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User currently offlineEGFF From UK - Wales, joined Sep 2001, 2201 posts, RR: 14
Posted (10 years 10 months 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2733 times:

Hello Guys, a round up of today's spottings going past my house heading west from (London, France, Germany, etc) going to the U.S/Canada and Ireland:-

1. ATA L1011

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2. British Airways 747-400

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Photo © Florian Eggenschwiler



3. Royal Jordanian A310

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Photo © Dean Barnes



4. Delta Air Lines 767-300

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Photo © Tommy Simms



5. Air Canada A330-300

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Photo © Jason Taperell



6. Air France 777-200

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Photo © Philippe Noret



7. British Airways 747-400

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Photo © Garry Lewis



8. Turkish Airlines A340-300

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Photo © Andrew Hunt



9. Lufthansa A340-300

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Photo © Florian Kondziela



10. British Airways 747-400

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Photo © Florian Eggenschwiler



11. Ryanair 737-800

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Photo © Edwin Olinowetz



12. Virgin Atlantic 747-400

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Photo © Florian Eggenschwiler



13. British Airways 747-400

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Please NOTE, the pics arent the exact planes as i couldnt see the reg's due to them being 30,000+ft but the British Airways liveries are all the correct ones i saw....
EGFF  Big thumbs up


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User currently offlineIwantaBBJ From Ireland, joined Jun 2002, 770 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 2696 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

I guess you like to sit ouside and point your binos to the sky, just like I do, right?

What kind of binoculars do you use?

IwantaBBJ


I am married.. to a female planespotter
User currently offlineEGFF From UK - Wales, joined Sep 2001, 2201 posts, RR: 14
Reply 2, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 2675 times:

Yeah, i have a book dating back to 1999, i love it ... with good weather predicted tomorrow (makes a change) im gonna be out most of the day so will show you the list tomorrow evening.
My bino's, just looking at them right now they are :-
'SUNAGOR Mega Zoom 120 - 20-120 x 70 (field 1.25' AT 20x)
Here is an exact pic:-


Specifications:-
Zoom Magnification Range:- 20x to120x
Objective Lens Size:- 70mm
Fully coated optics:- Yes
Dimensions:- 24.6cm x 20.8cm
Weight:- 1.4kg
Zoom Thumb Lever:- Yes
BCF Construction:- Yes

Nice pair, when we bought them they were the most powerful around! Big grin
EGFF


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User currently offlineEGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40
Reply 3, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2668 times:

I didn't see any caus I was working full time today, but it sounds about normal. Although I see alot more VS A340s than shown here  Smile

User currently offlineEGFF From UK - Wales, joined Sep 2001, 2201 posts, RR: 14
Reply 4, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2642 times:

Dan - EGDD the aircraft i stated above were for just 25mins  Laugh out loud
I didn't have time to do much more spotting, but tomorrow got a full day and good weather, should have a tidy list for you Big grin
EGFF


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User currently offlineSabena 690 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2608 times:

Zoom Magnification Range:- 20x to120x
Objective Lens Size:- 70mm

 Wow!  Wow!  Wow!

Wow, and I thought that my 10x50 was already a heavy  Sad

Regards,
Frederic


User currently offlineSharpnfuzzy From Canada, joined Jun 2001, 570 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2606 times:

Damn, that's a nice zoom. Mine are only 12x45.
But they're pretty durable, they were made in the old USSR. I've had to retrieve them from the bottom of a lake once after my boat flipped.

User currently offlineQantas744 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 246 posts, RR: 5
Reply 7, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2616 times:

In half an hour at Richmond railway station in London this morning I saw



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Plus unidentified examples of the following,


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Photo © Florian Kondziela



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Photo © Miguel Snoep
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Photo © Marlo Plate



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Photo © Ian Haskell
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Photo © Pekka Lehtinen



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Photo © Derek Pedley
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Photo © Marlo Plate



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Photo © Barrie Higham
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Photo © AirNikon



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Photo © Garry Lewis
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And lots of these!


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These were all at about 1300ft and pretty noisy!


Matt


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User currently offlineEGFF From UK - Wales, joined Sep 2001, 2201 posts, RR: 14
Reply 8, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2582 times:

Yeah, the bino's are pretty strong  Smile i can nicely read the writing down the side of the aircraft at around 30,000+ft  Smile
Qantas744, nice bit of spotting ... Unfortunately the weather wasnt as good as the forecast predicted, but hopefully tomorrow although it doesn't look good!
EGFF


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User currently offlineQantas744 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 246 posts, RR: 5
Reply 9, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2576 times:

The best railway station for this sort of thing is Hounslow,it's right under the approach for 27L and the aircraft are about 90 seconds from touchdown!

Between 1994 and 2000 I was travelling to Newport on a daily basis and don't recall it being particularly good for overflights, altough I was more interested in the trains to be honest.


Matt


you can't buy time but you can sell your soul and the closest thing to heaven is to rock'n'roll
User currently offlineEGFF From UK - Wales, joined Sep 2001, 2201 posts, RR: 14
Reply 10, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2546 times:

Qantas744 - Newport? as in South Wales?
EGFF


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User currently offlineDonder10 From Canada, joined Oct 2001, 6659 posts, RR: 23
Reply 11, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2527 times:

Newport is excellent!Right on the UG1 airway so can catch BRU/FRA/LHR outbounds regularly and CDG/MXP/ZRH etc when the winds allow it. EGGF can you read off the regs at 30,000ft using those binos?

User currently offlineQantas744 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 246 posts, RR: 5
Reply 12, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2520 times:

Yes, Newport South Wales.....on the banks of the River Usk-can't say I miss it that much!

Matt


you can't buy time but you can sell your soul and the closest thing to heaven is to rock'n'roll
User currently offlineEGFF From UK - Wales, joined Sep 2001, 2201 posts, RR: 14
Reply 13, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2506 times:

Well, unfortunately ... that is where i live Big grin small world huh
EGFF


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User currently offlineQantas744 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 246 posts, RR: 5
Reply 14, posted (10 years 10 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2503 times:

Even smaller considering that I still work on the railway and I'm now based at Donder10's local station!

Newport isn't all bad.....it's where I first met my wife-on a train in platform three immediately after a Wales/England Five nations match.


Matt


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