Weird flight movement

cdsb46

Anyone know what this plane is doing around Dublin?

PeterR1016

Could be an aircraft testing the ILS systems at the local airports, could be a number of things really. Also, i would not trust the app 100% :P its an app..not a radar

the beerhunter

navaid calibrator.

http://www.cobham.com/about-cobham/mission-systems/about-us/aviation-services/darlington-dtv/products-and-services/flight-inspection-services.aspx

Oscar Bravo

They were at Waterford and Shannon yesterday and Knock last week.

thomasj

cdsb46 wrote: »

Anyone know what this plane is doing around Dublin?

Can I be as bold to ask what the app is called?

JamieIsGod

thomasj wrote: »

Can I be as bold to ask what the app is called?

The app is Flight Radar 24

Peregrine

They were doing the same thing at Shannon and Waterford yesterday

vulcan57

She did Shannon yesterday and went on to Kerry airport. It was a king air doing calibration. Incidently, does anyone know what aircraft was using the call sign Rescue 11 at around 2.00 - 2.30 yesterday? Was definitely Rescue 11, heard it about 6 times as she was taxiing and then cleared for take off. Was not any of the CG helos, who's call signs I'm familiar with.

irishbloke77

vulcan57 wrote: »

She did Shannon yesterday and went on to Kerry airport. It was a king air doing calibration. Incidently, does anyone know what aircraft was using the call sign Rescue 11 at around 2.00 - 2.30 yesterday? Was definitely Rescue 11, heard it about 6 times as she was taxiing and then cleared for take off. Was not any of the CG helos, who's call signs I'm familiar with.

Rescue 11 is the call sign of one of the airport patrol vehicles. New procedure in shannon means they now switch to the tower frequency when going onto the runway, such as for a patrol.

irishgeo

vulcan57 wrote: »

She did Shannon yesterday and went on to Kerry airport. It was a king air doing calibration. Incidently, does anyone know what aircraft was using the call sign Rescue 11 at around 2.00 - 2.30 yesterday? Was definitely Rescue 11, heard it about 6 times as she was taxiing and then cleared for take off. Was not any of the CG helos, who's call signs I'm familiar with.

irishbloke77 wrote: »

Rescue 11 is the call sign of one of the airport patrol vehicles. New procedure in shannon means they now switch to the tower frequency when going onto the runway, such as for a patrol.

a rescue vehicle took off?:D

flazio

Ladies and Gentlemen, Rescue 11


Maybe it works like the president? Any aircraft that has this appliance on board takes the call sign, 'Rescue 11'

Peregrine

Fire services at the airport have a call sign of Rescue 1 to 22 or Ambulance 1

Rescue 1:


Rescue 2:


Rescue 3:


Rescue 10:


Rescue 11:


And so forth

The pictures belong to the lovely people are fire-ireland.com

vulcan57

All makes sense now! Thanks for the explanations. Irishgeo, yep, obviously got that last bit mixed with some aircraft!! Doh!

flazio

I take it then that Rescue 1 has the unenviable task of clearing the birds.

cdsb46

Thanks for the replies peeps :-), on another point rescue 10 looks like a tank, they size of those wheels!!

Peregrine

cdsb46 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies peeps :-), on another point rescue 10 looks like a tank, they size of those wheels!!

Most modern aviation crash tenders are of that size

Here's a sloppy photo of the side of Rescue 9 at the don.