{"id":63977,"date":"2026-03-15T23:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=63977"},"modified":"2026-03-22T23:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:47:15","slug":"three-commercial-airplanes-flying-at-high-altitude-seen-from-the-town-of-nigran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/15\/three-commercial-airplanes-flying-at-high-altitude-seen-from-the-town-of-nigran\/","title":{"rendered":"Three commercial airplanes flying at high altitude seen from the town of Nigr\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"

It's been a while since I've photographed airplanes from the ground, a nice pastime as long as the sky is clear, of course.<\/p>\n

Boeing 737, the story of a civil aviation bestseller with a tragic record<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe beautiful livery of the German airline Lufthansa to celebrate its centenary<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

We had great weather in the R\u00edas Baixas this Sunday. This is what the landscape looked like at 2:51 pm on Panj\u00f3n beach<\/strong>, in Nigr\u00e1n (a photo taken with my iPhone):<\/p>\n

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There were quite a few commercial flights in the area today<\/strong>, which explains the large contrail visible in the previous photo. At 4:43 PM I photographed this Air France Boeing 777-328(ER) over Playa Am\u00e9rica.<\/strong> According to Flightradar24, it was flying at 33,000 feet (10,058 meters) and 452 knots (837 km\/h). The aircraft is F-GSQR, flight AFR758, from Paris (CDG) to Pointe-\u00e0-Pitre (in Guadeloupe, the Antilles).<\/p>\n

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Here you can see a close-up of this photo. I use an all-purpose lens with my DSLR camera, so you can't expect miracles, but I think it's not bad.<\/p>\n

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At 16:45 I photographed this EasyJet A320-214, G-EJCG<\/strong>. It was flight EZY63WU from Tenerife to London-Gatwick (LGW).<\/p>\n

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Here's an enlargement of this photo.<\/p>\n

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At 4:46 PM I was still photographing the Air France plane when I saw the EasyJet plane cross paths with another aircraft.<\/strong> I had never captured a photo like that before; it was pure luck.<\/p>\n

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Here we can see the enlarged image. On the left we see the EasyJet A320-214 and on the right a Jet2Holidays Boeing 737-8MG<\/strong>, G-JZHT, flight EXS1DC from Nottingham (EMA), in the United Kingdom, to Tenerife.<\/p>\n

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Here we can see the contrails of both planes crossing.<\/strong>. On the left, EasyJet, and on the right, Jet2Holidays.<\/p>\n

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At 16:46 I took this photo of the Jet2Holidays alone.<\/p>\n

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And here's the extension.<\/p>\n

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I'm always fascinated by taking photos like these.<\/strong> It's funny to think that these planes are packed with people at high altitudes and high speeds towards faraway places, and you can photograph them taking a stroll along a beach... I hope your walks on the beach are as interesting as mine. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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