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Knock/Eirtrade thread

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Inbound to knock on Friday between 1300-1400 for scrapping F-HPJB

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hopeso

leex wrote: »

Possibly F-HPJD

https://westernpeople.ie/2020/07/14/knock-airport-expecting-another-big-visitor/#.XzKSHChKiUk

Yes, it is F-HPJD that's due to arrive next. It's currently in Paris.

Joe390

Any word of the arrival today. I'm presuming it's canceled r thered be alot more hype I guess.

eastmayo

Cancelled...if ya look at Google earth ya can see the A380 parked up in knock

Growler!!!

Deleted User wrote: »

Could you PM me a link to the Facebook group, or put up the link here?

Knock Airport - Runwayside!

Im assuming its a spotters group

Joe390

Any new pictures of the a380 at knock or how are they getting on with it. Is the next one stopped altogether or where is it at the moment.

hopeso

Joe390 wrote: »

Any new pictures of the a380 at knock or how are they getting on with it. Is the next one stopped altogether or where is it at the moment.

Someone mentioned yesterday that they have a good start made on the right wing.
The next one, F-HPJD, is still in Paris.

eastmayo

Taken today

hopeso

eastmayo wrote: »

Taken today

Looks like both wings will soon be gone...... Do you know if they have her gutted internally? It probably won't take too long once they get to the chopping stage....

eastmayo

hopeso wrote: »

Looks like both wings will soon be gone...... Do you know if they have her gutted internally? It probably won't take too long once they get to the chopping stage....

Its hard to no but they have been doing alot off work on the inside the last month or so.

g0g

Watched the recent BBC documentary (on youtube) about the death of the 747. It would be great if someone was capturing vids/pics of the process at Knock!

eastmayo

Today's update on A380

[Deleted User]

Took another spin out here last weekend, sad and extraordinary sight for sure.

joujoujou

Heard something big on it's approach to landing (low clouds did not allow me to see what). Some search led me to conclusion that was probably the last flight of TS-INB. Will go there tomorrow or Sunday to look around.

leex

joujoujou wrote: »

Heard something big on it's approach to landing (low clouds did not allow me to see what). Some search led me to conclusion that was probably the last flight of TS-INB. Will go there tomorrow or Sunday to look around.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ts-inb

joujoujou

They are busy, I'd say.

Last Friday:

yew_tree

https://westernpeople.ie/2020/12/16/good-news-for-knock-airport-as-new-project-will-create-100-jobs/

Planning in for new hanger which will accommodate the A380

Masala

yew_tree wrote: »

https://westernpeople.ie/2020/12/16/good-news-for-knock-airport-as-new-project-will-create-100-jobs/

Planning in for new hanger which will accommodate the A380

As matter of interest... what kind of money is involved building same??

Also - so who owns the Hangar??? Knock or Eirtrade??

mickdw

I said this before when we heard they were going to break an A380 but how is it allowable to do that work so close to live runway.
Look at the amount of crap thrown around the place. They are on top of a hill in the west of Ireland. A gust of wind blowing something onto the runway could result in a major incident.
The sooner this hanger is built, the better.

Noxegon

mickdw wrote: »

I said this before when we heard they were going to break an A380 but how is it allowable to do that work so close to live runway.
Look at the amount of crap thrown around the place. They are on top of a hill in the west of Ireland. A gust of wind blowing something onto the runway could result in a major incident.
The sooner this hanger is built, the better.

Fortunately there are hardly any flights at Knock

mickdw

There will be a few from now til january

irishgeo

mickdw wrote: »

I said this before when we heard they were going to break an A380 but how is it allowable to do that work so close to live runway.
Look at the amount of crap thrown around the place. They are on top of a hill in the west of Ireland. A gust of wind blowing something onto the runway could result in a major incident.
The sooner this hanger is built, the better.

A gust of wind blowing it that far is likely to keep it going over the hill.

yew_tree

mickdw wrote: »

I said this before when we heard they were going to break an A380 but how is it allowable to do that work so close to live runway.
Look at the amount of crap thrown around the place. They are on top of a hill in the west of Ireland. A gust of wind blowing something onto the runway could result in a major incident.
The sooner this hanger is built, the better.

No doubt someone from another part of the country will object. Some clown in Wicklow made an objection to a proposed development a few years ago. Mad planning laws how someone the other side of the country can object.

yew_tree

Masala wrote: »

As matter of interest... what kind of money is involved building same??

Also - so who owns the Hangar??? Knock or Eirtrade??

Not a clue, your asking the wrong person. I think a large part of land around the airport was designated an SDZ special zone? I’m not sure if it allows fast tracking of planning or not.

mickdw

irishgeo wrote: »

A gust of wind blowing it that far is likely to keep it going over the hill.

You know and I know that Airports are not run on a 'be grand' basis so that hardly cuts it.
I worked at dublin airport on construction projects and certainly there, there was layer upon layer of paperwork before anything could be progressed. Permit for everything.

BonnieSituation

mickdw wrote: »

You know and I know that Airports are not run on a 'be grand' basis so that hardly cuts it.
I worked at dublin airport on construction projects and certainly there, there was layer upon layer of paperwork before anything could be progressed. Permit for everything.

The "be grand" attitude worked when they built Knock though!

joujoujou

Quite unlikely (however not impossible) to blow something onto the runway, as Southerly winds are there most of the time and their scrapyard is located north of the runway. And they have plenty of heavy shipping containers surrounding the place.

Hotblack Desiato

Hangars themselves can cause issues when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction e.g. at Shannon.

Irish Steve

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Hangars themselves can cause issues when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction e.g. at Shannon.

Long time ago now, but I well remember the hassles of landing on 23 at Dublin when the wind was slightly stronger than normal from around 20, the combination of Hangar 6 and the falling ground north of the threshold made for "interesting" landings in a light aircraft, especially if there was also a 747 on the holding point. A very late go around after a significant upset was a better option than a potentially bent aircraft.

MoeJay

Was Hangar 6 built before 23 closed...? Couldn't have been around at the same time for long?

Hotblack Desiato

Seems so quaint now that light aircraft at DUB was once a thing.

Also runway 23 - must be very long ago if the magnetic pole has shifted that much :pac:

(joke)

Presume 05/23 went around the same time the present 10L/28R was built (I keep calling it 09/27 in my head....)