Todays 'Dot Spotting'

[herpa2003]

I saw a C-5 doing touch-and-goes yesterday...he would fly low, right over the city...other than that I saw 2 A-10s.

[Bully]

Hi all,
I have miswritten sg in my previous posts. I wrote Bulgarian Holiday with BHX code instead of Balkan Holiday (BGH). Sorry.
Here are the planes what I saw last time:
July 30, 2003:
LTU A-330 OKI-DEGET routing. Flight number missed. I was able to read off the LTU writing on the tail!
Fri, August 08, 2003:
CYP 725(?) A-310 FL360 routing PARAK-PATAK 17:18
SIA 320 B-747-400 FL380 routing BUDOP-PATAK 17:43
SXS 540 B-737 FL380 routing BUDOP-BABUS 18:04
THY 1529 B-737 FL380 routing BUDOP-PATAK 18:19
OHY 243 A-320 FL missed, but she was flying lower altitude, (like FL340 or 320 where no contrail was formed at this time) routing BUDOP-PATAK 18:53
UAE 9999 B-747 FL380 routing BUDOP-PATAK-MAVOR-VARIK 19:03 (GTI c/s, full blue tail, blue engines)
OHY 5455 A-300 FL340 routing BUDOP-PATAK 19:20
Sat, August 09, 2003
OHY 305 A-300 FL340 routing BUDOP-PATAK 18:28
OHY 127 A-300 FL360 routing BUDOP-PATAK 18:42
UAE 9991 B-747-400F FL360 routing BUDOP-PATAK 18:59 (UAE c/s, I managed to read off some of the letters in the Emirates writing)
All times are CET. (UTC+1)
Good spotting.

[Ansett]

In Order:

Qantaslink BAe146-200
Qantaslink BAe146-200
Qantaslink BAe146-200
Qantas 737-300
Qantas 767-300
singapore Airlines 777
Garuda 737
Air Paridise A310
Virgin Blue 737
Virgin Blue 737

[Bully]

Hi all,

August 16, 2003.
Today I saw the following aircraft:

AZQ 4113 (Silk Way Airlines) IL-76 FL360 routing BUDOP-BABUS-OKG 16:23
GFA 003 A-330 FL400 routing BUDOP-BNO 16:30
DAN 142 B-737 FL350 non standard, speed: 0.76 Mach, routing PARAK-PATAK 16:59
UAE 9991 B-747-400F FL340 routing BUDOP-BNO 18:04
BUC 615 (Bulgarian Air Charter) TU-154 FL340 routing BUDOP-BABUS 18:19
BUC 611 TU-154 FL340 routing BUDOP-BABUS 18:35
THY 1529 B-737 FL360 routing BUDOP-BABUS 18:35
OHY 305 A-300 FL340 routing BUDOP-BABUS 18:40
PGT 631 B-737 FL360 routing BUDOP-BABUS 18:44
Cheers.

[nox]

what type of radio do you guys use to monitor this stuff
and isnt it illegal
????

[N27015]

Nox we use a radio scanner to monitor ACARS, what you hear is not voice message but a "burst" of digitnal noise. Once you get the scanner up and running, you need a decoder, like AirNav or WACARS.

Good luck

[Greg]

I saw a AN-124 on approach to BWI from my back deck around 12:30 pm today.

[N27015]

And oh, it's not illegal at least in U.S. but in some other countries (cities) it might be illegal to own a scanner (like singapore).

As long as you dont show off to the cops, you should be fine

[v1images]

I use a Yupiteru 3330 scanner, and a pair of 10X40 binos, more logs to come as soon as the WX improves!!!

[mikecweb]

And oh, it's not illegal at least in U.S.

True except for michigan.

[Bully]

Hi all,

I saw the following two aircraft on August 28, 2003:

PAC 421 (Polar Air Cargo) B-747 FL340 routing BUDOP-BABUS 16:27 (no contrail, I even read off the "POLAR ..RGO" letters on the fuselage, the others were covered by the wing)
BUC 401 TU-154 FL380 routing BUDOP-BABUS 19:07

Coming back soon with a "dot spotting" trip report we did today early dawn, 46 miles to the North.

