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    #1172
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,900 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    Engine strike - but not a bird! :eek:


    https://twitter.com/breakingavnews/status/1328252407227281408


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    #1173
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Random video I stumbled upon down the youtube rabbit hole.. with a familiar tail seen when the 1st F15 is rolling.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8PLwFtPllk


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    #1174
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    We obviously have a similar YouTube algorithm as that popped up for me 2-3 days ago as well.
    Cool video. Am sure the flight crew in the holding heavies had their cameras out.


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    #1175
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    I'm not joking when I say this, I'd be more than wondering if the Google algorithms are noting the visits to the aviation section of Boards.ie, and putting that into the selection systems on Youtube. Another influence in that area might be whicb browser is being used to access the web, for the same reasons. There's very little that happens on the web these days that both Google and Facebook don't get to know about.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    #1176
    Stealthirl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Stealthirl


    It also popped up for me 2-3 days ago :p

    Anyone check out Dark Skies on YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCwx8xyh6ZlDI5ZQpbIWKnUg

    Some very interesting stuff on there


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    #1177
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,031 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    This is pretty cool, the idea is to replicate the Lindbergh New York Paris flight. But they don’t give a timeline

    https://spiritofstlouis2.com/


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    #1178
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,720 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Stealthirl wrote: »
    It also popped up for me 2-3 days ago :p

    Anyone check out Dark Skies on YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCwx8xyh6ZlDI5ZQpbIWKnUg

    Some very interesting stuff on there

    I do like that channel. Found it about 2 months ago.
    I previously watched/still watch "Military history visualized" "drachnifels" and "military aviation history"


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    #1179
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    yes,Ive noticed those channels being recommended to me. I find some of the videos a bit too "fanboi" for my liking.


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    #1180
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    IAC deliver vaccines to the offshore island my family is from - I've one great aunt full time resident and in the age group so hopefully she got hers today; the rest that are still there are a bit younger

    https://www.facebook.com/arainnmhor/photos/pcb.10158767727196936/10158767717571936


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    #1181
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,499 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Amazingly, pilot, the sole occupant of the plane, walked away with few minor scratches.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gzCWahNikU


    8tfl4h9.jpg

    Witnesses mentioned cross winds at the moment of crash.

    1:30pm local time today, Gliwice, Poland.

    SP-TOF


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    #1182
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,865 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    What's happening with all the Norwegian planes parked in Shannon does anyone know? Waiting to be sold? How long can you leave a plane parked up outside like that?


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    #1183
    Bsal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Landing 01R at SFO, very kai Tak esque

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxLdnrOYSsU


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    #1184
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,900 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1408088966360862723


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    Can somebody identify the planes in this photo? Im intrigued by the larger on between piers. Thanks


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    #1185
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    GBX wrote: »
    Can somebody identify the planes in this photo? Im intrigued by the larger on between piers. Thanks

    that would be the Carvair - car transporter...

    0ad4c2c13d0a5e8fc3ed50c89a7de74f.jpg

    210329132702-02-aviation-traders-carvair-restricted-super-169.jpg


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    #1186
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,900 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    that would be the Carvair - car transporter...
    .........

    I'd seen it before in photos but couldn't remember the name. Thanks Andy


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    #1187
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    GBX wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1408088966360862723

    Can somebody identify the planes in this photo? Im intrigued by the larger on between piers. Thanks

    From bottom left: 2 Boeing 707s, Fokker F27, 3 Vickers Viscounts plus the aforementioned Carvair.


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    #1188
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    AndyBoBandy wrote: »
    that would be the Carvair - car transporter...

    ....

    210329132702-02-aviation-traders-carvair-restricted-super-169.jpg

    Airspeed Ambasaador tripletail?


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    #1189
    GBX
    Registered Users Posts: 11,900 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    RadioRetro wrote: »
    From bottom left: 2 Boeing 707s, Fokker F27, 3 Vickers Viscounts plus the aforementioned Carvair.

    Super. Thanks


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    #1190
    RadioRetro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,090 ✭✭✭RadioRetro


    Stovepipe wrote: »
    Airspeed Ambasaador tripletail?
    Correct.


