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Steyr · 06-12-2008 2:51pm

donvito99 wrote: »

Do the CASN's patrol marine and fisheries etc?

CASA's!:)

They do:
Offshore maritime patrol
Inshore maritime patrol
Air ambulance
Military transport
Search and Rescue top cover
Parachuting operations

bandit197 · 06-12-2008 5:11pm

I done my first flight today with Connaught Aero Club. It was amazing. The weather couldnt have been more suitable. The aircraft is a piper cherokee.
Flying time was about 45mins. We took off and flew north for some climbs, turns and descents, then flew back for a touch and go and round again for a full stop landing. The only other traffic at the time was a scheduled Ryanair arrival. Im amazed at how realistic FSX is. Ive been bitten by the bug.
Here's a few pics.
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donvito99 · 06-12-2008 10:04pm

bandit197 wrote: »

I done my first flight today with Connaught Aero Club. It was amazing. The weather couldnt have been more suitable. The aircraft is a piper cherokee.
Flying time was about 45mins. We took off and flew north for some climbs, turns and descents, then flew back for a touch and go and round again for a full stop landing. The only other traffic at the time was a scheduled Ryanair arrival. Im amazed at how realistic FSX is. Ive been bitten by the bug.
Here's a few pics.

Excellent photos!

highlydebased · 06-12-2008 10:06pm

Agreed, excellent photos! Cant wait to see more. Have you got those in a higher resolution?

bandit197 · 06-12-2008 10:53pm

Thanks guys. They are taken with Nokia N95 8GB. Larger pics here.

Runway 27. Croagh Patrick in the distance.

I should have linked to the bigger ones in the first place.

pclancy · 07-12-2008 4:08am

Well done mate, its an amazing experience! When's your next lesson?

Great photos. The landing one is fantastic, you should upload it to Airliners.net and we'll all vote for it

bandit197 · 07-12-2008 1:18pm

pclancy wrote: »

Well done mate, its an amazing experience! When's your next lesson?

Great photos. The landing one is fantastic, you should upload it to Airliners.net and we'll all vote for it

Thanks, Im not sure about my next lesson yet. As soon as possible:D

I will upload the photo to Airliners.net, just registered there, waiting for email.

Corega · 07-12-2008 11:56pm

Excellent shots buddy. That photo of the runway is class, love the way the approach lights are reflected off the wing.

Steyr · 08-12-2008 1:50am

And those shots are from a mobile!! wow! love the APP shot.

View Profile · 08-12-2008 11:57am

Corega Excellent shots buddy. That photo of the runway is class, love the way the approach lights are reflected off the wing.

Tis the nose cowling me thinks.

Im supposed to get up for a flight today if the cloud base improves, ill take some pics!;)

ImDave · 08-12-2008 12:10pm

Excellent pics. Love the approach shot.

Steyr · 08-12-2008 8:36pm

View Profile wrote: »

Tis the nose cowling me thinks.

Indeed.

bandit197 · 08-12-2008 9:24pm

View Profile wrote: »

Tis the nose cowling me thinks.

Yep, its the nose cowling. Coming in for landing in that pic

highlydebased · 08-12-2008 11:09pm

Also a good advertisment for the Nokia N95!!

Corega · 09-12-2008 12:26am

View Profile wrote: »

Tis the nose cowling me thinks.

My bad. Thought it was the wing cos of the way it appears to slope from left to right. But given the altitude/poistion of the plane of course its the nose.

pclancy · 09-12-2008 12:28am

I love the "oven knob" type fuel caps on pipers wings

Corega · 09-12-2008 1:04am

Here's my small contribution so, taken with another Nokia but nowhere near as good as bandit's phone. These were taken in Carlow I.T's aircraft hangar. Apparently the Fouga had to be dismantled and then reassembled because the hangar door is too small...still I suppose it'll make it slightly harder for the local scumbags to go for a joy ride in it.

Fouga Magister.

Rallye 120 (iirc).

Ex-747 engine.

