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Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

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    #992
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    Ish66 wrote: »
    Why would Aer Lingus send an A330 to London and back {EI 179}. Not that busy is it ? They did it on the 8th of March too. Just curious !:confused:


    That's been happening for months - to carry extra cargo, I think.


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    #993
    Ish66
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭Ish66


    EchoIndia wrote: »
    That's been happening for months - to carry extra cargo, I think.
    Thanks. That trip would not even warm her up !


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    #994
    Hogzy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Ish66 wrote: »
    Why would Aer Lingus send an A330 to London and back {EI 179}. Not that busy is it ? They did it on the 8th of March too. Just curious !:confused:

    I was wondering that myself. I thought it might have been to allow passengers actually socially distance whilst onboard.


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    #995
    L1011
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    Almost certainly for cargo capacity


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    #996
    HTCOne
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    Hogzy wrote: »
    I was wondering that myself. I thought it might have been to allow passengers actually socially distance whilst onboard.

    Thats just an added benefit (it is done I believe). There should have been 14 or 15 A330s crossing the Atlantic each direction each day if not for COVID, now there's 2. All that cargo needs to get to the states via LHR with BA now.


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    #997
    L-M
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    I was talking to a chap working for Lufthansa and he said they were rotating all their planes so they wouldn’t clock up the houses to require major service work. Wonder if that has any influence.


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    #998
    HTCOne
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭HTCOne


    L-M wrote: »
    I was talking to a chap working for Lufthansa and he said they were rotating all their planes so they wouldn’t clock up the houses to require major service work. Wonder if that has any influence.

    Maintenance schedules, leasing ts & cs, power by the hour contracts etc will all feed into it. Rolls Royce are suffering particularly badly right now, power by the hour was their baby and they're very heavily exposed as a result.


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    #999
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    HTCOne wrote: »
    Maintenance schedules, leasing ts & cs, power by the hour contracts etc will all feed into it. Rolls Royce are suffering particularly badly right now, power by the hour was their baby and they're very heavily exposed as a result.

    Yeah, he reckoned it was going to be September this year when it was going hit the fan, if things didn’t open during the summer again. It’s a pity really, I’ve already met an aircraft engineer from Shannon out of work. As in job gone, not just on Covid payment


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    #1000
    [Deleted User]
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    This flight seems to be happening often always off the coast of Waterford and following the same pattern.

    BIO02 from Chester https://fr24.com/BIO02/2716c044

    It's some sort of survey flight, anyone know what they are looking for.


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    #1001
    ozzy jr
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    There's a Qatar A330 on its way from Chateauroux to Dublin. Any idea why? A new plane for Aer Lingus?


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    #1002
    kevinandrew
    Registered Users Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭kevinandrew


    ozzy jr wrote: »
    There's a Qatar A330 on its way from Chateauroux to Dublin. Any idea why? A new plane for Aer Lingus?

    Yep, looks like it’s already in Aer Lingus livery.


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    #1003
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Never saw one of these before on FR24
    Northrop RQ-4B Global Hawk
    https://www.flightradar24.com/FORTE10/2719e692


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    #1004
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    NoDrama wrote: »
    Never saw one of these before on FR24
    Northrop RQ-4B Global Hawk
    https://www.flightradar24.com/FORTE10/2719e692

    That's been up a bit. Snooping for the Sputnik vaccine.


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    #1005
    mr.anonymous
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    Is there a reason the STK43D didn't land in Donegal today and returned to Dublin just now?


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    #1006
    PinOnTheRight
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭PinOnTheRight


    mr.anonymous wrote: »
    Is there a reason the STK43D didn't land in Donegal today and returned to Dublin just now?

    Likely down to poor weather and unable to get in.
    EIDL 171430Z 28003KT 1700 BR BKN003 OVC007 09/08 Q1038


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    #1007
    mr.anonymous
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭mr.anonymous


    PinOnTheRight wrote: »
    Likely down to poor weather and unable to get in.
    EIDL 171430Z 28003KT 1700 BR BKN003 OVC007 09/08 Q1038

    Hadn't occurred to me on one of the nicest days this year tbh!


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    #1008
    smurfjed
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    What’s wrong with that weather?


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    #1009
    mr.anonymous
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭mr.anonymous


    smurfjed wrote: »
    What’s wrong with that weather?

    Probably too low of a cloud base for approach at Donegal. Doubt there's even an ILS, probably a non-precision approach.


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    #1010
    NH2013
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    Think it’s an NDB only approach up in CFN. Need a cloud ceiling of at least 340’ or higher to be able to land there.


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    #1011
    smurfjed
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    Wow, NDB approaches in this day and age.


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    #1012
    Bsal
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    Runway 21 has a LOC and a NDB approach which both require a 340ft ceiling minimum.


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    #1013
    HTCOne
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    smurfjed wrote: »
    Wow, NDB approaches in this day and age.

    For an airfield with 4 commercial movements a day pre COVID its probably enough, although if there are any airlines out there willing to pay for an ILS for them I'm sure they'd be delighted!


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    #1014
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    An IL62 of Rada Airlines just landed in SNN. Once a very common type to see in irish skies on fuel stops in SNN now only a handful left operating.


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    #1015
    [Deleted User]
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    HTCOne wrote: »
    For an airfield with 4 commercial movements a day pre COVID its probably enough, although if there are any airlines out there willing to pay for an ILS for them I'm sure they'd be delighted!

    I noticed the other day while looking at charts for Sligo airport they've recently changed to GPS/RNP approaches for both runways with runway 10 being LPV capable, hopefully Donegal airport will get it's own GPS/RNP approaches in the near future.


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    #1016
    HTCOne
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭HTCOne


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I noticed the other day while looking at charts for Sligo airport they've recently changed to GPS/RNP approaches for both runways with runway 10 being LPV capable, hopefully Donegal airport will get it's own GPS/RNP approaches in the near future.

    Possibly due the presence of a SAR helicopter in Sligo? Who knows but interesting, in that someone felt the need to pay for it.


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    #1017
    Ilyushin76
    Registered Users Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Ilyushin76


    BZ wrote: »
    An IL62 of Rada Airlines just landed in SNN. Once a very common type to see in irish skies on fuel stops in SNN now only a handful left operating.

    Do you know when its leaving ?


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    #1018
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    Ilyushin76 wrote: »
    Do you know when its leaving ?

    Last i heard was 0800 tomorrow morning


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    #1019
    Salmon Leap
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Salmon Leap


    BZ wrote: »
    Last i heard was 0800 tomorrow morning

    Their 2 IL62s rarely show up on FR24


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    #1020
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    Salmon Leap wrote: »
    Their 2 IL62s rarely show up on FR24

    Could be tracked today but no details just that it was an IL62.


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    #1021
    Salmon Leap
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Salmon Leap


    BZ wrote: »
    Could be tracked today but no details just that it was an IL62.

    Yeah. Have only seen this showing as Rada once. They just show as IL62-MGR. The Russian Air Force ones often show the reg RA8xxxx.


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