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Very large prop plane just passed over Laois heading West

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  • 01-12-2018 12:37am
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    An Ri rua
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    Can anyone comment on what sort of aircraft has just passed over Laois?

    Deafening drone while watching TV. Very like the Hercules transport flights that passed over here in 1991.


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    VG31
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    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057555939/606


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    Say my name
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    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Can anyone comment on what sort of aircraft has just passed over Laois?

    Deafening drone while watching TV. Very like the Hercules transport flights that passed over here in 1991.

    Ukrainian's!!! :D

    (See the flightradar 24 thread).


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    An Ri rua
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    Say my name wrote: »
    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Can anyone comment on what sort of aircraft has just passed over Laois?

    Deafening drone while watching TV. Very like the Hercules transport flights that passed over here in 1991.

    Ukrainian's!!! :D

    (See the flightradar 24 thread).

    Heading East-West. Will be interesting to see what it was. A massive craft.

    Edit:- must be moving assets out of harm's way. Interesting.


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    TCM
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    Russia about to annex Connaught - hopefully.


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    dhaughton99
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    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Can anyone comment on what sort of aircraft has just passed over Laois?

    Deafening drone while watching TV. Very like the Hercules transport flights that passed over here in 1991.

    Are you sure that deafening drone wasn’t Tubridy on the Late Late?


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    Car99
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    The spruce goose probably


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    Say my name
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    Here's one of them on the ground.

    https://youtu.be/TtpLigFcgEg


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    vicwatson
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    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Heading East-West. Will be interesting to see what it was. A massive craft.

    Edit:- must be moving assets out of harm's way. Interesting.


    That aren't that big at all. Props make them sound massive


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    antodeco
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    Were they definitely Ukrainian based? Trying to figure out if they are taking some of our military made equipment from source!


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    RadioRetro
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    Here they are...


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    An Ri rua
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    Quite rare to hear Antonovs on any flight path over the centre of the country, in my view.


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    An Ri rua
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    vicwatson wrote: »
    An Ri rua wrote: »
    Heading East-West. Will be interesting to see what it was. A massive craft.

    Edit:- must be moving assets out of harm's way. Interesting.


    That aren't that big at all. Props make them sound massive

    Thanks. I must have been expecting the larger Antonovs. Definitely massive sound. Methinks some Dipetane might quieten those engines down. Would be less smoky too ðŸ˜


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    pjmn
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    Probably Michael D going home for the weekend (dont tell Peter Casey)....


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    perrier
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    I heard this in rural Wexford last night. I was wondering what the hell it was. Incredibly loud.


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    ednwireland
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    Weird heard something last night in the northwest. Assumed it was rescue 118 but seemed much louder than normal.

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    Psychlops
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    Nothing out of the ordinary, its just a Civillian Cargo Company, they are seen in Shannon on a fairly regular basis these days.


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    Hotblack Desiato
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    There's a lot of aircraft maintenance companies located at Chateauroux so it could well have been ferrying an engine or something.

    Life ain't always empty.



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    EchoIndia
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    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    There's a lot of aircraft maintenance companies located at Chateauroux so it could well have been ferrying an engine or something.


    Both An-12s were en route eventually to Seattle.


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    Truckermal
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    Just passed over my house in Mid Cork now, some noise out of it!


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