Contrail
High up there is a McDonnell Douglas MD 11F freighter aircraft (N276UP) as operated by UPS on flight 5X226 from Cologne in Germany to Louisville USA.
The aircraft is at an altitude of just 30,000 feet (a lowish cruising height), it's travelling at 516 miles per hour (ground speed) and is some 43 minutes out of Cologne Airport.
The aircraft is flying west not far from of the well known Clacton VOR (Very high frequency Omni directional Radio) aviation navigation beacon which is just a few minutes flying time from here.
I spotted this contrail while out in my back yard at my home in the County of Essex (UK) and the aircraft itself is around 19 miles away (in a straight line ;-)
All my contrails www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/contrail
My Aviation album flic.kr/s/aHsjuyqPMt
Contrail
High up there is a McDonnell Douglas MD 11F freighter aircraft (N276UP) as operated by UPS on flight 5X226 from Cologne in Germany to Louisville USA.
The aircraft is at an altitude of just 30,000 feet (a lowish cruising height), it's travelling at 516 miles per hour (ground speed) and is some 43 minutes out of Cologne Airport.
The aircraft is flying west not far from of the well known Clacton VOR (Very high frequency Omni directional Radio) aviation navigation beacon which is just a few minutes flying time from here.
I spotted this contrail while out in my back yard at my home in the County of Essex (UK) and the aircraft itself is around 19 miles away (in a straight line ;-)
All my contrails www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/contrail
My Aviation album flic.kr/s/aHsjuyqPMt