low down.

Maudi

Hi im in greystones watching our hedgehog amble around the garden..ive noticed five planes in as many minutes (heres the sixth) pass over head unusually low heading north presumably for dublin..whats with the low fly paths?

lord lucan

Answer in this thread : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057236576

Tonight is the last scheduled night of it.

DC403l

How close do the aircraft come to the pigeon house towers ? Just having a look on flightradar and they go right over it

Also, I'd love to see the views that you get from that approach but I can't find any video on youtube. Anyone have a link?

suasdaguna2

dc, your well right of the pidgeon house chimneys on the instrument approach for runway 34 (northerly runway)

Grandeeod

Flew that approach tonight. Beautiful! Touched down just after midnight. But we seemed to circle for 20 mins before hand. Any ideas?

scudzilla

We came back from Zante 2 weeks ago, landed at around 00:30 on R34, was the roughest landing had in a long time, he really put the brakes on after bouncing 3 times

Tenger

Maudi wrote: »

Hi im in greystones watching our hedgehog amble around the garden.......?

Its off topic (sorry LL) but dafuq?

How do you acquire a pet hedgehog?

I remember finding a young one a few years back late autumn and rescuing it. Got a pic of me holding it while wearing my leather gloves!!!

Grandeeod

scudzilla wrote: »

We came back from Zante 2 weeks ago, landed at around 00:30 on R34, was the roughest landing had in a long time, he really put the brakes on after bouncing 3 times

Same tonight! Great fun!

Grandeeod

scudzilla wrote: »

We came back from Zante 2 weeks ago, landed at around 00:30 on R34, was the roughest landing had in a long time, he really put the brakes on after bouncing 3 times

Same tonight! Great fun!

Maudi

Tenger wrote: »

Its off topic (sorry LL) but dafuq?

How do you acquire a pet hedgehog?

I remember finding a young one a few years back late autumn and rescuing it. Got a pic of me holding it while wearing my leather gloves!!!

..im somewhat of an insomniac so he fits in with my night time stargazing and plane watching interests..I "fostered" him under very strict rules from a rescue center..he is quiet old..has only one eye ..few teeth..and a gammy leg.. great will to live but couldnt be released into the wild they said..so he gets to spend his twilight years with me (lucky fella)

billie1b

Maudi wrote: »

..im somewhat of an insomniac so he fits in with my night time stargazing and plane watching interests..I "fostered" him under very strict rules from a rescue center..he is quiet old..has only one eye ..few teeth..and a gammy leg.. great will to live but couldnt be released into the wild they said..so he gets to spend his twilight years with me (lucky fella)

Ok i'm going off topic here too and I apologise to the mods but I kinda think we need a pic of said Hedgehog, that'd be great

Tenger

billie1b wrote: »

Ok i'm going off topic here too and I apologise to the mods but I kinda think we need a pic of said Hedgehog, that'd be great

That request is mod approved!

folbotcar

DC403l wrote: »

How close do the aircraft come to the pigeon house towers ? Just having a look on flightradar and they go right over it

Also, I'd love to see the views that you get from that approach but I can't find any video on youtube. Anyone have a link?

Right through the middle of the chimneys, it's tricky and you need to bank a little bit to fit. Dangerous but great fun!

I've flown in from that direction a few times, given that this is Ireland, mostly I just saw clouds.:(

Grandeeod

folbotcar wrote: »

Right through the middle of the chimneys, it's tricky and you need to bank a little bit to fit. Dangerous but great fun!

I've flown in from that direction a few times, given that this is Ireland, mostly I just saw clouds.:(

Well last night was very clear. What a view! Poolbeg chimneys, O'Connell bridge, the lot. I've just looked at a playback of my flight on FR24 and think Ive solved my own little mystery. (Im not an expert/enthusiast) A lot of traffic ahead of us so we had to make a little detour out over the Irish sea. (I was on a flight from Tenerife) It was a first for me and I reckon a first for most onboard, because believe it or not, there was a mild panic setting in. I could hear people asking each other if everything was okay, because the approach was longer than usual and the loop out over the sea was a bit unsettling with all the turns and you could clearly see other aircraft below us on the same approach.

As for the landing.....EPIC!

That Greystones hedgehog must have been freaked out!

Maudi

Tenger wrote: »

That request is mod approved!

Odd request?? Also I use my phone and im far to incompetent to load pics from it to boards..several times I tried but cant seem to do it..however if you would like to pm me you mobile number I can send them to you that way..hey ..praps you could then up load them to boards..

Fionn101

iirc the Pigeon house towers are pretty much in line with the approach to R34, at least for a single engine ?? and they can be used to line up in the event of light failure at EIDW.

Always open to correction as I can't verify due to landing fee's !

PukkaStukka

Maudi wrote: »

Hi im in greystones watching our hedgehog amble around the garden..ive noticed five planes in as many minutes (heres the sixth) pass over head unusually low heading north presumably for dublin..whats with the low fly paths?

Fit a transponder to the hedgehog so we can see him on Fr24 too...

keith16

Maudi wrote: »

Odd request?? Also I use my phone and im far to incompetent to load pics from it to boards..several times I tried but cant seem to do it..however if you would like to pm me you mobile number I can send them to you that way..hey ..praps you could then up load them to boards..

