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    #1322
    josip
    Registered Users Posts: 13,907 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Maybe it's bread and butter for everyone on here, but I'll always be impressed by crosswind landings.

    https://news.sky.com/story/storm-pia-video-shows-aer-lingus-plane-battling-50mph-crosswinds-in-birmingham-landing-13035826




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    #1323
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 24,860 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    err.

    https://twitter.com/EamonRyan/status/1738172894528561641




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    #1324
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Yeah I think they’re taking it all a little bit far now…..

    it was nice when the airport arrivals board would show the final flight in as being Santa’s….. but anything beyond that is a bit cringe… because those who it’s aimed at are too young to care…



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    #1325
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Not gonna lie but I was fairly impressed with the view from my hotel room in Stansted last night… and so glad I asked the girl for an apron view room…

    IMG_2357.jpeg
    IMG_2356.jpeg




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    #1326
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,689 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    But but but it's impossible to sleep if there is a plane within a mile of you... 🤣

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #1327
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121553586#Comment_121553586

    Now in fairness, I was woken up this morning by 2 aircraft departing Palanga airport in Lithuania which is about 4km from our house….

    Granted though they were both Eurofighter Typhoon’s departing with full afterburners… which make a bit of a racket…



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    #1328
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,689 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Tsk, they should have a noise abatement procedure for afterburner takeoffs 😁

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #1329
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,840 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121554720#Comment_121554720

    Won't someone think of the poor golfers



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    #1330
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,373 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Ryanair pilot earns their keep

    https://youtu.be/kUTSSsB6MW4?si=__H7qMCtVo2M4zXO

    https://youtu.be/kUTSSsB6MW4?si=__H7qMCtVo2M4zXO


    My weather

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



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    #1331
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,762 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Has anyone noticed that the Google Maps satellite view of Dublin Airport has no planes in it at all?

    Every single gate and stand is empty.

    Seems very unlikely this ever happens in reality, I wonder if they do it deliberately for maps?



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    #1332
    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,678 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969035#Comment_121969035

    Google do it for all airports and also ships - composite photography from multiple passes or just bog standard photoshop. I have no idea why.

    In Dublin, they have photoshopped out the two permanently moored boats on the North quays, resulting in there being a marker for the Cill Airne pub sitting in the water!



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    #1333
    JCX BXC
    Registered Users Posts: 18,167 ✭✭✭✭JCX BXC


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969095#Comment_121969095

    Interestingly when you look at Shannon, there's both an aircraft coming off the runway and an aircraft on stand (A Norweigan Air Shuttle, I see where they got their nickname). Wonder why they don't apply the same standard.

    Seems quite odd to blur out aircraft and ships in fairness. I wonder does the technology blur out planes captured while flying?



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    #1334
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,762 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121969095#Comment_121969095

    It must be a recent enough thing for Dublin, fairly sure until relatively recently you could see loads of planes on the ground.



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    #1335
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 9,840 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    There are/were a few anolmalies of aircraft captured inflight



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    #1336
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,689 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121973741#Comment_121973741

    Usually resulting in weird multicoloured displaced images.

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #1337
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Jesus fcuking H Christ……

    Just got blasted by a double sonic boom from what I can only presume was a QRF from the local Eurofighter Typhoons here in Palanga, Lithuania…. Obviously the Russians are up to something out in the Baltic Sea….

    Scared the absolute be Jaysus out of us!!!!!

    The whole house shook…..



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    #1338
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,689 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Heh, about 25 years ago I was motorcycling down some N-road in the south of France when a pair of Mirages did a low level supersonic pass not far ahead of me. I heard them later! They obviously do (or, did) get away with a lot of stuff there back then.

    Was on holiday in Kos in 2003 when a couple of HAF F-16s did a fast subsonic low level pass not far offshore, they and their neighbour are two NATO nations that like to keep each other on their toes cough

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #1339
    AnRothar
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭AnRothar


    New podcast.

    Should be interesting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVtXAvpJi5o



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    #1340
    EchoIndia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭EchoIndia


    That's a good-quality and interesting production.



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    #1341
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    Very enjoyable :)



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    #1342
    Noxegon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Noxegon


    Very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing.

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



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    #1343
    3d4life
    Registered Users Posts: 862 ✭✭✭3d4life


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIpo3nbdVuM

    Just a clip…to see how things have gone backwards in 35 years.

    I have recollection of a thread for these sort of old clips … but can find it.



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    #1344
    john boye
    Registered Users Posts: 1,532 ✭✭✭john boye


    I don't remember everyone having smartphones in 1989



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    #1345
    3d4life
    Registered Users Posts: 862 ✭✭✭3d4life


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122215372#Comment_122215372

    Yep ! Thanks !

    Looks like my franglaise has taken several steps backwards in the last year :(

    Sorry to mislead



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    #1346
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    I'm a bit of an AV Geek and follow some good vloggers.

    Petter (Mentour) (He's a training Captain on 737) produces really good videos about accidents and has another channell that discusses a lot about the Industry. Well worth a follow

    https://www.youtube.com/%40MentourPilot

    https://www.youtube.com/%40MentourNow

    Josh Cahill, another very good AV Journalist. Produces good videos of everything and anything from flight reviews, to challenges.

    https://www.youtube.com/%40JoshCahill

    Noel Phillips, more light hearted but some good vidoes also. More airline reviews than anything else, does some challenges.

    https://www.youtube.com/%40noelphilips

    Most on here probably aware of the above but for those who aren't, the above are well worth a follow



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    #1347
    breadmond
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭breadmond


    Mentour is great, probably the best of the accident investigation channels out there at the moment. Some interesting videos about trends on the industry too



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    #1348
    AndyBoBandy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 15,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    He is/was a Ryanair pilot based out of Dublin wasn’t he?



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    #1349
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122225785#Comment_122225785

    Think so ye, based out of Girona now. So not sure if he is still Ryanair or if Vueling fly out of there

    Edit - It is predominantly Ryanair so i'll assume he's still with them



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    #1350
    Boardnashea
    Registered Users Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Boardnashea


    I'll be staying in Shannon over next weekend, 22 n 23/6. Is there anything interesting expected into the airport over the weekend (I mean planes, not passengers). I would love to see an Antonov, but I know that's unlikely.



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    #1351
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,273 ✭✭✭emo72


    What's going on with 3 choppers over south dublin



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