Eye on the sky - 24 Dec 2018

It seems Santa will be wearing his breathing mask on his delivery round. No respite on Christmas Eve here in NW England. Early this morning the trails were long and plenty. They have continued throughout the day but it's another opportunity for data collection. Here's a few of today's culprits.

BA191 /BAW91CBritish Airways 

London LHR GMT (UTC 00:00) DEPARTURE SCHEDULED 11:20 ACTUAL 12:07 

Austin AUS CST (UTC -06:00) ARRIVAL SCHEDULED 15:05 ESTIMATED 16:07

https://i.postimg.cc/SRdS5zCN/DSC01906.jpg

The two planes below directly followed the above plane just a minute or so behind. Notice they leave no trails unlike the plane they follow at cruising altitude.

AA151 /AAL151American Airlines

Paris CDG CET (UTC +01:00) DEPARTURE SCHEDULED 12:15 ACTUAL 12:36 

Chicago ORD CST (UTC -06:00) ARRIVAL SCHEDULED 14:35 ESTIMATED 14:17

AA47 /AAL47American Airlines

LHR London GMT (UTC 00:00) DEPARTURE SCHEDULED 11:50 ACTUAL 12:09

ORD Chicago CST (UTC -06:00) ARRIVAL SCHEDULED 14:45 ESTIMATED 14:16

https://i.postimg.cc/HW9kjFRD/DSC01907.jpg

Typical sky scene today.

https://i.postimg.cc/yNRVKGcG/DSC01909.jpg

More trailblazers.

EI159 /EIN159Aer Lingus

London LHR GMT (UTC 00:00)
DEPARTURE SCHEDULED 12:15 ACTUAL 12:21 

Dublin DUB GMT (UTC 00:00) ARRIVAL SCHEDULED 13:40 ESTIMATED 13:28

https://i.postimg.cc/CLvMskwc/DSC01910.jpg

UA928 /UAL928United Airlines

London LHR GMT (UTC 00:00) DEPARTURE SCHEDULED 12:05 ACTUAL 12:34 

Chicago ORD CST (UTC -06:00) ARRIVAL SCHEDULED 15:20 ESTIMATED 15:10

https://i.postimg.cc/fRx2hjkK/DSC01912.jpg

Thanks for caring.

Have a lovely Christmas.

STEEMONKEY🐒