Hello people,
Was out walking on the marshes of the Ribble estuary in Lancashire on saturday afternoon and noticed the most number of contrails I've ever seen in a single day. They were almost all SE-NW in orientation with the bulk of traffic consisting of the usual 'Trannies' heading for the NAT Track system but 2 were distinctive and I'm not talking 'Donuts on a rope'.
They were both 'U' shaped, about 20 miles apart and untouched by any other trails. One looked as though it was originally southbound along UA25 before executing a '180', the other was exactly the opposite on airway UA1.
I've often seen unusually shaped 'trails off the nearby coast due to the Irish Sea Air Refuelling Area and stuff on test from BAe Warton but never anything like this. It resembled a holding pattern cut in half.
Any info. gratefully received.
Yours faithfully
Confused of Preston.
