AN225 At SNN (21st-22nd May 2013)

vulcan57

Where is she parked?

michaelk744

vulcan57 wrote: »

Where is she parked?

H2

phonypony

Video from RTE http://www.rte.ie/news/player/2013/0521/3536326-worlds-biggest-plane-lands-in-shannon/#page=2

Scone190

I caught it today heres a link to it on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21mkFbph4NI

For any one else interested I got the B727-30 and C130 also from today :

B727-30:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYfp2Vuby3s&feature=youtu.be

United States Navy C130:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4OELS-wOic&feature=youtu.be

kub

It has a Ryanair type colour scheme......anyone knacky out there who could paste the Ryanair paint scheme onto it?

ComeraghBlue

Heres my video from today http://youtu.be/xigr38Out2Y

Ilyushin76

Is there anywhere around the runway to see this fly over head you on takeoff?

Bsal

Having a look at google maps this looks like a good spot if RWY24 is in use

Killinator

Bsal wrote: »

Having a look at google maps this looks like a good spot if RWY24 is in use

It's a fantastic spot especially for heavy aircraft using plenty of runway;)

Razor44

@Scone190 that 727-30 you got on cam, would i be right in saying that its only 1 of 2 727's that got winglets? or are they now common

merisi

Razor44 wrote: »

@Scone190 that 727-30 you got on cam, would i be right in saying that its only 1 of 2 727's that got winglets? or are they now common

Quite common, especially on -100's.

Killinator

merisi wrote: »

Quite common, especially on -100's.

Anyone any updates or is it still due out @10 tonight?

Razor44

merisi wrote: »

Quite common, especially on -100's.

was wondering that i know very little of the 100's got them.

cheers

de biz

Killinator wrote: »

Anyone any updates or is it still due out @10 tonight?

Scheduled to taxi at 10pm for it's home base Kyiv,Ukraine.

Departure may not necessarily be on time.

Scone190

Killinator wrote: »

It's a fantastic spot especially for heavy aircraft using plenty of runway;)

Just letting ye know we went to that spot yesterday and security where not having it and has us out of it within 5/10 minutes, due to previous events where people jumped the fence and damaged aircraft on other occasions. Just giving ye a heads up

islanderre

Cheers for that Scone190,

Do you know if the area close @ the Runway end close to Shannon Aerospace is okay to see the aircraft from????
Will be heading down this eveing from Loughrea and dont want a wasted journey...

JamieIsGod

Door's open now still on stand and crew have entered

leeballs

can some1 please let me no wat time i should get up off my ass and go over to watch takeoff?

Killinator

Scone190 wrote: »

Just letting ye know we went to that spot yesterday and security where not having it and has us out of it within 5/10 minutes, due to previous events where people jumped the fence and damaged aircraft on other occasions. Just giving ye a heads up

Odd,
I've gone there dozens of times and only been asked once why I was there, and they let me be after I explained.

Scone190

Killinator wrote: »

Odd,
I've gone there dozens of times and only been asked once why I was there, and they let me be after I explained.

Yes , we where with people going there for 40 years and who work in atc and we still had to move even after ringing duty manager... I think the idea is there is so many people spotting they want to keep everyone in the one place . I have also never been asked to move only ffor the first time yesterday!!

Killinator

Scone190 wrote: »

Yes , we where with people going there for 40 years and who work in atc and we still had to move even after ringing duty manager... I think the idea is there is so many people spotting they want to keep everyone in the one place . I have also never been asked to move only ffor the first time yesterday!!

Bummer, my plan was to head down there if it was going via 24

Scone190

Killinator wrote: »

Bummer, my plan was to head down there if it was going via 24

Lads try it by all means im not saying not to !! Im just letting you know what happened to us yesterday !!He even mentioned he d get the gardai involved if we didnt move.

Stealthirl

Well I just arrived down and was going to head there about 21:30

Stealthirl

Pretty full here now

MoeJay

Whose is the white 757 with winglets that's parked up?

aw

How much of a crew does it have?

Sterling Archer

Stealthirl wrote: »

Pretty full here now

Standing room only haha , Jaysus tis packed

keith16

Does anyone know where it is flying to or what path it will take? Will it be visible on FR24?

Bsal

Its not visible on FR24. People in Dublin might get to see it soon if the sky is clear enough, as it will be passing to the south over head as it is routeing to waypoint LIFFY.

Scone190

Direct Liffy

hmmm

Kiev apparently - it has just left

robclay26

It was visible on FR24 yesterday over the USA and Canada it then vanished over the Atlantic and failed to reappear over Ireland.

keith16

Bsal wrote: »

Its not visible on FR24. People in Dublin might get to see it soon passing over head as it is routeing to waypoint LIFFY.

Cool, skies are clearish, would love to get a glimpse. Any idea what time it might even be visible over Dublin? Stupid question I know....

robclay26

what is it flight number ADB????

Bsal

It departed at 2200, so I would say about 20 past 10.

Bsal

Flight No. ADB2918

Bsal

You can listen in on the Shannon ATC feed

http://www.liveatc.net/flisten.php?mount=einn2&icao=einn

Bsal

Too cloudy in Dublin to see anything , now for all the photo's and videos.

rainbowdash

Scone190 wrote: »

Just letting ye know we went to that spot yesterday and security where not having it and has us out of it within 5/10 minutes, due to previous events where people jumped the fence and damaged aircraft on other occasions. Just giving ye a heads up

I went down there about 10 years ago maybe, and the army stuck a gun in my face. That was at the height of the peace camps in Shannon and bush coming for a summit etc. but in recent years I never heard of security out there.

highlydebased

robclay26 wrote: »

It was visible on FR24 yesterday over the USA and Canada it then vanished over the Atlantic and failed to reappear over Ireland.

It must not have mode S (or ADS-B or whatever)- it showed over USA because FR24 also uses FAA data but uses ADS-B elsewhere

RadioRetro

Two video clips of her coming in on a local paper website. Don't mind the wind noise in the second, wait for it...

steve french

steve french

Killinator

You'd swear there was an all Ireland on with the queue of people and cars,

Beautiful machine, quieter than I expected but unnaturally big, I have HD footage to work on, will post

I did notice a couple of security jeeps driving around the 06 side of the runway, I'm guessing people were being given the heave ho from that spot

ComeraghBlue

RadioRetro wrote: »

Two video clips of her coming in on a local paper website. Don't mind the wind noise in the second, wait for it...

One of those is mine! Never thought I'd get over 2000 views for it! I mainly concentrate on pictures with the occasional video. Feel very privileged to have seen it.

Zyzz

Does anyone know if it's coming to Dublin any time soon?

merisi

Zyzz wrote: »

Does anyone know if it's coming to Dublin any time soon?

I think the main runway at Shannon is the only one in Ireland that will accommodate it. Perhaps it could land at Dublin when empty. In fact, I don't recall an An-124 visiting Dublin either, though perhaps someone else might know.

urajoke

2 seconds on Google http://www.flickr.com/photos/tearbringer/2232655837/

islanderre

I was down there too last night....was great to see it for real and yes it is very big. Was kinda disappointed with the lack of noise.....damn them high bypass turbines!!!!!

Impressive crowd considering it was a school night and relatively late.

I remember the AN 124 visiting Dublin with a Irish Rail 201 class locomotive engine on board....... seen it for real in Dublin and also on a discovery channel documentary about the AN 124.

Sterling Archer

And that was 21:30
And cars all the way out to the road too