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Unusual plane over North County Dublin today

  • 18-08-2011 9:44pm
    #1
    chughes
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    I live in Donabate and at about 3:30 this afternoon while in my back garden I heard a very unusual engine sound from an aircraft. When it came into view it looked like it was a Cessna Citation size plane but for the few seconds I saw it, it looked like it had twin backward facing pusher type prop engines on the wings and small, canard style, winglets on the forward fuselage.

    Did anyone else see this and if so, what type of aircraft was it ?


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  • #2
    xflyer
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    Sounds like a Piaggio Avanti: Was this it.

    10058d1294364762-triple-tandem-wings-future-piaggio_p180_avanti_ii_a.jpg


  • #3
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    xflyer wrote: »
    Sounds like a Piaggio Avanti: Was this it.

    10058d1294364762-triple-tandem-wings-future-piaggio_p180_avanti_ii_a.jpg

    This could have been it alright. It was flying in a north easterly direction so I'd say it took off from Dublin and heading towards the north of England.


  • #4
    Bsal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Yes it was one of them, seen it myself.


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