Flightradar24 Thread Part II

allthedoyles

Does a Boeing 777 from Istanbul - Houston really have to fly over Co. Wexford etc ?

Bummer1234

allthedoyles wrote: »

Does a Boeing 777 from Istanbul - Houston really have to fly over Co. Wexford etc ?

Why do you think it shouldn't?,Think of the curvature of the earth and its shorter to go by wexford than in a straight line on a piece of paper.

allthedoyles

Bummer1234 wrote: »

Why do you think it shouldn't?,Think of the curvature of the earth and its shorter to go by wexford than in a straight line on a piece of paper.

Use google maps and you get a different answer

Growler!!!

allthedoyles wrote: »

Use google maps and you get a different answer

Use google to look up Great Circle and you get the answer:D

fr336

Reoil wrote: »

Random post to see if I can get a thanks from Carnacalla and fr336.

No and who are you :rolleyes:;)

keith16

arubex wrote: »

...then after unification passed to the Luftwaffe before heading to Iran. What a history!

Possibly showing my ignorance here, but not Lufthansa?

Reoil wrote: »

Random post to see if I can get a thanks from Carnacalla and fr336.

Come on fr336, don't let us down now?!

fr336

keith16 wrote: »

Come on fr336, don't let us down now?!

I can accept someone complaining about our posts but thanks too? Sorry for thanking people!! (I'm not mad, just bemused, nice day here today )

sjb25

allthedoyles wrote: »

Use google maps and you get a different answer

Pilots don't tend to use google maps

keith16

Growler!!! wrote: »

Use google to look up Great Circle and you get the answer:D

FR24 did a nice blog on the topic


http://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-paths-and-great-circles-or-why-you-flew-over-greenland/

arubex

allthedoyles wrote: »

Does a Boeing 777 from Istanbul - Houston really have to fly over Co. Wexford etc ?

That's actually pretty close to the optimal routing. See attached.

keith16 wrote:

Possibly showing my ignorance here, but not Lufthansa?

The three Interflug A310s all went to the Luftwaffe to replace four elderly 707s.

There had been a long rivalry between Interflug and Lufthansa and I don't think Lufty wanted anything to do with ex-DDR airframes.

Reoil

fr336 wrote: »

I can accept someone complaining about our posts but thanks too? Sorry for thanking people!! (I'm not mad, just bemused, nice day here today )

Wasn't complaining about anything!

allthedoyles

arubex wrote: »

That's actually pretty close to the optimal routing. See attached.



The three Interflug A310s all went to the Luftwaffe to replace four elderly 707s.

There had been a long rivalry between Interflug and Lufthansa and I don't think Lufty wanted anything to do with ex-DDR airframes.

I understand it now ..................I see Los Angeles to Zurich is just passing over my head right now

Shannon757

http://www.flightradar24.com/BIE654F/68aae5e

Cork to Shannon?

JCX BXC

Shannon757 wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/BIE654F/68aae5e

Cork to Shannon?

Not on radar anymore (again people this is where screenshots come in handy) but I can say without any reasonable doubt that that is one of the 3 Lourdes charters from Shannon for today. Will depart Shannon soon.

Shannon757

Playback screenshot:

JCX BXC

Shannon757 wrote: »

Playback screenshot:

Yep definitely the Lourdes charter. (Thanks for the screenshot, I also don't have playback on my phone)

Is there something on in Lourdes does anyone knoe

Simon Gruber Says

Looks like EI661 had a go around at Dublin.

EDIT: Looks like they just switched from 28 to 10. Must have had a tailwind on final.

JCX BXC

Changed the runway after the EI661 go around.
Is it bad that I knew that EI661 was Vienna-Dublin? That flight goes around all the time.

Oscar Bravo

a 757 on tonights Shannon-East midlands freight, its usually a 737.

fr336

We're getting a revamp at LTN shortly, including a multi storey car park next to the runway!! Will probably be frequented by a few spotters...apparently there's a chance it will be an official spectators area too

JCX BXC

fr336 wrote: »

We're getting a revamp at LTN shortly, including a multi storey car park next to the runway!! Will probably be frequented by a few spotters...apparently there's a chance it will be an official spectators area too

How about a permanent spotter (aka webcam?)

fr336

Carnacalla wrote: »

How about a permanent spotter (aka webcam?)

Oh you know how paranoid the Brits are about all this stuff, I wouldn't hold my breath!!

fr336

Carnacalla wrote: »

How about a permanent spotter (aka webcam?)

I still haven't got round to trying streaming from there, sorry. I'm wondering how useful it would be as you can't seem able to zoom when streaming which is a bit bloody pointless if you ask me. But I will try soon...

JCX BXC

Temporary Fog forecast for ORK from 21:00 visibility down to 0500m. Unlikely to happen but is a possibility.

Skuxx

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

a 757 on tonights Shannon-East midlands freight, its usually a 737.

First flew in 1983....32 years ago if my maths is right!
It's hard to be 757's for looks and I think the DHL livery looks great on them!

rocky911

Carnacalla wrote: »

Temporary Fog forecast for ORK from 21:00 visibility down to 0500m. Unlikely to happen but is a possibility.

Weather is starting to turn alright...well in east Cork

Charlie-Bravo

http://www.flightradar24.com/EIN877/68b8440 Landing shortly at ORK.

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=604495&from=flightradar_200
Love the retro livery, haven't seen this on any current planes. I'm not much of a spotter but think this would be lovely to be on. Is the passenger cabin different to any other EI A320's in this 214 class?

fleet_admiral

astrofluff wrote: »

http://www.flightradar24.com/EIN877/68b8440 Landing shortly at ORK.

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=604495&from=flightradar_200
Love the retro livery, haven't seen this on any current planes. I'm not much of a spotter but think this would be lovely to be on. Is the passenger cabin different to any other EI A320's in this 214 class?

DVM is a beauty, inside and out. I was on it last year Heathrow to Dublin and didnt want to get off. Its the same inside as the others but more modern as I think it was new in 2012

ozzy jr

I noticed a couple of planes circling off the coast not far from Hong Kong. The Garuda in the pic below and a Singapore airlines. Both heading to Shanghai.

Any reason for this?

fr336

Wow this got to a height http://www.flightradar24.com/TOM42B/68bc144