by "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
Published 02/13/2017 at 17:29
by "Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
Published 02/13/2017 at 17:29
Tags: Planelopnik
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Yesterday at around 5:10 PM I drove past Cicero on Eastbound I-94 when I spotted a lovely quad engine jet landing at O’Hare (KORD/ORD). It caught my eyes because well, it didn’t have the characteristic 747 hump and its engines looked too small to be on an A380 (though because the distance and me having to pay attention to the road, I could be wrong with that).
The plane did look to be a widebody too, just not double decker. It had red engines, white (or silver) wings, and a blue vertical stabilizer. I also thought I saw “KLM”, but KLM doesn’t fly a livery like that.
I don’t know of any definitive flight trackers, so I tried Flightaware. Of course though, by the time I checked it was well past whatever it was landed.
The shape and profile reminded me of an A380.
Though now that I’ve had about 24 hours to think about it, I’m almost certain it was an A340:
Plane Oppos, is there any way to check what aircraft have recently touched down by model? I see lots of cool planes in my travels, but never an easy way to check what kind of plane is currently landing unless I pull out my phone while driving (bad).
"Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)" (NKlein)
02/13/2017 at 17:51, STARS: 1
Most likely an A340. 777ish silhouette but with 4 engines?
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
02/13/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 1
Flight Radar 24 and Flight Aware are my two go-to apps. Flight Radar is nice because you can fire it up and see right away what is in your line of sight since it shows everything in the air at the moment in an easy-to-use interface. Flight Aware does the same thing, but I think FR24 does it better. Flight Aware lets you search an airport for arrivals and departures, but I have never had a whole lot of luck with it. FR24 also lets you do an in-app purchase to get icons that resemble the airplane in question. That really helps if you are trying to ID an airliner vs a GA aircraft.
"nermal" (nermal)
02/13/2017 at 17:55, STARS: 1
Does this link help?
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
02/13/2017 at 18:21, STARS: 1
A340-600 is best A340
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/14/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 0
Pretty much!!!
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/14/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 1
Ooooooh, I never thought about a plane spotting app! Downloaded!!!! :) Thank you!
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
02/14/2017 at 11:19, STARS: 1
Dollars to donuts you saw an SAS A340:
"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/14/2017 at 11:49, STARS: 0
That looks actually really accurate! As in like scary accurate! :)
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
02/14/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 0
One of my favorite Youtube spotting channels (which is now mostly defunct) was a guy who had a special spot near ORD. I remember seeing SAS fairly often.
If I were you, I’d go spot there. My wife and I plan to take a weekend trip to Chicago sometime and a little spotting is on our list of to-dos.
https://www.spotterswiki.com/index.php/Chicago_O%27Hare_International_Airport
"In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you" (hoontheangelsing)
02/14/2017 at 16:13, STARS: 1
Vectors of Approach and the shape