Flightradar24 Thread Part II

EchoIndia

arubex wrote: »

Though CFC as a designator was bilingually clever: Canadian Forces Canadiennes

For a good many years the radio callsign has been "Canforce", so CFC is an appropriate abbreviation of that also.

arubex

14:30 FR24 says 'no-see-um' but there is a French Aéronavale Falcon 10 heading south down the Irish Sea, descending through FL100.

May be inbound to Baldonnel. Nope, landed Dublin 14:45.

arubex

TCXnnnx codes are usually for testing / training / positioning.

This one has been in overhaul at Dublin since December and I think it's the first time up since then.

fr336

arubex wrote: »

TCXnnnx codes are usually for testing / training / positioning.

This one has been in overhaul at Dublin since December and I think it's the first time up since then.

Image link not working for me.

ETA: Is now

JCX BXC

I have a question, but I dont know where to put it so I'm throwing it on here.

Would a 757-200 make it westbound from SNN-ORD in the winter?

vicwatson

Carnacalla wrote: »

I have a question, but I dont know where to put it so I'm throwing it on here.

Would a 757-200 make it westbound from SNN-ORD in the winter?

Distance Shannon to ORD is 5749km

Range of 757-200 is 7222km

So imagine it could !

JCX BXC

vicwatson wrote: »

Distance Shannon to ORD is 5749km

Range of 757-200 is 7222km

So imagine it could !

The reason I say "winter" is due to headwinds. It makes it no bother in the summer, but the Atlantic headwinds can be up to 200kts in the winter. SNN-EWR had to have a fuel stop earlier this winter. Its an extra hour and a bit to Chicago, Its east to think that a fuel stop would be a common occurance.

arubex

The United 757s from mid-Europe to Newark are having to stop in Gander over 50% of flights this winter; those are routes around 6,500 km great-circle.

Shannon to Chicago might be pushing it too, particularly if they don't obtain optimum FL for the crossing.

kub

arubex wrote: »

The United 757s from mid-Europe to Newark are having to stop in Gander over 50% of flights this winter; those are routes around 6,500 km great-circle.

Shannon to Chicago might be pushing it too, particularly if they don't obtain optimum FL for the crossing.

That is not really to bright out of United, I mean if a 757 is stopping 50% of the time would it not be logical to put a bigger model on it for that season?

JCX BXC

kub wrote: »

That is not really to bright out of United, I mean if a 757 is stopping 50% of the time would it not be logical to put a bigger model on it for that season?

He he, a 757 used in the summer and a 767 in the winter? That's some economics.

Seriously though, where would they get these wide bodies?

tom_k

Acropolis ACJ coming into Dublin from Bridgetown.



Very nice.

http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/corporate/operators/operators-acropolis-aviation/

fabvinny

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Turns out this was a bomb hoax. One passenger arrested in Berlin.

i was on this flight!! drunken idiot should never have been left on in Krakow! my companions and i even commented on how pissed he was in the departure lounge.
he actually said he heard the couple in front of him saying they had a devise on board! then the excitement started......

MoyVilla9

fabvinny wrote: »

i was on this flight!! drunken idiot should never have been left on in Krakow! my companions and i even commented on how pissed he was in the departure lounge.
he actually said he heard the couple in front of him saying they had a devise on board! then the excitement started......

Ryanair seem to not care how drunk passengers are, if you can stand up in the line you're good to go. These situations are my only problem with Ryanair.

Air Berlin 737 D-ABLA just about to depart Dublin repainted as Germania

HeidiHeidi

Do choppers appear on FR?

I'm watching one (loks like an Air Corps one) doing what looks like relays out to Tory in Donegal from Falcarragh.

This happens when the weather is bad, but the ferry is running. If it was a medevac why would they have landed in Falcarragh, and then gone straight back out again?

Nosey me wants to know what they're at!

arubex

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Do choppers appear on FR?

A small proportion do, but the majority fly too low for their position to be calculated.

Some don't even have Mode-S kit fitted, if they operate entirely outside controlled airspace it is not mandatory.

Very, very few helicopters have full ADS-B kit; a few medevac ones do but most operators will wait until it it mandatory before taking the cost + weight hit.

arubex

16:30 An-12 proceeding down east coast
http://fr24.com//581e9d0

Right over Dublin!

arubex

Rain and clouds up north here, but perhaps someone in Drogheda will be fortunate enough to glipse a Ukraine International 767 currently westbound at FL340

http://fr24.com/AUI231/5838ffd

Ilyushin76

arubex wrote: »

16:30 An-12 proceeding down east coast
http://fr24.com//581e9d0

Right over Dublin!

Off the south coast now,should pass over Dublin.

Shannon757

An A380 test flight
http://www.flightradar24.com/AIB47OW/5838126

peter1892

Ilyushin76 wrote: »

Off the south coast now,should pass over Dublin.

I couldn't see it but could certainly hear it!

Tabnabs

http://www.flightradar24.com/ENT563/584200c

The French team arriving ahead of the match tomorrow?

Peregrine

TRK1 (Turkish government) A332 Prestige flew over Ireland a few mins ago.

Peregrine

An-12 (UR-CAJ) flying over Dublin.

PukkaStukka

Nim wrote: »

An-12 flying over Dublin.

Yep heard it warble away as it passed!

Martin_D

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Yep heard it warble away as it passed!

heard it over Waterford at 20,000 ft - where to and what is it at?

PukkaStukka

Martin_D wrote: »

heard it over Waterford at 20,000 ft - where to and what is it at?

left Prestwick, no idea where it's heading. Possibly North Africa ?

arubex

Martin_D wrote: »

heard it over Waterford at 20,000 ft - where to and what is it at?

Possibly oil contract work in Mauritania; as far as I can tell.

A few of the smaller oil companies have started there recently.

Last time the An-12s were this busy was with a new field in Equatorial Guinea.

Oscar Bravo

N926SS inbound Shannon, showing as BLOCKED on FR24

Oscar Bravo

Rescue 115 a long way off the south west coast currently with rescue 117 en route from Waterford. Casa 253 is providing top cover also.