I'm going to attempt to get some better shots when I'm back in there, this was on our first day and I didn't have enough time to get some decent photos.

pclancy · 09-12-2008 1:06am

Nice. I didnt know there was such a thing as the aviation hanger at carlow IT!!!

I must have spent waaaay to much time dancing on tables in Scraggs

Are you doing an aviation related course there?

Corega · 09-12-2008 4:34am

Scraggs isn't a bad place to wile away the afternoons is it? Especially when the alternative is a double maths class. :P

I'm doing Aircraft Systems in CIT, hoping to head off to UL once I'm finished up here. Are you a present or former student yourself pclancy?

brettmirl · 09-12-2008 11:38am

Corega wrote: »

Rallye 120 (iirc).

Ha! So that's where EI-AUE ended up. Used to fly that in Kilkenny airfield many years ago.

pclancy · 10-12-2008 7:58am

No im long gone-about 9 years

Only stayed a few months the course was crap and my playstation waaay more enticing then double maths.

View Profile · 10-12-2008 2:25pm

Weather finally picked up here so I got up for a nav solo this morning.

Holding short runway 02.

Cygnet 192 cleared takeoff.

Jerez racetrack with some F1 testing going on.

Making sure im where I should be.

Steep turn over my turning point.

The Rock of Gibraltar in the distance.

Cleared to land 02.

APM · 10-12-2008 8:25pm

excellent pics paul! never seen the race track come up so clearly in shots!

Hope the weather is as good tomorrow!

donvito99 · 10-12-2008 9:12pm

Agreed!

View Profile · 11-12-2008 11:35pm

Cheers!

Was a lovely day for flying.

When I came back in for landing ATC (wrongly) cleared me to onto finals. However my 65 kt approach speed was nothing compared with the Iberia A320 on downwind so tower told me to go around. As i adjusted east of the runway doing an arbit the A320 turned onto finals. I fumbled around to get the camera out as it passed right by me but ended up pressing the wrong bloody button. :rolleyes:
Would have been a great photo!

ImDave · 12-12-2008 12:47am

Wow, you'd forget there is weather like that anywhere! Great pics. Is that Jerez you're training with out there?

bandit197 · 12-12-2008 2:40pm

Great Photo's View Profile. Great weather, thanks for sharing.

View Profile · 12-12-2008 8:20pm

mDave Wow, you'd forget there is weather like that anywhere! Great pics. Is that Jerez you're training with out there?

Yeah I'm studying at flight training europe.

gorm · 12-12-2008 9:30pm

some from a surprise trip

PurplePrincess · 12-12-2008 9:40pm

Where (and why) is that Lufty up on sticks??? Lovely pics btw

Steyr · 12-12-2008 11:01pm

I dont know where it is but its on "sticks" as it's on display/gate guardian.:)

View Profile · 13-12-2008 1:56am

Think its part of a museum in Stuttgart, if I remember correctly.

Looks impressive though, like its on final approach!

gorm · 13-12-2008 5:25pm

PurplePrincess wrote: »

Where (and why) is that Lufty up on sticks??? Lovely pics btw

Part of a transport museum in Speyer in germany. I think if you google Speyer you can find a link to the museum, Unfortunately, I was only passing through and didn't get time to visit. It looked interesting though, with a lot of other planes on display like that. On my list of places to go back to. There is an airport next door, so you can fly-in, park-up and visit. Hotels in the area as well.

tricky D · 22-01-2009 6:07pm

Bumpity

Garda Helicopter a few hours ago, after initially assisting in cliff rescue. CG wasn't initially available, so GASU located casualty, dropped one of their observers off as Cliff Rescue couldn't pinpoint the casualty. CG arrived later to do the winching.

View Profile · 22-01-2009 6:45pm

Nice photos.

Did the GASU crew disappear off for a pint in the Pier House?:D

tricky D · 22-01-2009 7:10pm

They would deserve it. Should have gotten them an ice cream from Maudes! The Fire Brigade sometimes stop off for one on the way home. Will remember next time.

Nice chaps, gave us the tour, unfortunately not the joyride.