What plane is that up there??

Steyr · 25-12-2009 04:16PM #1

This will help ya!

http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

Merry Christmas!
Dave.

Our man in Havana · 25-12-2009 04:32PM

Good old Air Canada.

Good to see that there are loads of flights today.

Jammyc · 01-01-2010 09:28PM

Even spotted the USAF over Hungary on this last night around 2 am!
See attatchment.

Plowman · 01-01-2010 11:00PM

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Steyr · 01-01-2010 11:54PM

Jammyc wrote: »

Even spotted the USAF over Hungary on this last night around 2 am!
See attatchment.

I see 2 of them there!

Steyr · 01-01-2010 11:55PM

Plowman wrote: »

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Your very welcome.

Jammyc · 02-01-2010 01:36AM

Fantastic stuff. Thanks a million Steyr

Bodhisopha · 02-01-2010 01:54AM

Cool, i'm always wondering where the planes i see might be going.

Thanks.

Jammyc · 02-01-2010 03:08AM

There they are there now!

One just passing over southern England, the other East Germany.

I'd love to know what they're upta!:pac:

refusetolose · 02-01-2010 03:44AM

looks like one will fly over dublin soon enough on the way to new york from belguim

edit: maybe not so close to dublin but somewhere near it

EchoIndia · 02-01-2010 02:48PM

Jammyc wrote: »

There they are there now!

One just passing over southern England, the other East Germany.

I'd love to know what they're upta!:pac:

These may be civilian aircraft under contract to the USAF and using the latter's "Reach" callsign.

As to what they're "up to", the USAF has a large force of transport aircraft and for as long as I can remember these have been active in European and of course Irish airspace, on transatlantic and intra-European transport duties. No great surprise when you consider the major overseas military commitments which the US has at the moment.

Jammyc · 02-01-2010 04:25PM

EchoIndia wrote: »

These may be civilian aircraft under contract to the USAF and using the latter's "Reach" callsign.

As to what they're "up to", the USAF has a large force of transport aircraft and for as long as I can remember these have been active in European and of course Irish airspace, on transatlantic and intra-European transport duties. No great surprise when you consider the major overseas military commitments which the US has at the moment.

Cheers. Was just curious is all.:D

CaptainSkidmark · 03-01-2010 12:17AM

that link entertained me all the way to dublin last night lol

pclancy · 03-01-2010 12:34AM

Nice on Steyr! Good find.

andy_g · 03-01-2010 01:19AM

usaf military airlift command about to pass over rosslare harbour in a few mins. ok guys she's headed for shannon callsign REACH 476

Our man in Havana · 03-01-2010 01:30AM

South of cahir now.

ian_m · 03-01-2010 11:26AM

andy_g wrote: »

usaf military airlift command about to pass over rosslare harbour in a few mins. ok guys she's headed for shannon callsign REACH 476

I didn't think you would be able to see military traffic...

EchoIndia · 03-01-2010 01:06PM

andy_g wrote: »

usaf military airlift command about to pass over rosslare harbour in a few mins. ok guys she's headed for shannon callsign REACH 476

= N351AX B767-300 of Omni International

paddydriver · 03-01-2010 01:17PM

Another Gem from boards.ie...

Can see many hours sat out in the garden with the kids trying to identify what planes are overhead. We are right below one of the flight paths into Dublin.

Thanks OP.

diverdriver · 03-01-2010 02:47PM

They're not military. They're civilian aircraft chartered to transport US miltary back and forth from Afghanistan and Iraq and elsewhere no doubt. There are often several flights a day into Shannon.

biblio · 03-01-2010 03:26PM

I had a look at that site last night, there was quite a few DHL and FedEx planes out in the wee small hours mostly 767s and MD-11s

Our man in Havana · 03-01-2010 03:42PM

Peak time for those guys.

Essexboy · 03-01-2010 06:03PM

Several jet aircraft flew over North Sligo at intervals this afternoon, all headed West.

I counted a dozen before going indoors and saw more later on. We do not see many aircraft in this area so this number is striking.

My first thought was they were American military planes but I thought they usually went via Shannon. Can anyone suggest what they were?

Steyr · 03-01-2010 06:36PM

Essexboy wrote: »

Several jet aircraft flew over North Sligo at intervals this afternoon, all headed West.

I counted a dozen before going indoors and saw more later on. We do not see many aircraft in this area so this number is striking.

My first thought was they were American military planes but I thought they usually went via Shannon. Can anyone suggest what they were?

Could be anything especially US and European Haeavies ( 777, 747 ETC )

searescue · 03-01-2010 08:14PM

Not as many ryanairs showing up as I hear on the scanner?

SR

Danbo! · 03-01-2010 09:20PM

How accurate is this?

I see planes along the taxiway at dublin, so it would seem quite accurate, but this Avro seems to be heading for RWY 11.

Plowman · 03-01-2010 10:50PM

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Steyr · 04-01-2010 02:36AM

Stee wrote: »

How accurate is this?

I see planes along the taxiway at dublin, so it would seem quite accurate, but this Avro seems to be heading for RWY 11.

Perhaps in a circuit to land?

diverdriver · 04-01-2010 10:59AM

Essexboy, the routings change by the day to take advantage of favourable winds etc. Usually a lot of this traffic passes over the Galway area. Sometimes they actually appear in formation, they're so close. But it's all civilian or mostly so. They obviously were a bit further north that day.

Essexboy · 04-01-2010 03:55PM

diverdriver wrote: »

Essexboy, the routings change by the day to take advantage of favourable winds etc. Usually a lot of this traffic passes over the Galway area. Sometimes they actually appear in formation, they're so close. But it's all civilian or mostly so. They obviously were a bit further north that day.

Thanks.
It was the numbers and formation that surprised me - we don't normally see anything like that up here - but I know nothing about aircraft traffic.

refusetolose · 04-01-2010 04:06PM

anyone notice some planes go missing?

i was tracking one that was heading my way a few minutes ago but then it just disappeared

What plane is that up there??

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