Extremely rare "rendezvous" in the sky - KLM & Lufthansa crossing over Ohio

Talk about being at the right spot at the right time... I just wish the skies had been a little clearer.

Consider this: seeing large international jets above Toledo, OH is fairly rare. Having good weather in November to see them is somewhat rare. Having 2 of them anywhere in the Toledo sky at the same time is extremely rare. Having them cross above me in this precise manner is 1 in a million. KL685 - Amsterdam - Mexico City (B747), LH521 Mexico City - Munich (A340)

Sony A7RII + Tamron 150-600. Heavy crops (the middle one is almost 100% crop), heavy processing to increase contrast lost in the thin clouds.

I apologize for the big watermark, I pretty much never do that but I intend to post these elsewhere too and I'm a little cautious (not that it's impossible to erase it though.)

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Nicely done, and completely understand the watermark. These images are likely saleable...

Do you have an idea how much space there was between them? It looks pretty dangerous to me.

Thank you.
I don't know the vertical distance between them, I presume about 3K feet. I wasn't close to my computer, otherwise I would've checked it on flightradar24. I only got home later, I still was able to find them on flightradar but cruising height could've been different by then.
So I don't know but I'm sure it was at least 2-3K feet.

Incredible timing and shots! I used to be in ATC in the Navy. Separation always scared people. lol. At least 2000 feet or someone was in trouble!

Fantastic!!!!

Thanks, it looked as if they were very close.

Great shots ya got there!!

To get an idea how close they must have been consider the size difference - the boeing 747-400 has a wingspan 211 feet, and the Airbus A346 has a wing span 210 feet.

That was close -


P.

lvph2 wrote in post #18196794
Incredible timing and shots! I used to be in ATC in the Navy. Separation always scared people. lol. At least 2000 feet or someone was in trouble!

With RVSM(Reduce Vertical Separation Minimums) there is only 1,000' spacing between 29,000and 41,000'.

Flightaware and FlightRadar24 show KL685 at FL 340 and LH521 at FL 370 over Ohio on that day. So - 3,000ft of vertical separation. PH-BTW (underside of wing) is a Dutch Airlines registration (PH is Dutch Airlines).

HBolte wrote in post #18201666
With RVSM(Reduce Vertical Separation Minimums) there is only 1,000' spacing between 29,000and 41,000'.

Been out so long, forgot about that.

Very cool series!

Michiel>=-

ddk2001 wrote in post #18202111
Flightaware and FlightRadar24 show KL685 at FL 340 and LH521 at FL 370 over Ohio on that day. So - 3,000ft of vertical separation. PH-BTW (underside of wing) is a Dutch Airlines registration (PH is Dutch Airlines).

Thanks for doing the research.

I like it.