Was it a Bird ? Was it a Plane ? Was it a B

daveg · 27-03-2003 12:13pm #1

I was in the Garden yesterday at about 6:30pm when 2 jets flew over (one after another - about 1 min interval - same flight path). I'm wondering were they American B-1 Lancer bombers as (if you look at the attached pic) the smoke trail seemed to come from the back of the jet and they seemed to be a good bit louder than conventional passanger jets.

My question is were they ? Would they be flying over the Galway area ? Did anyone else see/hear them ? Has anyone heard any other US jets on their way to Baghdad ?

bombidol · 27-03-2003 12:25pm

for some reason that plane reminds me of an Afghan hound

:rolleyes:

RED HORN · 27-03-2003 12:31pm

It's very possible that it was a US military plane. It's well known that they are refulling down in Shannon to head off to the gulf.

Why do you suspect it was a b-1, was it so low that you could clearly make it out?

daveg · 27-03-2003 12:41pm

It's very possible that it was a US military plane. It's well known that they are refulling down in Shannon to head off to the gulf.

Why do you suspect it was a b-1, was it so low that you could clearly make it out?

I suspect it was a B1 lancer because of the distinctive shape. It wasn't low but the smoke trail seemed to be coming from the rear of the aircraft - like the B1.

Would Galway be on the flight path from the Us to Shannon though ?

RED HORN · 27-03-2003 12:47pm

Maybe it’s not on the route, they could possible have been flying to a British air base but that wouldn't explain the low altitude.

I wonder if anyone knows what the story with them is, would be interesting to find out.

eth0_ · 27-03-2003 12:54pm

Perhaps they were admiring the Irish countryside.

If you go to cnn.com they have an interactive thing showing all the planes/copters used by the US Mil

Krusty_Clown · 27-03-2003 1:00pm

Perhaps they were trying to locate County Monaghan ?!

^CwAzY^ · 27-03-2003 1:00pm

Did you take that picture yourself :rolleyes:

daveg · 27-03-2003 2:05pm

Did you take that picture yourself

what do you think :rolleyes:

bug · 27-03-2003 2:46pm

I live in an area of Dublin and many neighbours have mentioned a huge increase in noise from aircraft and speed of the aircraft in the sky also an increase of traffic in the sky. I noticed myself an odd shape plane going incredibly fast in my estimation. (knowing altitude/speed factor) , I'm not near baldonnel.

ballooba · 27-03-2003 3:09pm

I live near Dublin City centre. Definite increase in air traffic overhead in the last two weeks.

Was it a Bird ? Was it a Plane ? Was it a B

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