I was waiting to go to my grandsons baseball game and saw this plane overhead. It did not look like a commercial airliner with 4 contrails. I had 55-250 lens and snapped this at 250 on Canon 70D.
Looks like an Airbus A380
Thanks for ID. I do not remember seeing one before. It was dramatic against clear blue sky. It was heading SW over Bloomington, Indiana
davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
Robert R wrote:
I was waiting to go to my grandsons baseball game and saw this plane overhead. It did not look like a commercial airliner with 4 contrails. I had 55-250 lens and snapped this at 250 on Canon 70D.
The wing design makes me think it is a heavy lifter, maybe a C-17. Where was this taken?
1stJedi
Loc: Southern Orange County
davidrb wrote:
The wing design makes me think it is a heavy lifter, maybe a C-17. Where was this taken?
I was thinking much the same thing. It reminds me of a C141 Starlifter although the paint job isn't what I would normally expect.
davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
Robert R wrote:
Thanks for ID. I do not remember seeing one before. It was dramatic against clear blue sky. It was heading SW over Bloomington, Indiana
Airbus 380's are way too large to be at this altitude in S/W Indiana unless some carrier is using them to service Naptown. Who in Indianapolis is arriving overseas flights? A C-17 departing Louisville's field might be vectored to this area. The 380 just does not belong at this altitude at this location.
davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
1stJedi wrote:
I was thinking much the same thing. It reminds me of a C141 Starlifter although the paint job isn't what I would normally expect.
Can't be a C-141 unless the museum-piece @ Wright-Patt is up in the air, there are no others left. Sad but true!
Airbus A380 maybe - definitely not a C-141. Possibly a C-17 too. It's hard to get the magnitude of the size from the photo.
1stJedi
Loc: Southern Orange County
davidrb wrote:
Can't be a C-141 unless the museum-piece @ Wright-Patt is up in the air, there are no others left. Sad but true!
I was unaware that they had been completely fazed out. It was a remarkable platform and when combined with the capabilities of a Galaxy C5, we had quite the delivery system.
John N
Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK
Robert R wrote:
I was waiting to go to my grandsons baseball game and saw this plane overhead. It did not look like a commercial airliner with 4 contrails. I had 55-250 lens and snapped this at 250 on Canon 70D.
This is what I found if that can help !!
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davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
1stJedi wrote:
I was unaware that they had been completely fazed out. It was a remarkable platform and when combined with the capabilities of a Galaxy C5, we had quite the delivery system.
The C-141 was an incredible workhorse. The aircraft literally kept Israel alive during Yom Kimpor 1973. It's only inadequacies were it's limits on fuel range and carrying out-sized vehicles. In-flight refueling answered the range question, but the fuselage could not be expanded. Thus, the aircraft was destined to become a pawn in the SALT. We destroyed all C-141 A/C for whatever USSR gave up. Not a bad deal, actually. An out-dated A/C that would never have flown again was completely eliminated from inventory and was used as a bargaining chip in a disarmament treaty. How fitting.
FRENCHY wrote:
This is what I found if that can help !!
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That really looks like the Airbus A380. It was not as low as the photo makes it look. The sky was blue, no clouds, really stood out with the 4 contrails. I used 55-250 Canon lens, at 250, not including the crop factor. It still looked like a small spot in sky on the original, and the photo is cropped about to the max. Thanks for the help.
Jandd
Loc: Niagara Region Ontario Canada
I don't know the airplane ID.
Similar sights can be seen almost any day and anywhere. Easiest and most frequently in a clear blue sky.
Check out Geo-engineering, and or chemtrails and you'll very likely recognize the similarity with the picture shown.
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