Flightradar24 Thread

Ted_YNWA

Is this one of the Air Corps?

http://www.flightradar24.com/C252/3df7e8a

Doing laps of Glendalough.

Oscar Bravo

Sure is. that's "Charlie 252". Air corps Casa

nomdeboardie

Air force plane been circling Glendalough for quite some time :P

Edit - didn't read above entries before I posted - independent chance observation!

Ted_YNWA

Had a random zoom around the globe & noticed that there is no airports in North Korea reported. Not really surprised at that, would that be nearly the only one.

Like these kinds of useless facts.

Oscar Bravo

C 130 crossing the country ,west-east,just north of Shannon at this time, reg 90-1796. "GNARL11"

h3000

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

C 130 crossing the country ,west-east,just north of Shannon at this time, reg 90-1796. "GNARL11"

Is the b772 coming into SNN one of the Omni Air planes?

Duffer2010

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Sure is. that's "Charlie 252". Air corps Casa

Unusual to see an IAC aircraft up at this hour.

b757

h3000 wrote: »

Is the b772 coming into SNN one of the Omni Air planes?

Yes;

N918AX CMB586

b757

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

C 130 crossing the country ,west-east,just north of Shannon at this time, reg 90-1796. "GNARL11"

What part of the country do you know by any chance?

stop

Casa doing laps of Glendalough tonight...
http://www.flightradar24.com/C252/3df7e8a

nomdeboardie

stop wrote: »

Casa doing laps of Glendalough tonight...
http://www.flightradar24.com/C252/3df7e8a

...for at least 2 hours (see above)

The country can't afford it :eek::(

Growler!!!

Relax lads, it's acting as a radio relay or "top cover" for an exercise. Interoperability and all that.
Not the first time operating in that area.

nomdeboardie

Maybe there's a threat to the Turlough Hill power storage facility :eek::pac:

Edit: Above comment wasn't there when I posted!

nomdeboardie

Growler!!! wrote: »

Relax lads, it's acting as a radio relay or "top cover" for an exercise. Interoperability and all that.
Not the first time operating in that area.

I've got a WiFi router they could use

Growler!!!

nomdeboardie wrote: »

I've got a WiFi router they could use

Great, there's fup all phone/3G signal in the Glen:D

nomdeboardie

Growler!!! wrote: »

Great, there's fup all phone/3G signal in the Glen:D

WiFi all the way, then

b757

Tabnabs wrote: »

Didn't show up on FR24, but a Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma in military/dark colours just flew over Dublin Bay in the direction of the airport.

French Air Force EC725 Caracal

2778 CTM3055

ciarsd

Growler!!! wrote: »

Relax lads, it's acting as a radio relay or "top cover" for an exercise. Interoperability and all that.
Not the first time operating in that area.

Still at it this morning, man they must be dizzy at this stage

Zcott

Odd one this morning...Andaloujet XQ190 squawked 7700, started descending over 6000fpm, and then disappeared around 15000ft over Turkey. 738.

Edit: apparently landed at Eskisehir.

Edit 2: reappeared and heading back home.

nomdeboardie

ciarsd wrote: »

Still at it this morning, man they must be dizzy at this stage

I think they flew off somewhere before I shut down ~~1.30 or so, but plane must have returned later then. Wonder if there are ground excercises north of the usual suspect (Glen of Imaal)

arubex

Interesting non-CAMBER Omni flight over NI at present; it's using callsign OAE701 but it's actually North American's 767-300 N767NA which is special in their fleet because its details are hidden on FR24.

http://fr24.com/B763 <--- such a vague link it's probably not useful

More useful PF link:

http://planefinder.net/flight/OAE701

I think this is the aircraft that usually operates the 'no comment' Washington - Amman shuttle but today it's showing as originating in Georgia, via Bucharest. An interesting part of the World at present.

Growler!!!

nomdeboardie wrote: »

Wonder if there are ground excercises north of the usual suspect (Glen of Imaal)

In perhaps, not north of:D

nomdeboardie

Growler!!! wrote: »

In perhaps, not north of:D

That's what I would have expected, just assumed that the plane would loop above it rather than where it did (north Glendalough/Camaderry)

Probable gives them better radio coverage operating there rather than above. Orbiting D5 might leave them blind on certain spots by the terrain, whereas orbiting north might reduce shadowing. Plus maybe D5 was activated quite high because of the ordnance being used safer being outside.

fr336

ILS at DUB is cat 1 at the moment - what does this mean?

highlydebased

fr336 wrote: »

ILS at DUB is cat 1 at the moment - what does this mean?

There are 3 types- CAT I, CAT II and CAT III. The reason for any of them being in force is generally to do with visibility at the time. So CAT I is in force when visibility is above 800m, etc. See here for details on why each will come into force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_system#ILS_categories

Ability to fly a CAT II/III approach depends on the airlines certification, aircraft certification and crew certification. And not all airports have the relevant equipment either!

fr336

highlydebased wrote: »

There are 3 types- CAT I, CAT II and CAT III. The reason for any of them being in force is generally to do with visibility at the time. So CAT I is in force when visibility is above 550m, etc. See here for details on why each will come into force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_system#ILS_categories

Ability to fly a CAT II/III approach depends on the airlines certification, aircraft certification and crew certification. And not all airports have the relevant equipment either!

Many thanks. Was just speaking to Aphex on here who's working at DUB and he said visibility is bad there.

Pinch Flat

I think cat I is the most basic of instrument landings ie good visibility but I'm sure someone who does this for a living can put me right!

Edit - so they have!

fr336

Look at this 'Danish Air Transport' masquerading as an Aer Arann/Stobart/Aer Lingus Regional: http://www.flightradar24.com/REA32UR/3e14f11

RE hiring in extra aircraft for summer?

fr336

BA on approach to DUB reported coming a bit close to a hot air baloon.