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Fox 260 (PC9) Approach to Dublin Rwy 28

  • 13-08-2013 3:19pm
    #1
    DieselPowered
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    Fox 260, Air Corps PC9 is currently on a visual approach to Dublin Runway 28, with a break off at short finals and return to Bal.

    Have not heard this before, is it a normal routine or a practice for Flightfest?


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  • #2
    urajoke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 722 ✭✭✭urajoke


    Nothing strange about this, it's done for training to familiarise themselves with the approaches around the country in the event they need to divert.


  • #3
    a/tel
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    DieselPowered wrote: »
    Fox 260, Air Corps PC9 is currently on a visual approach to Dublin Runway 28, with a break off at short finals and return to Bal.

    Have not heard this before, is it a normal routine or a practice for Flightfest?


    First time i heard them using Fox C/S. Usually its Irish260. were they changed?


  • #4
    urajoke
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    a/tel wrote: »
    First time i heard them using Fox C/S. Usually its Irish260. were they changed?

    Irish is the callsign they use when leaving the country, internal flights go by Charlie, Foxtrot, alpha, echo etc


  • #5
    a/tel
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    urajoke wrote: »
    Irish is the callsign they use when leaving the country, internal flights go by Charlie, Foxtrot, alpha, echo etc

    No they were def Irish C/S back in 2005 as i was working in Bal. Them and the 2 Govy Jet had the Irish C/S. It was a misktake when the A/C first arrived aparently.

    Must have been changed since.


  • #6
    sdevine89
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    Fox260 currently circling over Clane awaiting to be cleared to land.


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  • #7
    Teebor15
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Teebor15


    Ok


  • #8
    Stovepipe
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    Baldonnel has it's own Instrument approaches but to enhance the training, cadets go and shoot approaches at other airports and in the wider ATC system, which gives them a better overview of their place in the system at large. If all they did was constantly shoot approaches to BAL, either live or in the sim, then they would not get enough experience of dealing with the Civil ATC system and quite simply, could not be let out. Baldonnel's location is not ideal for instrument approach training as it is beside and under Dublin's Control Area and right alongside Weston, so it is often more useful if they depart to Shannon or Knock and train there, as well as spend some time on the airways.


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