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Can Anyone Identify This 747?  
User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2651 times:

Hi all,

I was wondering if someone could identify this 747?

http://timgoodwin.myphotoalbum.com/v...bumName=album18&id=unidentified747

It was heading west over DSA this afternoon towards Pole Hill from the North Sea. Presumably it must have come from some where in the Netherlands or Germany.

Regards,

Tim.


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User currently offlineINNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3765 posts, RR: 62
Reply 1, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2638 times:

Hi Tim.

An Atlas Air 742, just not the normal paint scheme.


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cheers,
Florian


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User currently offlineMygind66 From Spain, joined May 2004, 1058 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2475 times:

8 minutes Flo... Umm, getting older?

Cheers

Enrique

User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 3, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 2440 times:

Wow cheers Florian. I wonder how many there are in those colours?

Tim.


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User currently offlineLurch From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 0 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 2430 times:

Probably a REACH Flight as in USAF civilian Charter flight that the older Atlas Air 747f are doing a lot of at the moment!

User currently offlineAerlinguscargo From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 70 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2410 times:

Im no expert but isn't that atlas 742 in the remnants of polar air cargo colors. I think that Atlas transferred a bunch of these aircraft to their fleet from their sister company after her pilots went on strike. Ive seen similar ones on the Atlas/Polar ramp at JFK.

User currently offlineStealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5430 posts, RR: 49
Reply 6, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 2409 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting DC10Tim (Reply 3):
I wonder how many there are in those colours?

There is at least 1 744F in those colours as well, I photographed it in lousy weather at SYD on Nov20

Chris


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User currently offlineOly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6184 posts, RR: 11
Reply 7, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 2340 times:

It was probably PAC611 - N506MC en route to PIK. It had no trail passing N of Manchester. (Thanks to MANTMA_overflights on yahoo)




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User currently offlineBottie From Belgium, joined May 2004, 281 posts, RR: 9
Reply 8, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2322 times:

Or this one:


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TF-ARY - Boeing 747-329M

User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 9, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2307 times:

Thanks guys,

I was starking to think we'd got this one wrapped up as I read down, but it would appear not to be so clear cut after all.

Andrew, what time was that passing North of Manchester? My camera shows that shot as being taken at 13:37 and it was flying GOLES - POLE HILL on route UB105. At the same time it was racing a United 744 (in the new colours) on the same route.

Regards,

Tim.


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User currently offlineTom3 From Luxembourg, joined Apr 2004, 236 posts, RR: 2
Reply 10, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2304 times:

Quoting APFPilot1985 (Reply 5):

It can't be Focus Air , because they have blue engine cowls.. !

Cheers

Tom


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User currently offlineOly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6184 posts, RR: 11
Reply 11, posted (7 years 5 months 5 days ago) and read 2271 times:

Tim

My camera has it at 13:39 which is a couple of minutes slow against the computer clock which checks with the world clock.

On the MANTMA group there are no other PAC aircraft around at that time and this one was crossing the east coast at around 13:27

Andy


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User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 12, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2213 times:

Cheers Andy,

I feel pretty confident that is the one.

Tim.


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User currently offlinePatroni From Luxembourg, joined Aug 1999, 1403 posts, RR: 15
Reply 13, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 2160 times:

Quoting Bottie (Reply 8):
Air Atlanta Icelandic
TF-ARY - Boeing 747-329M

Can't be TF-ARY, as this bird is now flying for AirBridge Cargo in their full colours.

Tom

User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 14, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2136 times:

Sorry to be a pest, but this is something that fascinates me. Below is the UA 744 in the new colours that followed the Atlas 742 linked to above. Again, it passed overhead about 13:40, so I'm guessing will have been something like 11:00 off AMS or FRA. Does anyone have any idea as to what it is?

Also, is it uploadable - are contrail shots still allowed and if so is it good enough? It's something I've never attempted before.

http://timgoodwin.myphotoalbum.com/v...me=album01&id=ua744newcolours_copy

Regards,

Tim.

Edit: Shot was taken on Monday 19th.

[Edited 2005-12-21 01:24:07]


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User currently offlineOly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6184 posts, RR: 11
Reply 15, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2081 times:

According to an ACARS log on that day, the only UA B747 at around that time, in fact all day, was UA917. (Thanks to MANTMA-overflights)

N198UA (B747 UAL) 20051219 1356 UA0917 (Frankfurt/Main-Washington/Dulles Intl)

Yes, contrail shots are allowed. Here's one of mine (well, my only one on a.net)


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User currently offlineLurch From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 0 posts, RR: 2
Reply 16, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2080 times:

Try this for the United 744 does this help? As it was the only one in your local Area ore so my mate who is not a Spotter ore a Photographer said.

N198UA (B747 UAL) 20051219 1356 UA0917 (Frankfurt/Main-Washington/Dulles Intl)

User currently offlineOly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 6184 posts, RR: 11
Reply 17, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2077 times:

Quoting Lurch (Reply 16):
N198UA (B747 UAL) 20051219 1356 UA0917 (Frankfurt/Main-Washington/Dulles Intl)

Snap!


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User currently offlineLurch From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 0 posts, RR: 2
Reply 18, posted (7 years 5 months 4 days ago) and read 2065 times:

Spooky that! We still get a UA 744 into LHR even though it was supposed to have stopped and Changed into a 777.

User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 19, posted (7 years 5 months 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 2051 times:

Thanks very much guys. It must be straight out of the paint shop, the last shot of it in the database was in November and it was still in the old grey.

Regards,

Tim.


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User currently offlineGBOAB From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 366 posts, RR: 6
Reply 20, posted (7 years 5 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2036 times:

Tim
The UA 747 looks like it is in the old colours to me, you can almost make out the red line between the grey top and the blue bottom

Ian


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User currently offlineDC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 21, posted (7 years 5 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2016 times:

Quoting GBOAB (Reply 20):
The UA 747 looks like it is in the old colours to me,

Could well be..... the new livery doesn't appear to have the white stripe along the bottom of the fuselage.

Tim.


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User currently offlineSpartan13 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 207 posts, RR: 5
Reply 22, posted (7 years 5 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2009 times:

It looks like the bird I shot.

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