American A321@AmericanAir 2017 (N150NN), an Airbus A321 from New York (JFK) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 29,200 ft & 497 kts, closing out the month. July 31. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
A Cirrus SR22 (N89AB) from Charleston (CHS) to Stuart (SUA) crossed the Sun @ 5,900 ft & 164 kts, low enough to clip the very top of the disk. July 31. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Delta A321@Delta 1294 (N317DN), an Airbus A321 from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Detroit (DTW), crossed the Sun @ 26,125 ft & 465 kts through thickening cloud, the disk gone soft and hazy by the time it passed. Nine minutes and one transit apart from the Breeze flight, and the sky had already turned. July 30. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Breeze A220-300@BreezeAirways 1019 (N224BZ), an Airbus A220-300 from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Myrtle Beach (MYR), crossed the Sun @ 32,225 ft & 430 kts, a clean evening transit with a few sunspots scattered across the disk. July 30. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
@united 1674 (N17565), a Boeing 737 MAX 9 from Chicago (ORD) to Aruba (AUA), crossed the Sun @ 35,000 ft & 470 kts, passing right alongside a sunspot cluster. Forty-one transits in three weeks, and the Sun keeps giving me new backdrops. July 23. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
A Cirrus SR22 (N526CA) from Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE) to Titusville (TIX) crossed the Sun @ 4,600 ft & 174 kts. Low and close at under a mile up, big enough in the frame to catch the propeller mid-blade. July 23. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
@AmericanAir 1826 (N702UW), an Airbus A319 from Charlotte (CLT) to Key West (EYW), crossed the Sun @ 36,000 ft & 453 kts. The same daily flight I caught on July 11, different airframe, same patch of sky. Sunspots above and below it this time. July 23. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
That's a Boeing 777-223 (N774AN) over Florida's Space Coast Wednesday night. American Airlines flight 488 was traveling from Charlotte (CLT) to Miami (MIA) at 40k feet & 489 knots, apparently with a brief layover at the Moon. 📷:me, flight data: Flightradar24.com
Plane gets cozy with the Moon: Boeing 767-332 (N180DN) passes transits the 55% Moon over Florida's Space Coast Tuesday night.Delta Air Lines flight 981 was traveling from Atlanta (ATL) to Bogota (BOG) at 36,025 feet & 485 knots.📷:me, flight data: Flightradar24.com
@WestJet 2500 (C-FYXC), a Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Toronto (YYZ) to Liberia, Costa Rica (LIR), crossed the Sun @ 34,025 ft & 474 kts, dead center. Sixty-one feet from the middle of the disk, the closest alignment of the collection so far. July 21. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
@united 1073 (N68843), a Boeing 737-900ER from Washington Dulles (IAD) to Miami (MIA), crossed the Sun @ 28,000 ft & 480 kts. A sunspot group sits just below the flight path, small enough in the frame to forget it could swallow the Earth. July 21. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
A Pilatus PC-24 (N40TX) crossed the Sun @ 43,000 ft & 393 kts, trailing a long contrail across the upper limb. The solar surface has come back to life a little, several sunspot groups scattered across the disk behind the jet. July 20. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
A Cessna 172N Skyhawk (N738JD) from Okeechobee (OBE) to St. Augustine (UST) crossed the Sun @ 6,950 ft & 116 kts. A high-wing trainer caught mid-climb up the state, prop just clipping the edge of the disk, sunspots scattered behind it. July 20. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
Sunday night over Florida's Space Coast as an Airbus A321-211 transits the 35% waxing Moon. Delta Air Lines flight 866 was traveling from Miami (MIA) to Detroit (DTW) at 493 knots & 28,925 feet (& climbing).📷:me, flight details: Flightradar24.com
Queen of the Skies vs. the Sun: That’s a Boeing 747-83QF (N868GT) transiting the Sun over Florida’s Space Coast (single frame). Atlas Air flight 743 was traveling from Anchorage (ANC) to Miami (MIA) @ 30,025 ft & 521 kts. 📷:me; flight data:@flightradar24
@SouthwestAir 2703 (N8915Q), a Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Orlando (MCO) to San Juan (SJU), crossed the Sun @ 18,415 ft & 371 kts. Climbing out low and close, which is why it fills so much of the disk here, all gear and wing against the star. July 19. 📷: me, flight data: @flightradar24
