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Shannon - spotting.

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    #302
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    Heard her flying over Wexford and looked her up.

    Took me right back, decades ago I had a couple of trips in a Dove.

    Yes, I'm aged.


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    #303
    Davidth88
    Registered Users Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭Davidth88


    Good lord , memories of growing up around the corner of Northolt

    VP962 was based there then


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    #304
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,060 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    787-9 EI-NEO is departing at 1015.


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    #305
    Ilyushin76
    Registered Users Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Ilyushin76


    Antonov 124 due around 2


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    #306
    breanach78
    Registered Users Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭breanach78


    Ilyushin76 wrote: »
    Antonov 124 due around 2

    Think there is a 747 there too, anyone times of departure of both.


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    #307
    Foggy43
    Registered Users Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    Just to let you know that there is an Antonov An-124 due in to Shannon tonight at about 2245hrs from Baku.
    Reg. UR-82007 Flight No. ADB3852

    For any Antonov followers, the Antonov An-225 (reg UR-82060) is currently in Brize Norton (BZZ). It passed over us in Lodon at 20,000ft this afternoon. We could hear it but there was clouds between us. It has brought helicopters back from Karachi, Pakistan. It's due to depart BZZ this evening so some say. Probably heading back to Kyiv.


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    #308
    TedR
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭TedR


    I was playing golf in Shannon Golf Club this afternoon, some of the fairways are right next to the runways. A cargo 747 spooled up its engines for ages next to the fairway I was on, then did its takeoff run into low cloud, it was absolutely brilliant to be so close!


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    #309
    de biz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭de biz


    Have Ryanair pulled Corfu for July?


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    #310
    Salmon Leap
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭Salmon Leap


    Foggy43 wrote: »
    Just to let you know that there is an Antonov An-124 due in to Shannon tonight at about 2245hrs from Baku.
    Reg. UR-82007 Flight No. ADB3852

    For any Antonov followers, the Antonov An-225 (reg UR-82060) is currently in Brize Norton (BZZ). It passed over us in Lodon at 20,000ft this afternoon. We could hear it but there was clouds between us. It has brought helicopters back from Karachi, Pakistan. It's due to depart BZZ this evening so some say. Probably heading back to Kyiv.

    An-225 left BZZ over 2hrs ago, approaching the Ukrainian border about now.


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    #311
    Foggy43
    Registered Users Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Foggy43


    Shannon is a bit busy tonight. I see an Air Bridge Cargo B747-8 just over Swords heading in to SNN.
    Reg. VQ-BGZ Flight No. RU9438


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    #312
    Board Walker
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭Board Walker


    Wasn't there an An124 headed in last night also at 22.40\?


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    #313
    TedR
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭TedR


    would that Antonov be going out this morning, anyone know?


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    #314
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    TedR wrote: »
    would that Antonov be going out this morning, anyone know?

    Scheduled to depart at midday.


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    TedR
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭TedR


    Thank you
    I heard it go, I was staying near Bunratty. Didnt see it but good loud racket off it.
    Was very pleased with my accidental 747 plane spotting luck yesterday, so the 124 was a bonus


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    #316
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 596 ✭ [Deleted User]


    de biz wrote: »
    Have Ryanair pulled Corfu for July?

    Certainly appears so, I was looking at booking for €13 the other day to fly on the 29th of July but it's gone now


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    #317
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,619 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Jeremy Beagle wrote: »
    Certainly appears so, I was looking at booking for €13 the other day to fly on the 29th of July but it's gone now

    Damn and blast! :D


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    #318
    de biz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭de biz


    Jeremy Beagle wrote: »
    Certainly appears so, I was looking at booking for €13 the other day to fly on the 29th of July but it's gone now

    I guess poor demand,not helped by the uncertainty over digital cert rollout.Disappointing for Shannon but hopefully better times in August.


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    #319
    de biz
    Registered Users Posts: 526 ✭✭✭de biz


    Private 787 due this afternoon


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    #320
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    de biz wrote: »
    Private 787 due this afternoon
    There're loads of 787s in SNN. Nothing special these days ;)


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    #321
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    USAF Sam landing


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    #322
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Refuelled and on its way


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    #323
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,030 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    There're loads of 787s in SNN.
    there aren’t loads of 787’s in BBJ configurations, so it’s unique enough.

    Might even be an old fashioned BBJ in there as well today.


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    #324
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    smurfjed wrote: »
    there aren’t loads of 787’s in BBJ configurations, so it’s unique enough.

    Might even be an old fashioned BBJ in there as well today.
    There was a smiley face there for a reason......


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    #325
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    AN124 due in at 1615 this afternoon with another tonight around 10pm. That will make 4 since Thursday.



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    #326
    washman3
    Registered Users Posts: 3,646 ✭✭✭washman3



    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117691178#Comment_117691178

    Are both still in Shannon.?



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    #327
    BZ
    Registered Users Posts: 705 ✭✭✭BZ


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117696853#Comment_117696853


    Both left earlier today.



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    #328
    jollylee
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭jollylee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117697262#Comment_117697262

    Another AN-124 due this afternoon...


    https://www.flightradar24.com/ADB3907/28aeffec




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    #329
    L1649A
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭L1649A


    Some 50 years ago when I first starting visiting SNN to spot, the go to place was adjacent to the threshold of 24, with just a wire fence between you and the runway. Some weeks ago, I decided to visit again for old times sake, but for the life of me I could not find that spot adjacent to the 24 threshold. Anytime I thought I was getting there, I ended up in front of a DHL premises, and if I attempted to travel any further, I encountered a gate blocking off entry to the airfield. Is it still possible to reach that spotting area ?



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    #330
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118032344#Comment_118032344

    No. It was closed off around 20 years ago post 9/11 when security got much tighter. You used to be able to go past the gate and turn right and you'd be there.



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    #331
    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,363 ✭✭✭cml387


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118032344#Comment_118032344

    There is a dedicated spotting place not too far away, near Lufthansa maintenance.



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