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 Airplanes on the UL70 air route (gallery 2) |
| This is a collection of photos of aircraft cruising over Ireland on the Upper Air Route UL70, which is a major air traffic route taking traffic out of Europe and across the North Atlantic tracks. It connects BAGSO over the Irish Sea with DEVOL out in the Atlantic. |
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| A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 777-300/ER. She appeared to be climbing at the time. This was probably a MAN-JFK flight. |
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| Probably the most commonplace aircraft on the UL70 is the Lufthansa Airbus A340. This is an A340-300. |
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| A Virgin Atlantic 747 westbound on an April Sunday morning. Note the red engines. It was a bit cloudy when this photo was taken. |
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| A United Airlines Boeing 777-200/ER heading west towards DEVOL. |
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| This is definitely a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft. My guess is that it's a 777-200/ER. Compare it with the 777-300/ER above. |
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| A Polish Airlines (LOT) 767. |
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| A KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) 767. |
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| A Lufthansa Airbus A330. |
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| I think this is a KLM 767. |
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| An unidentified 767, probably owned by KLM. It was almost directly overhead so therefore impossible to make out tail fin colours and body decals. |
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| An El-Al 747, climbing to cruise on the UL70. |
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| Another KLM jumbo jet westbound. |
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| An MD-11. My thanks to Dave from the IFSD forums who correctly identified this as a UPS MD-11. Update!! This looks more likely to be a World Airways MD-11. Thanks to Simon Cantwell for pointing that one out. |
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| A FedEx MD-11 heading west on May 2nd. |
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| Thanks to Daryl Reilly for correctly identifying this as a Thomas Cook Boeing 757. |
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| A 767 which appears to be all white. Any ideas of the airline? Check this closer photo to see if it helps. |
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| A military plane heading west in the middle of the day. |
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| A Martinair Cargo MD-11. |
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| A US Airways Boeing 767, Excuse the poor quality. |
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| This is a 737. Note the wheels tucked into the underbelly. John Massey from IFSD says this is almost certainly BMIBaby. |
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| This is also a 737, possibly belonging to FlyGlobeSpan. (Sorry for the poor quality). |
| If you can help me better identify any of the above aircraft, why not drop me a line at mythicalireland AT eircom DOT net ? Click here to see more plane pictures |
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