The Moon this morning

[Pepper2011]

Was shooting a few shots of the moon this morning when an airliner flew past!

The original a much sharper

[red chad]

thats cool

[virtualpilot45]

Looks like a 747-400

[lunator]

Simon

Great pic

Cheers

Ian

[lunator]

Looks like a 747-400

It might be a an A340

[virtualpilot45]

It might be a an A340

It could be, but I see the winglets more pronounced, like that of a 747.

[MjrTom]

That's a cracking shot, I have been trying the same from my back garden which is on the flight paths but not managed it yet

[Pepper2011]

Airbus A340-642HGW (A346)

Etihad Airways Reg: A6-EHK

Chicago to Abu Dhabi flying at 35,000ft

Now I feel like a plane spotter .......but technology is so wonderful

[virtualpilot45]

I gracefully concede defeat. It is indeed, an Airbus

[smt1988]

nice shot !

[noakesy]

awesome love it the moon is one of my fav to look at

[SkyJamie]

Great catch Pepper

Jamie

[MorningMajor]

Great shot - out of interest, how did you find out exactly what the plane and route were?

[beamish]

Top pic !! Well done and thanks for sharing !

[Pepper2011]

Great shot - out of interest, how did you find out exactly what the plane and route were?

Thanks,

Total luck! I was up earlier in the morning looking at the moon thinking whether to get my equipment out or not, I saw an airliner at high altitude scoot past, but not close at all - and as I have always thought, I'd love to get a shot when a plane passes by right in front.

Later in the morning I decided to shoot a few pics and was focusing and composing the shot with a 400mm lens when the plane just shot past so quickly pressed the shutter a few times.

Total luck with the plane really but you can partially plan it and hope they cross at some stage as it's a regular flight path.

Otherwise I'm about 12 miles to the east of the southern runway at Heathrow so have them passing overhead very low every two mins!

[hayju01]

Very nice capture great job!!!!

[laser_jock99]

Great shot -thanks for sharing.

[MorningMajor]

Hi Pepper - whay I meant was, how did you find out this:

Airbus A340-642HGW (A346)

Etihad Airways Reg: A6-EHK

Chicago to Abu Dhabi flying at 35,000ft

or are you really a plane spotter!

[brantuk]

Nice pic - dead cool

[Pepper2011]

Hi Pepper - whay I meant was, how did you find out this:

or are you really a plane spotter!

Ha - Thanks - not a plane spotter at all

There is a really interesting website called FlightRadar24.com where you can follow aircraft, and in this case even set a date and time in the last few days and see what was flying over your house.

Amazing technology

[MorningMajor]

Blimey, that's one heck of a site - Thanks Pepper

[Tim]

Brilliant!

[Shibby]

Nice capture! Love it.

[Ursa Major]

Ha - Thanks - not a plane spotter at all

There is a really interesting website called FlightRadar24.com where you can follow aircraft, and in this case even set a date and time in the last few days and see what was flying over your house.

Amazing technology

This site is incredible.