Civilian Aviation

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):

That's a fantastic shot Mike.

What lens are you using ?

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

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Mike wrote: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):

Two cracking images Mike

Kind regards.

Marcus.

Mike,

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

Regards,

Paul

Paul Zietsman wrote: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):

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

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:

Great stuff again Mike

Thanks for sharing.

Kind regards.

Marcus.

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

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

The first shot in that last sequence is cracking!

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:

Brilliant Mike