[Bully]

We went for a trip with friend to the other side of the upper area westbound track UL602 at early dawn. Observation is better in the morning from the North of this routing, and in the evening from the South due to light conditions so you have to travel a couple of miles if you want to get clear picture in your telescope. It was needed to depart in the night to get there by sunrise. Unfortunately most of the long-haul flights (many BAWs, KLMs & MAS) flew over still in the dark between 04:30-05:30 AM. This is not a main routing over Hungary, just almost 30 percent of the morning traffic flows through this area.

Location: Apc, Hungary
Aug 29, 2003:
GFA 009 A-330 FL400 routing BUDOP-BNO 05:53 (new c/s)
GFA 007 A-340 FL380 routing BUDOP-BNO 06:03 (old c/s)
NWA 41 B-747 FL360 routing BUDOP-BNO 06:08 (Gee guys! It was beautiful, in old livery.)
BUC 505 TU-154 FL380 routing BUDOP-BNO 06:09
BGH 5907 Tu-154 (Balkan Holiday) FL360 routing BUDOP-BNO 06:12 (very nice, indeed)
PIA 715 B-747 FL360 routing BUDOP-BABUS 06:15 (old c/s)--Firstly instructed to proceed to BEGLA point but fortunately controller changed it to BABUS point, thx to the pilot, giving us a chance to see a Pakistan Jumbo in the old livery with its green belly (hopefully not the last time).
BUC 545 TU-154 FL360 routing BUDOP-BNO 06:18
KLM 1358 B-737NG FL340 routing BUDOP-BNO 06:39 (no contrail)
SXS 522 B-737 FL380 routing BUDOP-BABUS 06:32

Good spotting! :P

[Bully]

Weather gets cloudy so it seems we won't have much chance to see anything in the near future.

[ReachForTheStars]

I never see any planes anymore.
Used to see loads, because I used to live under a flight path, about ten minutes from Melbourne Airport.

In one day, it was pretty standard to see a few Ansett 767's or 737's, and a few Qantas 747's fly over, along with a handful of Uniteds or Cathays or other similar international carriers.
I spent the best part of the first 18 years of my life walking around looking at the sky

[Bully]

Hi all,

Here is the list of the planes I saw: (sorry for late reply to topic)
Sun, Sept 21st, 2003;

EVA 67 B-747-400 FL380 routing BUDOP-BNO 18:19 new colors
UAE 9995 B-747 FL360 BUDOP-BNO 18:21 white plane, blue tail and engines

Sat, Sept 27, 2003;

MPH 144 B-767 FL380 BUDOP-BNO 11:40
UAE 55 A-330 FL400 BUDOP-BNO 11:49 British pilot
GTI 873 B-747 FL 400 BUDOP-BNO 11:54 all white
NWA 042 B-747 FL310 OKI-DEGET 12:09 relatively new routing (great!)
BAW 156 B-777 FL400 BUDOP-BNO 12:22 Union Flag c/s
BRA 5954 B-737 PARAK-PATAK 12:45
BAW 108 B-777 FL380 BUDOP-BNO 12:52
VKG 304 A-320 FL380 PARAK-PATAK 13:25 new colors
NVR 252 B-737 FL360 PARAK-PATAK 13:58
NVR 308 B-737 FL340 PARAK-PATAK 16:19
LTU 596 A-320 FL350 OKI-DEGET 17:26 I read off the letters "LTU" on the tail!
BUC 643 TU-154 FL340 BUDOP-PATAK 18:08
SXS 625 B-737 FL380 BUDOP-PATAK 18:09
DAN 142 B-737 FL360 PARAK-PATAK 18:10
DMO 1802 (Domodedovo Airlines) IL-96 FL360 descending to FL350 @ 18:29 KOPRY-LONLA 18:16
BAW 663 B-767 FL360 PARAK-TPS-BNO 18:29 Union Flag c/s, sunset, I was able to recognize and read off the letters "British Airways", thx to my 40 times magnif. monocular and for the shortcut to BNO! (It was the first time I managed to do it on a "Speedbird" overflight, these letters are not so huge as for example PIA on Pakistan or Emirates on UAE).

Sun, Sept 28, 2003;

BRA 5958 B-737 FL380 PARAK-PATAK 13:47

Thu, Oct 2nd, 2003;

NVR 264 B-737 PARAK-PATAK 14:09

Sun, Oct 12, 2003;

HDA 502 B-747 FL320 BUDOP-PATAK 15:04

Hey guys! Where have you gone? Let's get out into the garden, take your binoculars with you and make some observations!