Large Aircraft Landing in Baldonnel

Third_Echelon

I work in Citywest, so I regularly see the type of aircraft landing in baldonnel and the size of plane that usually lands there..

Today (22nd Sept about 3.30 pm) I saw a pretty damn big plane landing, which I suspected the runway couldn't cater for.

Looked like a Boeing 757 size. Had what looked like a European flag design on the tail.

Any ideas who or what it was?

Davidth88

Was it the DC8 mentioned in the earlier post ?

Tenger

Davidth88 wrote: »

Was it the DC8 mentioned in the earlier post ?

Negative. I was walking through Tymon Park (templeogue entrance) as it flew out of the clouds over my head at about 1000-1500 ft. Seemed very low to me and was heading in a roughly west nor-westerly direction rather than the usual westerly. (I live beside the basketball area,they overfly regularly)

It was twin engined, whereas the DC-8 is 4 engined. I would say it was more A300/B767 size. Didin't seem as long and slim as a B757/A321. However this could have been the effect of it buzzing me. Coming through the clouds very distinct contrails from the wingtips so maybe not a A300 then.

As it was directly overhead I saw no markings on it.

Morpheus

1st group of guys who were in chad arriving home.
They flew directly to Baldonnel.

Third_Echelon

That would make sense Morphéus...

highlydebased

RWY11/29 is 1828m long, so it will at at push take up to a 767 size, although the 757 is the largest aircraft to have landed at BAL.

cyrusdvirus

Saw her myself, looked like an A300

highlydebased

It was a 752 of Astreaus, somebody gave me the reg but I cant remember it...G-OJIB perhaps

Tenger

Neon-Circles wrote: »

It was a 752 of Astreaus, somebody gave me the reg but I cant remember it...G-OJIB perhaps

Just got it myself from guys on airliners.net:

Astraeus B757 G-OJIB.



Seemed bigger than a B757 to poor little me under it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Third_Echelon

Thought it was a 757 size alright. Didn't realise it was the famous "Ed Force One"....

This is definitely the plane I saw:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Astraeus/Boeing-757-23A/1390467&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=1&sok=keyword_(%5C%27%2B%5C%22Astraeus%5C%22_%2B%5C%22G-OJIB%5C%22%5C%27_IN_BOOLEAN_MODE))_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=1385515

airliners.net wrote:

G-OJIB (cn 24292/219) Ed Force One lining up on Runway 27. Next destination - Perth, Australia. Iron Maiden kicked off their "Somewhere Back in Time" World Tour with a concert in Mumbai. I was lucky to have attended it. Hope Eddie does the same to that airport fence :-)

lostexpectation

iron madien gave the chad guys a lift home?

Tenger

lostexpectation wrote: »

iron madien gave the chad guys a lift home?

One of the Iron Maiden guys is a pilot for Astraeus. They hire the B757 to them for touring.

GeturGun

Cool paint job
:D

Foggy43

Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer with Iron Maiden, is currently a B757 captain. He regularly trains in Cranebank on the BA simulators.
When he first started he trained on the B737 simulator.