...next stop, Calgary.

[Douglas McMann]

Out for our New Year walk on a rather dull, overcast day when we spotted this "bird" high overhead...

I got to thinking, who was on the plane, why were they travelling, where had they been, where were they going, and were they even faintly aware that I was watching them...???

A quick squint at the 'net on our return proved it to be an Air Canada Boeing 777 on route from Frankfurt to Calgary...

Taken with a very cheap Kodak 80-210 zoom which used to belong to my Dad. I think it's a rebadged Tokina.

...next stop, Calgary... by Douglas McMann, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Nice bit of research and a super shot Dougie. Nice to read the thought process, and the angle and vignette certainly create a feeling of motion. Just the right amount of detail in the plane too and I like the mottled clouds. Lovely stuff.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Why couldn't I have said that? Well I second it anyway. A fine shot indeed Douglas.

 

[Brian Moore]

That's good Dougie. How did you identify the plane and its destination? I mean, I guess it can all be googled and guessed at based on time and location, but is there an app or website that gives some kind of positive ID?

 

[Douglas McMann]

Brian...see an aircraft pass overhead....???...check out http://www.flightradar24.com/ and it will show what it is, who it belongs to, where it been, flight path and where it's heading.....and you can follow it in real time....simples...

 

[Brian Moore]

Brian...see an aircraft pass overhead....???...check out http://www.flightradar24.com/ and it will show what it is, who it belongs to, where it been, flight path and where it's heading.....and you can follow it in real time....simples...

Excellent. Thanks, Dougie.

 

[Brian Moore]

Dougie,...Flight Radar 24 is incredible. Thanks again.