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helicopter over Dundrum headed for DunLaoghaire

  • 14-09-2020 09:38PM
    #1
    RobAMerc
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    there seems to be a lot of helicopter activity passing over Dundrum tonight - I presume flying in and out of Baldonnel - headed for DunLaoghaire looks like

    seems to be a Lynx - anyone know a reason ?


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  • #2
    Tenger
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    RobAMerc wrote: »
    there seems to be a lot of helicopter activity passing over Dundrum tonight - I presume flying in and out of Baldonnel - headed for DunLaoghaire looks like

    seems to be a Lynx - anyone know a reason ?
    The AW139s were quite active yesterday. I spotted 3 of them (or perhaps the same one 3 times)


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    RobAMerc wrote: »
    seems to be a Lynx

    No Lynx south of the border.


  • #4
    HeidiHeidi
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    Garda chopper flew over D4 earlier, followed a while later by the AC, and then about 15 mins ago the coastguard helicopter flew past. All headed in the general direction of the coast.

    Highly unlikely to be all related, but that's a lot of chopper action for one morning!


  • #5
    BeardySi
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    No Lynx south of the border.

    Or North considering the RN and Army Air Corps retired all theirs in 2017/18...


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
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    BeardySi wrote: »
    Or North considering the RN and Army Air Corps retired all theirs in 2017/18...

    Ah ok, sorry didn't know whether the Wildcats were deployed up there.


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  • #7
    RobAMerc
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Garda chopper flew over D4 earlier, followed a while later by the AC, and then about 15 mins ago the coastguard helicopter flew past. All headed in the general direction of the coast.

    Highly unlikely to be all related, but that's a lot of chopper action for one morning!

    noticed some helicopter noise myself this morning - but not as much as last night.


  • #8
    Strumms
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    A lot of Glasnevin last night...and other night but last night particularly bad.


  • #9
    Psychlops
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    A Garda chopper flew over D4 earlier, followed a while later by an AC chopper, and then about 15 mins ago a coastguard helicopter flew past. All headed in the general direction of the coast.

    Highly unlikely to be all related, but that's a lot of chopper action for one morning!


    Really? 3 Helicopters is alot? :pac: FYP


  • #10
    Strumms
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    Same now here, same time too, zilch on fr24 again


  • #11
    LXFlyer
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    RobAMerc wrote: »
    there seems to be a lot of helicopter activity passing over Dundrum tonight - I presume flying in and out of Baldonnel - headed for DunLaoghaire looks like

    seems to be a Lynx - anyone know a reason ?

    Could have been a cash convoy to/from the Central Bank mint in Sandyford - it usually gets an "eye in the sky" shadowing it.


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