Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

EchoIndia · 20-08-2020 11:28PM

smurfjed wrote: »

Was he Romanian ? Or Capt Seki who was actually Irish

I though Seki was Slovenian(?) though he lived in Ireland for many years.

Coil Kilcrea · 22-08-2020 10:27PM

EchoIndia wrote: »

I though Seki was Slovenian(?) though he lived in Ireland for many years.

Seki was from Serbia and some pilot, though best avoided on a motorbike.

PukkaStukka · 23-08-2020 10:11AM

Irish Steve wrote: »

Indeed, finest converters of fuel to noise that ever graced Dublin, but I suspect the modern generations have never heard of them, it was 30 or so years ago.

Indeed. Absolute ear splitters! Are any still flying?

EchoIndia · 23-08-2020 11:35AM

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Indeed. Absolute ear splitters! Are any still flying?

Not since May 2019: https://flic.kr/p/2fMt757

ozzy jr · 25-08-2020 02:31PM

Qatar 777 on its way to Dublin from Gatwick. Is this a diversion or a scheduled flight?

EchoIndia · 25-08-2020 02:32PM

ozzy jr wrote: »

Qatar 777 on its way to Dublin from Gatwick. Is this a diversion or a scheduled flight?

Cargo service, I believe.

fr336 · 25-08-2020 09:54PM

Irish Steve wrote: »

A very long time ago, (Bac 1-11 days) my (elderly) parents, who were already nervous flyers, came over from the UK on a Ryanair flight from Luton, and going back, they tried 2 approaches to Luton, but could not get down due to fog, and eventually, they flew down and held near Gatwick, which they could see, but for some reason, they didn't land. After quite some time in the hold, a very foreign voice came on to the intercom, and said "the weather has improved at Luton, and we think we have enough fuel to get back there and land". They went back to Luton, and clattered it on to the runway in what sounded like marginal conditions. It took us 10 years to get them back on to an aircraft again.

A Romanian pilot, who's limited English usage didn't recognise that his "think" was interpreted very differently back in the cabin from the way he meant it.

I read about the romanian pilots back in the early days of ryanair - "now we go at luton" was another reassuring cabin announcement

Skyknight · 26-08-2020 12:59PM

Irish Steve wrote: »

Indeed, finest converters of fuel to noise that ever graced Dublin, but I suspect the modern generations have never heard of them, it was 30 or so years ago.

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Indeed. Absolute ear splitters! Are any still flying?

Not at all ...That honour has to be bestowed on the Trident

RadioRetro · 26-08-2020 01:02PM

Having sampled both aircraft as a youngster I come down firmly on the side of the 1-11 for noisiness. The Caravelle gets my vote for loudest APU when exiting via the rear steps.

L1011 · 26-08-2020 01:06PM

I was told that they used to have to pause graveside orations in Dardistown when a 1-11 was coming in to 28; the only funeral I've been to there was in the 2010s though so I can't confirm that!

Irish Steve · 26-08-2020 01:35PM

L1011 wrote: »

I was told that they used to have to pause graveside orations in Dardistown when a 1-11 was coming in to 28; the only funeral I've been to there was in the 2010s though so I can't confirm that!

Even worse was when they were using 10 for departures, the ROMBAC 1-11's that Ryanair had were fitted with a water injection system used to boost thrust for takeoff, but even then, the initial rate of climb immediately after the wheels left the ground was less than stellar, so the height over Dardistown meant that the 1-11 was felt rather than heard.

PukkaStukka · 26-08-2020 02:40PM

Skyknight wrote: »

Not at all ...That honour has to be bestowed on the Trident

Go again. Try the VC-10. :P

HTCOne · 26-08-2020 02:43PM

If we’re talking loudness I would have the 1-11 ahead of the Trident, but that might be just because they were more common in Ireland with both EI and FR having them.

As a youngster near Shannon I do remember the IL-62 being louder than both, and I heard an RAF VC-10 depart at least 20 years ago in the UK which was deafening.

I’d wager if you were to actually find official decibel measurements, Concorde would be ahead of them all though. It sounded like it was ripping a hole reality.

All the old turbojets were deafening though, DC-8, 707/720, 737 Jurassic. Nimbys these days don’t know how soft they really are. Being able to feel the ground under your feet shake and being able to smell the kerosene from hundreds of meters away, those were the days!

