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Checking a flight Plan

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  • 20-07-2017 2:40pm
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    jinkybhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 692 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Is there a way of checking what route a plane took already - I know there is the planefinder app but I wanted to see what plane flew over my area this morning - I live in Oldcastle, Co Meath area and around 5-5-30am I was woken up by the noise and my light fittings shaking!!!

    Never had it before - I have heard the flights around that time of the morning but just a noise in the distance.

    Cheers


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    Captain_Crash
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    Flightaware normally has the planned route available, but you'd need to know the flight number.

    FR24 has a playback feature too.... so you will be able to see it by using that!

    EDIT: just checked, it appears to have been EI130, a 757 from BDL, although it was south of Oldcastle. An LH 747 (LH471) flew directly over, but at 38000ft


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    Gaoth Laidir
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    Captain_Crash wrote: »
    Flightaware normally has the planned route available, but you'd need to know the flight number.

    FR24 has a playback feature too.... so you will be able to see it by using that!

    I don't think a plane that was able to "'shake the light fittings" in Oldcastle would be on FR24.


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    Captain_Crash
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    Gaoth Laidir wrote: »
    I don't think a plane that was able to "'shake the light fittings" in Oldcastle would be on FR24.

    I'm working off the presumption that it was an early morning t/a arrival, and that "'shake the light fittings" may have been a bit dramatic. I seriously doubt there would be an F15 with its afterburners buzzing around Meath on a Thursday morning :P


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    Gaoth Laidir
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    Captain_Crash wrote: »
    I'm working off the presumption that it was an early morning t/a arrival, and that "'shake the light fittings" may have been a bit dramatic. I seriously doubt there would be an F15 with its afterburners buzzing around Meath on a Thursday morning :P

    It was probably just a chemtrail-spraying, fitting-shaking, slumber-waking greyed out plane flown by aliens.


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    jinkybhoy
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    Captain_Crash wrote: »
    I'm working off the presumption that it was an early morning t/a arrival, and that "'shake the light fittings" may have been a bit dramatic. I seriously doubt there would be an F15 with its afterburners buzzing around Meath on a Thursday morning :P

    HaHa!!- it made the main light shade tinkle slightly so yeah I was been dramatic!!...like if a big truck drove by - It was just weird and was wondering had it flown closer or lower than usual


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    Gaoth Laidir
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Gaoth Laidir


    jinkybhoy wrote: »
    HaHa!!- it made the main light shade tinkle slightly so yeah I was been dramatic!!...like if a big truck drove by - It was just weird and was wondering had it flown closer or lower than usual

    Maybe it was a truck?


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    jinkybhoy
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    i'm positive it wasn't a passing truck.

    It went on for about 30-40 secs - the noise that is - the light fitting only shoook slightly initially.

    Just thought it was weird - been living there 11 years and never occurred before.


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    Doltanian
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    A Boeing 747 Cargo Freighter passed over during the time indicated and was flying a little lower than normal at 30,000 feet.

    https://www.flightradar24.com/2017-07-20/04:49/36x/TAY010/e28cfe6

    Times are UTC so you have to deduct 1hr from Irish summer time.

    It would appear to be the possibly the culprit.


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