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    #1191
    Noxegon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Noxegon


    Not a fan of the new Boards design.

    Before it was very easy to see at a glance what you'd read and what you hadn't. Now it requires much more effort.

    Why fix what wasn't broken?

    I develop Superior Solitaire when I'm not procrastinating on boards.ie.



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    #1192
    Irish Steve
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 6,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Steve


    https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117623528#Comment_117623528

    The new system is very much (unfortunately) an ongoing work in progress that does not at present deliver what had been promised. Things didn't go according to plan with the conversion, and a number of issues are still very much outstanding to be resolved. We have been promised that it will improve, but don't hold your breath, the team working on it is not large, and there are a lot more issues than there were supposed to be at this stage.

    The move had to happen for a number of reasons, the main ones being the age of the hardware it was running on, and the increasing difficulty of supporting the original software version that was over 20 years old, and not patchable/upgradeable to the latest versions of the software. The combination of these two issues was resulting in increasingly regular failures of the old system, which were becoming harder to resolve as time went on.

    Shore, if it was easy, everybody would be doin it.😁



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    #1193
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,878 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Hardware it's running on is irrelevant, even if for some reason an install of the software onto new hardware would be difficult, a disk image can always be spun up as a virtual machine on another host.

    But on the upside we've now got zillions of emojis 🙄

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #1194
    Meteorite58
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,817 Mod ✭✭✭✭Meteorite58


    Heard a very loud plane flying over here near Tralee tonight, could tell it was low, thought it might be an Antonov, have heared them a few times but after checking out flight radar turned out to be a Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules at 21,000 feet approx. speed about 360 knts .



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    #1195
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    So it seems a Turkish owned military jet (Gulfstream IV) was found to be packed to the absolute gills with Cocaine in Brazil!!

    6EA9029E-4036-49A7-A030-4EE0754A59FA.jpeg


    seems they stopped to refuel!!




    Aircraft captured by the Federal Police at SBFZ Airport - Brazil…….

    Owner - Government of Turkey…..

    Full of Cocaine.


    Airframe Info

    Manufacturer: Gulfstream Aerospace

    Model: Gulfstream IV  Search all Gulfstream Aerospace Gulfstream IV

    Year built: 1987

    Construction Number (C/N): 1043

    Aircraft Type: Fixed wing multi engine

    Number of Seats: N/A

    Number of Engines: 2

    Engine Type: Turbofan

    Engine Manufacturer and Model: Rolls-Royce Tay 611

    Aircraft

    Registration Number: TC-GVA

    Mode S (ICAO24) Code: 4B9EC1

    Current Status: Registered

    Owner

    Owner: Turkish Air Force

    Address: Turkey


    As far as we know it was a Tech stop for refueling at SBFZ Airport, police is starting to dig deeper about all the info’s, but it’s not going to release the investigation for now….



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    #1196
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,897 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    An IL-112V has crashed in the Moscow region after what looks like its starboard engine caught fire.


    Apparently 3 souls on board - RIP


    https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1427557666981830657?s=20



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    #1197
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,499 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9897843/US-Air-Force-crams-800-C-17-jet-Kabul-Taliban-takes-over.html#i-7b90850f74d479b3

    Shocking desperation.

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    #1198
    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    The balls on this guy

    https://twitter.com/redbull/status/1434142367674732553




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    #1199
    smurfjed
    Registered Users Posts: 10,031 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    0FCAC6DB-4C6F-458C-A84A-378C39AF659C.jpeg
    696922C5-CDD1-458D-BD3F-88784CD2CA5B.jpeg

    Through the ages :):)



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    #1200
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,499 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Thought that's L410 turbolet, but after a while I'm convinced it's not. Any ideas?

    Untitled Image

    Edit: never mind, found it:

    https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/192304047/n105wm-1978-mitsubishi-mu-2n



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    #1201
    thomasj
    Registered Users Posts: 4,785 ✭✭✭thomasj


    "flight calibration services " causing a bit of a racket over Blanch late last night . Even with it so cloudy you could get a clear view of it. It flew over me a couple of times when I was walking home last night

    Screenshot_2021-10-14-01-25-36-22_8a6ce7ef6b1c5341b022b20d7fbb4b6e.jpg




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