Vapour trail over Hobart

[Ryan K]

Hi.

Around 4pm on Sunday 19th April, there was a very high vapour trail from a jet over Hobart. The aircraft was travelling in a south - north direction. Does anyone know where this aircraft may have been travelling from? Rarely do you see a vapour trail in southern Tasmania.

Cheers.

[Lachlan C]

Qantas 63-64Joburg flight?

[Ryan K]

Does that flight come so far south?

[Dan Hammond]

Its known to travel that far south on the odd occasion

[Sarmad Al-Khozaie]

Sounds like QF18 from Buenos Aires to Sydney, Flight arrives in Sydney at 1750 local on Sunday Arvo.

[NickN]

QF63 is normally landed in Sydney by that time so doubt it was that, plus they normally track down the west coast of Tas and quite a way out into the ocean.

[Peter D]

Most likely to be, as everyone else has said, from Joburg as I've seen flights from joburg to Aus flying very south, on a qantas flight tracker program.

[Chris Griffiths]

Please refrain from quoting the whole previous post in your post, it is not necessary, thank you - mod

Never quite understood why some continue to promote as likely things that are not, even after previous posters have illustrated a much more probable (and demonstratable) scenario.
QF64 was on the blocks at SYD at 14:19 so hardly likely to be over Hobart at 16:00
QF18 arrived SYD at 17:34 so that is much more likely to be over Hobart at that time.

[Andrew McLaughlin]

Could it also have been a USAF C-17 flight from McMurdo, or perhaps the Australian Antarctic Division's A319 headed to MEL???

[Radi K]

Talking about QF63 - I noted this track the other day, one of the most southerly routes I have seen her take.

[NickN]

Haven't seen it that far south in ages, would have got a nice view of the ice though!

[Bruce Bramwell]

Talking about QF63 - I noted this track the other day, one of the most southerly routes I have seen her take.

Why so south?

[NickN]

On that particular day at that time that route would have offered the aicraft the best possible performance. The QF63/64 route is often dictated by weather conditions on the day.

[Brian Wilkes]

Could it also have been a USAF C-17 flight from McMurdo, or perhaps the Australian Antarctic Division's A319 headed to MEL???

The Antarctic A319 was all packed away for the winter at that time!

[Mick.B]

As Andrew said. It dosnt have to be a commercial flight. Anyone can fly high over Hobart. Might be some rich fella in his GV coming back from the ice for a look.