PukkaStukka · 26-08-2020 05:59PM

Concorde was the nosiest of all civilian aircraft but then again it's engines are more of military origin from the Vulcan, albeit with reheat for take off and supersonic flight.

But the loudest conventional turbofan engined bird I've heard was the VC10. It's so loud it's unpleasant

And the loudest "bang for buck" for me is the BAC1-11. Unbelievable that two engines can make so much clatter

26-08-2020 06:47PM

The 1-11 had a “crackle”, which ensured you were fully aware of it. The departure route (I’m talking about the days before SIDS) at Luton off RWY26 as it was in my days, was a long left turn of about 290 degrees, back overhead the airfield and then on to WOB (I think, if it still exists, it’s called WOBUN now). It crossed overhead at around 4000 feet and there were still noise complaints from residents. They were lucky it wasn’t permitted to turn right after take off!

Happy (but noisy) days!

Samsgirl · 29-08-2020 12:38PM

Rescue 117 on the way home from dropping off a transplant patient to Kings College Hospital

30-08-2020 05:33AM

^^^ Which reminds me, I meant to post this, from Wednesday. Rescue 116. I don’t know what the mission was, but I’m pretty certain a Garda helicopter was involved as well

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smurfjed · 30-08-2020 08:58AM

Have a look on Monday for LY971 LY972 from TLV-AUH, history in the making

RadioRetro · 30-08-2020 09:15AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

^^^ Which reminds me, I meant to post this, from Wednesday. Rescue 116. I don’t know what the mission was, but I’m pretty certain a Garda helicopter was involved as well

Report of person in diffficulties in the water. Stood down after person came forward on shore to say it was him and all was okay.

smurfjed · 31-08-2020 10:48AM

ELY971 routing over Saudi Arabia

California Dreamer · 01-09-2020 12:15PM

EI-RJU leaving DUB now. I assume it’s off to join it’s brothers in Canada.

Foggy43 · 01-09-2020 08:03PM

California Dreamer wrote: »

EI-RJU leaving DUB now. I assume it’s off to join it’s brothers in Canada.

It looks like it returned to DUB. It did the same Aug 13. BA are doing this with some aircraft in storage at GLA. Unfortunately some of these Airbus family aircraft are being prepared for the end.

Probably useles info but EI-RJD left DUB and took a few sectors and ended up at Marana (MRJ) north of Tuscon, Arizona.

sweet_trip · 03-09-2020 08:53PM

AirACT 747-4 from Istanbul to Maastricht diverting to shannon

BZ · 03-09-2020 08:57PM

sweet_trip wrote: »

AirACT 747-4 from Istanbul to Maastricht diverting to shannon

Not a divert this is planned stop enroute to US. Flight number is an old one hence showing Maastricht as destination.

spurious · 03-09-2020 08:59PM

sweet_trip wrote: »

AirACT 747-4 from Istanbul to Maastricht diverting to shannon

What do you think would be going on there? Why bypass UK airports?

**edit Just saw the post above. I understand now.

Oops! · 03-09-2020 09:07PM

BZ wrote: »

Not a divert this is planned stop enroute to US. Flight number is an old one hence showing Maastricht as destination.

What is it carrying?

scudzilla · 03-09-2020 09:09PM

Oops! wrote: »

What is it carrying?

Self sealing stem bolts

ED E · 04-09-2020 12:41PM

Three air corps helos over Dublin, training?

Borgo · 04-09-2020 12:48PM

ED E wrote: »

Three air corps helos over Dublin, training?

Yep.

Hotblack Desiato · 04-09-2020 06:21PM

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Concorde was the nosiest of all civilian aircraft but then again it's engines are more of military origin from the Vulcan, albeit with reheat for take off and supersonic flight.

Nitpick : it didn't need reheat for mach 2 cruise. Could accelerate to cruise speed without it as well, but it actually used less fuel to use reheat to get to cruise height and speed quicker.

Tu-144 allegedly needed reheat for supersonic cruise.

But the loudest conventional turbofan engined bird I've heard was the VC10. It's so loud it's unpleasant

Its fans (heh) would never describe it as unpleasant! and those were very low bypass engines to be fair.

Great site about it here: http://www.vc10.net/index2.html

Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

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