planes turned around

ch750536

3 planes over me have done 180 degree turn and headed in cork kinda direction, anything odd going on?

Tea 1000

ch750536 wrote: »

3 planes over me have done 180 degree turn and headed in cork kinda direction, anything odd going on?

It's the same plane, circling. Tunisiair 737. Dunno why, probably testing. Check out radarvirtuel.com to see it.

ch750536

I can see how one plane circled twice but the other trail seems separate, I'd say it was at least 2 planes.

beazee

http://www.flightradar24.com/TAR9975

Tea 1000

ch750536 wrote: »

I can see how one plane circled twice but the other trail seems separate, I'd say it was at least 2 planes.

Just one, his loops weren't exactly the same, one was a good bit different. Contrails are lasting a long time today too. He's gone out to sea now.

ch750536

90mph!
wtf?

ch750536

82mph

ch750536

jeebus?

Tea 1000

That's weird. Plane Finder for the iPhone shows that he stopped circling around 15 minutes ago and headed out over the Atlantic. Flightradar24 shows him still circling, however I could easily see the contrails earlier but can't now, making me think that Plane Finder might be the correct one. It's the same crowd as radarvirtuel.com.
Anyone down in Kerry confirm if he's still visible?

Edit at 16:54 - he just disappeared from Flightradar24.com now, so maybe that site updated.

ch750536

Heading back to dingle again

The_Joker

It's back on flightradar24

Tea 1000

ch750536 wrote: »

Heading back to dingle again

Can you see him outside or just on that site?

ch750536

Saw it outside earlier but have now had my blue sky allocation for 2012 it seems.

sparrowcar

Anyone check if this is a test flight out of SNN?

xflyer

No great mystery, obviously out on an airtest from Shannon Aerospace. They are customers.

sparrowcar

Fuss over, on approach back to SNN

Tea 1000

Good job we solved that mystery! There may have been trouble otherwise!

The_Joker

Damn I wanted a lost UFO to appear over SNN

kfk

Copied from Radio Kerry Website

Mystery of strange aircraft over Kerry revealed

The mysterious maneouvres of an aircraft seen in the sky across Kerry this afternoon have been explained by the Irish Aviation Authority.
People across the county got in touch with Radio Kerry about an aeroplane that was seen encircling the sky.
The craft has been spotted from Ballybunion down to Cahersiveen.
The Irish Aviation Authority says the aircraft which came from Shannon Airport is on a test flight.
A spokeswoman for the authority says it's a standard exercise by a craft.
She says it may continue its test flight over Kerry until around 6 pm or thereabouts before returning to Shannon.

xflyer

And another conspiracy theory is born.

testicle

I heard it was Santa Claus himself after he got at the sauce.

EchoIndia

Clearly a "slow news day" in Kerry.

TheMilkyPirate

61mph? Never knew it was possible for a plane to go that slow in the air. Cool.

Skuxx

xflyer wrote: »

No great mystery, obviously out on an airtest from Shannon Aerospace. They are customers.

Indeed it was a test flight out of shannon aerospace! This plane is no longer with Tunis Air though, its going to be a JetTime plane, has been painted in its new livery and everything!!