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large twin prop plane flying over South Dublin at about 3.35PM?

Run_to_da_hills · 2009-07-07 14:48:42

What type of plane was that that flew over south Dublin at around 3.35PM ? sounded like a DC3 or something else from WW2.

07-07-2009 2:48pm

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What type of plane was that that flew over south Dublin at around 3.35PM ? sounded like a DC3 or something else from WW2.

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#2 07-07-2009 4:09pm

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A long shot, might have been an Aztec from Westair doing survey work. Not a big aircraft though. Does sound rather " WW2ish " though.

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#3 07-07-2009 4:19pm

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It was this, a Beech 18. Was in and out of weston.

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#4 07-07-2009 5:33pm

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Not far off, the Model 18 goes back as far as 1937.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18

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#5 07-07-2009 7:05pm

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bahh, the turny wheel is at the wrong end.

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#7 08-07-2009 9:32am

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Thats one old looking aircraft.

1964 it turns out.

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N663TB.html

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