Civilian Aviation

Some photos from 27th December ,including one I wanted to photograph for so long..an Air Tahiti a340 ,finally came my way heading westbound, a prize catch.. for me anyway.
A flooded garden didnt help , but here goes..

First up American Airlines and one of their A330s in the new colour scheme.

N280AY A330 AA705 FRA-CLT FL340

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American Airlines N280AY by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

Next Air France with one of their Boeing 772s on route to Vancouver

Air France F-GSPP B777 CDG-YVR FL320

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Air France Boeing 777 F-GSPP by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

United U773UA B777 UAL988 FRA-IAD FL320

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United Airlines U773UA by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

Next up , a BA 777 with one engine seemingly working harder than the other..but then again the triple 7 has more than enough power in reserve from those huge motors to "easy on a littl" while cruisin over to las vegas.

BA2277 G-VITT LGW-LAS FL340

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ritish Airways G-VIIT by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

G-CIVL B747 BA219 LHR-DEN FL320

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British Airways Boeing 747 G-CIVL by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

Next in the transatlantic queue ,Air Canada.

Air Canada A333 C-GHKW AC875 FRA-YUL FL340

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Air Canada C-GHKW by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr


27/12/2015 Kuwait Airways B777 9K-AOA KUW-JFK KAC117 FL360
Kuwait Airways Boeing 777 9K-AOA by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

A USAF C-17 Globemaster 3,tail number 95-0107 went by,posted on FC "OTT garden spotters" section.
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... &start=880

Next, my catch of the day..
What an aircraft.. a great spotters xmas gift !
About 18 miles away,a bit further away than a perfect pass.. but worth a click me thinks

11.42am Air Tahiti A340 F-OJGF THT7 CDG-LAX
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Air Tahiti F-OJGF by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr


Edit,


Seeing as andygolfer will allow,thanks Andy . Heres the C-17 Globemaster, 95-0107 calling "Reach 150"

USAF C-17 95-0107 by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

One from 29/12/2015 a Swissair A330 in very poor viewing conditions due to turbulent upper air, the jetstream was moving things much faster than normal also Storm Frank was approaching.

29/12/2015 Swissair A330 HB-JHA GVA-JFK SWR22B FL380

Swissair Airbus A330 HB-JHA by Mike (Radiostationx), on Flickr

Thanks for Looking

lovely set and super quality. I think we could have allowed the C.17 as well just to complete your day's work.

the Air Tahiti is very nice and the BA 747 is caught nicely even though it's a bit more common.

hope the garden dries out soon, thanks for posting them Mike

HNY
Andy

Yeah cracking set of photos, amazing the clarity at that distance love looking at these "airways" shots

Love seeing these contrail shots, and as sharp as ever.

Really nice, what set up are you using?

Superb shots as always.

Very nice Mike