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Loud aircraft over mayo

  • 15-05-2019 03:15PM
    #1
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭


    Ive just heard 2 unusually loud aircraft over north mayo in the last 20 mins
    I don't see anything unusual on flightradar.
    Any ideas?


Comments

  • #2
    scuby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭scuby


    What direction were they going?
    Flying close together?


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Flight radar 24 suggests a couple of 747s passed over.
    Could be them.


  • #4
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I see the 747s but plenty of them go over here. Maybe it was them but sounded mad loud today. Very very noisy. I thought maybe something military. About 15 mins apart maybe.


  • #5
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    scuby wrote: »
    What direction were they going?
    Flying close together?

    I don't know what direction.
    About 15m mins apart


  • #6
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    Four USAF C-130s departed Belfast heading west. Suspect that's what you heard.


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  • #7
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    That would be it.
    There was a 3rd but nowhere near as loud.


  • #8
    Psychlops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Psychlops


    You probably already know, but FR24 does not show any proper Military, in fact it rarely shows any at all.

    Best bet is to watch here:

    https://global.adsbexchange.com/VirtualRadar/desktop.html


    NB they will only show if they want to be seen.

    Click MENU, then OPTIONS, go to the FILTERS tab, select ENABLE FILTERS & then select enable MILITARY, then go to the map & only military should be visible.

    Good F/book here also:

    https://www.facebook.com/helimoves/


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