BER7313(D-ABXB) - Varadero to Berlin - at 510knots/39000ft above north coast of Anglesey (data from flightradar24) - Germans returning from a nice holiday in Cuba:

[GOOSE]

Brilliant Mike