Dude. I need to see this hedgehog. I'm freaking out here. What's his name?

Reply to this post (using quote) and then click the little paper clip icon (attachment) at the top of the text box where you write your post.

Browse for the file (the pic) by clickin 'choose file' in the little dialog box that opens and select it. Then click 'upload', type your post and hit 'Submit Reply'.

A forum holds its breath.

Peregrine

I'm pretty sure the touch site lets you attach pictures from your phone.

Maudi

Grandeeod wrote: »

Well last night was very clear. What a view! Poolbeg chimneys, O'Connell bridge, the lot. I've just looked at a playback of my flight on FR24 and think Ive solved my own little mystery. (Im not an expert/enthusiast) A lot of traffic ahead of us so we had to make a little detour out over the Irish sea. (I was on a flight from Tenerife) It was a first for me and I reckon a first for most onboard, because believe it or not, there was a mild panic setting in. I could hear people asking each other if everything was okay, because the approach was longer than usual and the loop out over the sea was a bit unsettling with all the turns and you could clearly see other aircraft below us on the same approach.

As for the landing.....EPIC!

That Greystones hedgehog must have been freaked out!

The "greystones hedgehog"he'd like that

Maudi

Nimr wrote: »

I'm pretty sure the touch site lets you attach pictures from your phone.

No.nothing happens when I tap that 'paper clip'symbol....due to the interest in "old timer"il dust of the lap top an up load pictures from that tomorrow eve..

Maudi

keith16 wrote: »

Dude. I need to see this hedgehog. I'm freaking out here. What's his name?

Reply to this post (using quote) and then click the little paper clip icon (attachment) at the top of the text box where you write your post.

Browse for the file (the pic) by clickin 'choose file' in the little dialog box that opens and select it. Then click 'upload', type your post and hit 'Submit Reply'.

A forum holds its breath.

The girl who runs the hedgehog santuary called him "old timer" so I stick with that name..his back story:...he was brought in by a member of the public badly injured and initially the thought it would be kinder to put him down..they presume a car hit him..he had horrofic injuries including a leg they thought would have to be amputated..facial injuries that included a missing eye and mouth injuries (hedgehogs normally have 30/40 teeth ..old timer has three..so its pouches of soft food for life..anyway apparently he responded well to treatment and stubbornly refused to die so the next step. Was to get long term foster care .Iin a secure enenvironment as he wouldnt survive long with disabilities in the wild thats where I came in (he's standing on the deck just now sniffing at the open door..this is his third time passing so I reakon he'l make an attempt at entry..he did before and I hunkered down on the floor to make a barrier with my arms..he just got his snout under my hand and "whooshed"it out of his way) they are incredibly strong for their size..im under strict licenceing laws to keep him as wild and undisturbed as possible as they are a protected wild animal.but hey he goes crazy for cheese and if some were to make its way from my sambo to the deck.after all hes been through...they reakon hes about seven and the dont live much past this in the wild..so he can have his cheese..weight is indicitive of health and important to monitor so im allowed to handle him once a month to check..he came to us at 1000g the girl said he would drop to and maintain 700g...he came in at ...1200g at last weigh in...he lives in a straw filled box I made with a wavin pipe entrance half buried at the bottom of our small enclosed garden..and snuffles around my feet keeping me company hopefully for a while to come as we both look up (him with one eye) at low flying aircraft

billie1b

Maudi wrote: »

The girl who runs the hedgehog santuary called him "old timer" so I stick with that name..his back story:...he was brought in by a member of the public badly injured and initially the thought it would be kinder to put him down..they presume a car hit him..he had horrofic injuries including a leg they thought would have to be amputated..facial injuries that included a missing eye and mouth injuries (hedgehogs normally have 30/40 teeth ..old timer has three..so its pouches of soft food for life..anyway apparently he responded well to treatment and stubbornly refused to die so the next step. Was to get long term foster care .Iin a secure enenvironment as he wouldnt survive long with disabilities in the wild thats where I came in (he's standing on the deck just now sniffing at the open door..this is his third time passing so I reakon he'l make an attempt at entry..he did before and I hunkered down on the floor to make a barrier with my arms..he just got his snout under my hand and "whooshed"it out of his way) they are incredibly strong for their size..im under strict licenceing laws to keep him as wild and undisturbed as possible as they are a protected wild animal.but hey he goes crazy for cheese and if some were to make its way from my sambo to the deck.after all hes been through...they reakon hes about seven and the dont live much past this in the wild..so he can have his cheese..weight is indicitive of health and important to monitor so im allowed to handle him once a month to check..he came to us at 1000g the girl said he would drop to and maintain 700g...he came in at ...1200g at last weigh in...he lives in a straw filled box I made with a wavin pipe entrance half buried at the bottom of our small enclosed garden..and snuffles around my feet keeping me company hopefully for a while to come as we both look up (him with one eye) at low flying aircraft

Thats a great thing your doing, I foster for DSPCA so know what its like to love and care for abandoned/maltreated animals. Fair play to you, 'old timer' sounds great and by the way of things seems to be getting well looked after by you. Big thumbs up from me