Air support over Dublin

JJJJNR

Anyone see the amount of air support flying over dublin this morning, in the space of about 5 mins, 5 planes flying in close formation passed. They must have been military as I checked flight radar and there was nothing on there.

Morpheus

what kind of aircraft, jet or prop driven?

xflyer

Paddy's day is coming, must have been the Air Corps rehearsing a flypast.

Morpheus

cessna 172s or PC9s maybe?

seamus

As said, Paddy's Day is coming. There are also at least two major state visits this year, so maybe they're training exercises?

concussion

Seems strange to me that PC-9's or Cessnas practicing for a civvie event over a major urban area would have their transponders off. What kind of aircraft were they?

mgmt

Elizabeth is coming.

aido 1976

concussion wrote: »

Seems strange to me that PC-9's or Cessnas practicing for a civvie event over a major urban area would have their transponders off. What kind of aircraft were they?

They practice day in and day out, I live about 5 minutes from Baldonnel, see them every day and also some times at night. As soon as the weather improves they are up and doing their stuff.

concussion

I don't doubt that aido, I was wondering about the lack of a transponder signal.

Dave!

Getting ready to provide support to Libya, since nobody else is interested in doing so...