Knock/Eirtrade thread

Nforce · 29-02-2020 05:58PM

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9V-SKA at LDE

Car99 · 01-03-2020 01:14AM

smurfjed wrote: »

Went to pick up a plane from maintenance last week, the engineers were permitted to run the engines only with the door open, they needed crew to do engine runs with the door closed or along the runway.

That wouldn't be the norm in my experience in a part 145 maint org. In all 145's where I've worked maintenance related EGR's are carried out by appropriately licenced and company approved Part 66 engineers only.

Board Walker · 02-03-2020 05:47PM

Nforce wrote: »

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9V-SKA at LDE

I believe the German Company AviationTag.com took the roof for 20,000 keyrings!

Ilyushin76 · 02-03-2020 08:37PM

rolion wrote: »

PS
Drivign all the way there,my son was very agitated.
He spends lots of time in the simulator and the A380 is one of his favorites planes.

Not sure how conversation began but ive been asked:
He: Dad,how do the pilots goes back home ?
Me: well,they will not go home at all.
He:Why ?(

Reminded me a bit of when I was on Shannon to see the antonov 225 taking of a kid saying to his dad it was too big to take off and was going to crash.video here of it taking off with children thinking its engines where on fire https://youtu.be/E7JVnUYK4fg

Nforce · 02-03-2020 08:44PM

Board Walker wrote: »

I believe the German Company AviationTag.com took the roof for 20,000 keyrings!

At €28 a pop ..a nice investment by that company!

joujoujou · 07-03-2020 02:39PM

Hello everybody.

That was 21th of Feb I found out the news about that plane - pity so late, I'd film it flying over my place just before landing.

Spotted it first time on my way back home, from N17 between Curry and Charlestown - it's so big you can spot it 10 kms away! :eek:

Well, went to EIKN yesterday, few minutes drive from where I live.

Constant flow of cars over there - stopping, passengers going out to take a look.

xtradel · 17-03-2020 07:46AM

Is the A380 still in one piece in Knock or have they started ripping into it? Thinking of heading up for a look today.

masit · 17-03-2020 10:38AM

xtradel wrote: »

Is the A380 still in one piece in Knock or have they started ripping into it? Thinking of heading up for a look today.

Still in one piece as of Sunday the 8th of March

https://youtu.be/TNYYGGUe9XE

joujoujou · 17-03-2020 10:40AM

Travelled on N5 just yesterday and saw it intact - however it was from quite a distance, but it looked fine.

Either way is worth looked at. :cool:

xtradel · 17-03-2020 11:17AM

masit wrote: »

Still in one piece as of Sunday the 8th of March

https://youtu.be/TNYYGGUe9XE

joujoujou wrote: »

Travelled on N5 just yesterday and saw it intact - however it was from quite a distance, but it looked fine.

Either way is worth looked at. :cool:

Cheers for that, hoping the weather will dry out later and will take a spin up.

Pat Dunne · 17-03-2020 11:51AM

xtradel wrote: »

Cheers for that, hoping the weather will dry out later and will take a spin up.

You’d want to do it in the next couple of days.

Idbatterim · 17-03-2020 03:03PM

the fuselage would make an unreal living space!

hopeso · 17-03-2020 03:39PM

Pat Dunne wrote: »

You’d want to do it in the next couple of days.

You know something?

joujoujou · 17-03-2020 06:07PM

xtradel wrote: »

Cheers for that, hoping the weather will dry out later and will take a spin up.

Bring us some photos, please.

However, it won't dry out, I'm afraid.

Pat Dunne · 17-03-2020 06:45PM

hopeso wrote: »

You know something?

Yes the weather is supposed to filthy this weekend.
I know, you wanted something more juicy.

19-03-2020 10:18PM

I guess one positive of the current virus is airlines will possibly be scrapping their A380s sooner than planned. So looks like we won't have to wait too long for three other? A380s to make their final journey to Knock.

Hotblack Desiato · 21-03-2020 04:59AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess one positive of the current virus is airlines will possibly be scrapping their A380s sooner than planned.

:eek:

Nforce · 21-03-2020 05:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I guess one positive of the current virus is airlines will possibly be scrapping their A380s sooner than planned. So looks like we won't have to wait too long for three other? A380s to make their final journey to Knock.

Somehow I don't think that there'll be a huge demand for A380 spares when this all blows over.

mickdw · 21-03-2020 05:22PM

Nforce wrote: »

Somehow I don't think that there'll be a huge demand for A380 spares when this all blows over.

Well there will be alot of them still about so hard to know. Who is to say that flying to hubs isnt going to form a massive portion of the new air travel.

joujoujou · 24-03-2020 12:06PM

Sunday morning trip to EIKN, only to see how are things.

How the plane looks from a distance, this time N5 Charlestown bypass, near Swinford:

and close-up:

They probably decided to let some fresh air in:

Plane still intact (at least outside), some wrapping at the moment only:

Some engines wrapped already:

24-03-2020 12:54PM

I can help thinking with her fully loaded 15,000 km range and much further if striped out etc. She would be the ideal aircraft to 'rescue' Irish stuck in Peru, Australia etc.

joujoujou · 24-03-2020 12:57PM

I'm not sure if EIKN's runway is long enough for takeoff, to be honest with you.

Lurching · 24-03-2020 01:07PM

Tow wrote: »

I can help thinking with her fully loaded 15,000 km range and much further if striped out etc. She would be the ideal aircraft to 'rescue' Irish stuck in Peru, Australia etc.

There's plenty of other capable aircraft sitting on the ground that could do that, with a hell of a lot less red tape.

25-03-2020 06:58PM

Lurching wrote: »

There's plenty of other capable aircraft sitting on the ground that could do that, with a hell of a lot less red tape.

If the Irish government needed such a large aircraft to bring people home, they could always do what the civil aviation authority in the UK did when Thompson went bust and simply charter and A380 from the likes of Singapore airlines or whomever.

That would seem a bit simpler than all the hassle of getting the one at Knock up and running.

SNNUS · 25-03-2020 07:16PM

Tow wrote: »

I can help thinking with her fully loaded 15,000 km range and much further if striped out etc. She would be the ideal aircraft to 'rescue' Irish stuck in Peru, Australia etc.

Aircraft has been decommissioned, no AOC no operator. 1000's of suitable aircraft available for charter right now.

joujoujou · 03-05-2020 08:08PM

Just a quick update, if anyone's interested: went there this morning, and, as expected, nothing's changed since my last visit. No changes, hence no photos.

IQO · 20-05-2020 04:01PM

https://twitter.com/AirlineFlyer/status/1263120530741383171

Lurching · 20-05-2020 04:17PM

IQO wrote: »

Air France

Unprecedented times for the whole aviation industry.

hopeso · 20-05-2020 07:37PM

Hard to say what will happen to the one at Knock now....It’s potential value as a source of spare parts must have plummeted. There will be fewer A380’s flying after this, and a lot more of them available as a source of spares.
If whoever does own it has taken a hit, it might put an end to any more of them coming to Knock?

Lurching · 20-05-2020 07:39PM

hopeso wrote: »

Hard to say what will happen to the one at Knock now....It’s potential value as a source of spare parts must have plummeted. There will be fewer A380’s flying after this, and a lot more of them available as a source of spares.
If whoever does own it has taken a hit, it might put an end to any more of them coming to Knock?

If parts do take a hit, it might actually make it cheaper for some airlines to keep theirs in service - hoovering up those parts.
The market will find its balance in the next year or two and I'd imagine quite a few A380's will continue to fly (particularly if the oil price remains low).

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