Flightradar24 Thread Part II

EICVD wrote: »

I arrived back on the delayed EI183 just before 11, was kind of hoping we would be late enough to land on 16, we were one of the last to arrive on 28, saw 34 was in use on the way home & was disappointed we weren't delayed a little later

I've landed in dublin about 200 times and only landed on 34 once!!

Reoil wrote: »

What would be unnerving about it?
It's a very common event. Look around Heathrow any time on FlightRadar24...

Big difference between Dublin airport and Heathrow, especially at 5 am when traffic would be low, just seemed a little odd to us. I have travelled that route 2-3 times a year the last 10 years and never seen it happen before.

I guess i watch those aircrash programs too much where they circle the airport to try and solve a fault before trying to land safely , happened my parents once where they had to circle to solve a rudder fault.

EICVD wrote: »

they never fly in circles.....

I take it you don't fly very often then so...

I'm starting to miss my old FMS...... we could easily do circles :)

The orbit pattern is used to fly an orbit (circle) around a given waypoint at a distance from 1 NM to 99.9 NM.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Lufthansa Md11 currently over Blessington at fl6 and about to land in Dublin i reckon...

rare one!

Edit: Some crazy loops being done by all arriving planes to line up with Runway right now!

Just saw it land there - Big beast!

homerjay2005 wrote: »

Lufthansa Md11 currently over Blessington at fl6 and about to land in Dublin i reckon...

rare one!

Any idea's when this three-holer is departing?

Team Breitling Super Constellation over Switzerland
from to http://fr24.com/7B/6361055

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I saw that out at Dublin Airport today - is that just a MD design/configuration, or is there a reason for a third engine stuck on top? Looked most bizarre!

I suppose it looks bizarre these days, when most mainstream planes have a fuselage sitting on top of wings, and the engines slung one or two under each wing.

However the Douglas DC-10, its successor, the MD-11 which you saw, and the Lockheed L10-11 TriStar were all very much mainstream planes 20-30 years ago, particularly I suppose in the States and at big airports like Heathrow and CDG. They all had that design with an engine under each wing and another one with the intake on top at the back, under the fin.

You should search for pictures of the Boeing 727 BTW. There aren't many today, but that was an unusual plane that had all three engines at the back, one on each side of the fuselage, and the other on top.

Anyone going to see -DEO tonight at SNN may want to head up a little bit earlier.

http://www.flightradar24.com/UKL4068/636b25d

Quick stop, should be back out after a hour or so.

UKL4068
Ukraine Air Alliance
An12

FL260.

That AN12 made a gorgeous racket going over Dublin just there.

Trebor176 wrote: »

I heard the Antonov as well. It's not the first one I've heard flying over Dublin in recent times. One had departed from somewhere in the west of England one evening a few weeks back, and headed south over Ireland. I can't remember where it was bound for.

It's a shame there aren't many older propeller freight planes flying over this neck of the woods nowadays. It was always a pleasure hearing them, and, on a clear morning/evening, seeing them.

It is a shame.

Glasgow Prestwick - Dakar, Senegal

Looks like making an emergency landing in Dundee

A 727 coming into Shannon

http://fr24.com/B721/637f8df

N311AG seems to be this guy http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Getty

highlydebased wrote: »

EI-DEO appears to be heading back down to Shannon! Perhaps to have the dodgy text spacing on the repaint fixed

It did a leg to LHR from SNN and is now just out of LHR on its way back - guess it's fully back with EI now and repainted green?