Prop leaving Dublin early morning

tb66

Does anyone know what that plane is that departs Dublin sometime between midnight and 2ish.It sounds like a twin prop. Ive heard it regularly especially when it uses RW16. I cant find it on scheduled departures so i guess its a cargo or charter flight.

stopthepanic

NPT421 to Coventry, cargo ATP.

http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/search.php?manufacturer=British-Aerospace&type=BAe-ATP&fleet=8069&fleetStatus=1

there is also a small twin prop cargo flight i.e. a cessna 310 that flies during this time. REV802 to East Midlands I think.

bazzachazza

stopthepanic wrote: »

NPT421 to Coventry, cargo ATP.

http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/search.php?manufacturer=British-Aerospace&type=BAe-ATP&fleet=8069&fleetStatus=1

there is also a small twin prop cargo flight i.e. a cessna 310 that flies during this time. REV802 to East Midlands I think.

Its the 2nd one Endurance802

tb66

Thanks...Been curious about this for ages.Its woke me up before.Seems to be a LOUD aircraft especially when overhead at 1am!

bikeman1

antob wrote: »

Thanks...Been curious about this for ages.Its woke me up before.Seems to be a LOUD aircraft especially when overhead at 1am!

Funny, I was around with my parents the other day and my dad asked me what was that plane that takes off around 1 -2am and has been waking him up some nights!

I told him it's probably a cargo, so this answers his question. He said it's quite loud on runway 16.

Interesting, I thought he was going mad in his later years!!!

tb66

bikeman1 wrote: »

Funny, I was around with my parents the other day and my dad asked me what was that plane that takes off around 1 -2am and has been waking him up some nights!

I told him it's probably a cargo, so this answers his question. He said it's quite loud on runway 16.

Interesting, I thought he was going mad in his later years!!!

Far from. Im in Beaumount area and if it uses 16 for take off it goes directly overhead and it sounds like a DC3 or similar.Surprised it conforms to noise regulations.

Tropheus

I'm in Donabate and hear it some nights between 1 and 2 a.m. I posted a thread about it a while ago. It certainly is loud.

bluecode

Wonder what the Cessna 310 carries. Something expensive but small?

I remember a little vignette at the airport some years ago. There was a Cessna twin sitting there at the end of old Runway 24 somewhat isolated with the pilot hanging around.

From across the airport appeared a convoy, like a cash escort only bigger. Army, Gardai and a security van. The soldiers completely surrounded the aircraft and two bags were taken from the van and loaded into the forward luggage compartment of the Cessna.

At this point, somewhat surprisingly, the soldiers mounted up and drove off leaving the aircraft and pilot as isolated and unguarded as before. A watching robber could easily have crashed the fence and got to the plane in seconds.

I often wondered what was in those two bags.

Jesus Nut

bluecode wrote: »

Wonder what the Cessna 310 carries. Something expensive but small?
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Bank Cheques!

The loud plane is a Lockheed Electra that replaces the BAe ATP some nights!

tb66

Cheers,that explains the noise and why its only the odd time its really loud.Maybe "Buffalo" Joe McBryan from Ice Pilots might buy the Electra from them and save me from buying ear plugs!:P

MrPoker

The Cessna 310 definitely carries bank cheques and some mail between AIB and Barclays. Some nights it may not arrive due to weather, problems with the plane etc

N7777G

The loud plane is a Lockheed Electra that replaces the BAe ATP some nights![/QUOTE]

Not so - because as far as I can make out the last visit to Dublin by a Lockheed Electra was as far back as January 2011.

browner85

and there she goes

tb66

Just wondering.....Walking home tonight about 12.30am seen aircraft leave Dub from 17.. Few mins later another twin prop approached 34!! Defo visual approach cause it arrived in over Harmonstown and seemed to be all over the place to line up taking it was heading for 34,no reason to assume otherwise
Anyone know if thats the same flight this thread is about and was running late..cause at 1.27am a similar sounding twin prop flew back overhead after leaving 17.
Curious as to why an aircraft seemed to land the wrong direction on a runway then takes off the "proper" way an hour later

stopthepanic

antob wrote: »

Curious as to why an aircraft seemed to land the wrong direction on a runway then takes off the "proper" way an hour later

It's only the 'wrong' direction if he is landing with an excessive tail wind. May be either the wind changed between arrival and departure or the wind speed was negligible, allowing to use any runway that's available.

tb66

stopthepanic wrote: »

It's only the 'wrong' direction if he is landing with an excessive tail wind. May be either the wind changed between arrival and departure or the wind speed was negligible, allowing to use any runway that's available.

Point taken, very light wind so any r/w could probably be used,but this plane appeared like 3/4mins after a departing one{in opposite direction} and what really got my attention was the approach..
Most planes landing on 34 seem to arrive via Docks area then over Beaumount.... This arrived like from Howth direction,then over Mc Auley Park Artane{overhead myself} then some serious maneuvering to the left before I lost sight of it.
I know its no big deal,the pilot was probably very familiar with Dub but is a night time visual approach common practise with like 3/4klm to go and totally off track.Plus the same aircraft seemed to depart about a hour later,was this very tight approach done to facitiate a quick turnaround cause they were running late