Flightradar24 Thread

fr336 · 17-01-2014 5:14pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

any idea who owns it?

Previously in Moscow. Maybe it's a Chelsea owner :pac: Probably not though.

fr336 · 17-01-2014 5:47pm

FR learjet is out and about

http://www.flightradar24.com/RYR1/28cb0a2

homerjay2005 · 17-01-2014 6:05pm

fr336 wrote: »

FR learjet is out and about

http://www.flightradar24.com/RYR1/28cb0a2

spotted that a few times this week, but never that far away. would o'leary use it himself or is it just for engineering purposes, for airports that may not necessarily have direct routes from Dublin?

hard to know where it took off or where it is going, as the routes are not clear on FR24

billie1b · 17-01-2014 6:08pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

spotted that a few times this week, but never that far away. would o'leary use it himself or is it just for engineering purposes, for airports that may not necessarily have direct routes from Dublin?

hard to know where it took off or where it is going, as the routes are not clear on FR24

Generally just engineers to and from different hubs and bases and ferrying parts around, o' Leary uses it the odd time but not too often, he doesn't believe in wasting the fuel on the biz jet if there is a 737-800 going the same place

Fred Swanson · 17-01-2014 6:16pm

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fr336 · 17-01-2014 6:23pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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I'll have you know Luton is a fine part of the world, indeed the best, everyone who's ever been here just moans till they're blue due to not wanting the world and his mother to turn up. Saving its richness for ourselves, we are.

fr336 · 17-01-2014 7:26pm

RYR1 is apparently going at 532mph, yet feels like the slowest flight I've ever watched. I feel like there is an fr24 issue.

fr336 · 17-01-2014 8:40pm

Think the Ryanair learjet touched down at Stansted.

billie1b · 17-01-2014 8:45pm

fr336 wrote: »

Think the Ryanair learjet touched down at Stansted.

Its house is in STN dude

fr336 · 17-01-2014 8:48pm

billie1b wrote: »

Its house is in STN dude

Yeah, I thought either that or Prestwick.

Maybe if I catch it taking off again it'll fly over this way - I see a lot of FR's out of STN fly right over Luton.

homerjay2005 · 17-01-2014 9:32pm

the Beluga is on its way back to Toulouse again from the Hamburg base, presumably delivering another plane.

think its the 3rd delivery there today, they must be churning out some amount of gear from the place.

would all planes have final assembly in Toulouse or is it just primarily the A380?

fr336 · 17-01-2014 9:39pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

the Beluga is on its way back to Toulouse again from the Hamburg base, presumably delivering another plane.

think its the 3rd delivery there today, they must be churning out some amount of gear from the place.

would all planes have final assembly in Toulouse or is it just primarily the A380?

There's a plane inside that plane?! :eek:

KoolKid · 17-01-2014 9:42pm

fr336 wrote: »

There's a plane inside that plane?! :eek:

Would that be Baby Beluga?

homerjay2005 · 17-01-2014 9:47pm

fr336 wrote: »

There's a plane inside that plane?! :eek:

yep, its used to deliver planes to their factories, which are premade elsewhere. for instance the wings could be made in the UK, fuselage in Bremen and the Tail in Hamburg.

the A380 however,needs to come by sea and land, once a week.

fr336 · 17-01-2014 9:51pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

yep, its used to deliver planes to their factories, which are premade elsewhere. for instance the wings could be made in the UK, fuselage in Bremen and the Tail in Hamburg.

the A380 however,needs to come by sea and land, once a week.

Wow. I'm guessing everything on a Boeing is made in the US?

homerjay2005 · 17-01-2014 9:52pm

fr336 wrote: »

Wow. I'm guessing everything on a Boeing is made in the US?

i think boeing has the largest factory in the world, so i assume everything is done there, but they still would need to ship certain things in.

Zcott · 17-01-2014 10:04pm

homerjay2005 wrote: »

yep, its used to deliver planes to their factories, which are premade elsewhere. for instance the wings could be made in the UK, fuselage in Bremen and the Tail in Hamburg.

the A380 however,needs to come by sea and land, once a week.

When two Belugas go into the hangar together they have a special kind of docking mechanism...

smurfjed · 17-01-2014 10:07pm

so i assume everything is done there

Not true, why do you think that they built the huge B747 transporter?

b757 · 17-01-2014 10:09pm

fr336 wrote: »

Wow. I'm guessing everything on a Boeing is made in the US?

You guess wrong.. :P

http://www.newairplane.com/787/whos_building/

Same for every aircraft in production, not just the 787. Parts are built all over the world and shipped to the assembly lines.

fr336 · 17-01-2014 10:10pm

b757 wrote: »

You guess wrong.. :P

http://www.newairplane.com/787/whos_building/

Same for every aircraft in production, not just the 787. Parts are built all over the world and shipped to the assembly lines.

Ahh. Interesting site, many thanks

paulfosters · 18-01-2014 12:22am

whats wrong with Luton ?

fr336 · 18-01-2014 12:41am

paulfosters wrote: »

whats wrong with Luton ?

Nothing much as long as you stay inside the airport grounds :pac:

YbFocus · 18-01-2014 12:43am

fr336 wrote: »

Nothing much as long as you stay inside the airport grounds :pac:

Brilliant

smurfjed · 18-01-2014 6:33am

Built 500ft amsl so its affected by weather earlier than surrounding airports, lousy crosswinds and turbulence on arrival, relatively short runway, single entry taxiways to runway, incredibly irritating immigration personnel, luckily we drive to London for layovers, rather than staying in Luton.

The_Wanderer · 18-01-2014 10:43pm

smurfjed wrote: »

incredibly irritating immigration personnel

As Mary Kenny found out recently. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-was-stripsearched-at-uk-airport-says-journalist-mary-kenny-29897017.html

fr336 · 18-01-2014 11:07pm

The_Wanderer wrote: »

As Mary Kenny found out recently. http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-was-stripsearched-at-uk-airport-says-journalist-mary-kenny-29897017.html

Why would she want to leave Luton?

gumbo1 · 19-01-2014 6:35pm

Anybody know or have an idea as to why EI - REI, aer arran, man - dub is currently head in away from dub, last seen it over carlow! ?

gumbo1 · 19-01-2014 6:35pm

Anybody know or have an idea as to why EI - REI, aer arran, man - dub is currently head in away from dub, last seen it over carlow! ?

Growler!!! · 19-01-2014 6:53pm

gumbo1 wrote: »

Anybody know or have an idea as to why EI - REI, aer arran, man - dub is currently head in away from dub, last seen it over carlow! ?

REI is operating man-cork today. Due to land in cork in 17 mins.

Foggy43 · 19-01-2014 7:05pm

gumbo1 wrote: »

Anybody know or have an idea as to why EI - REI, aer arran, man - dub is currently head in away from dub, last seen it over carlow! ?

Previously on this thread this question like this has been addressed

'Flightradar only has so much coverage - its provided by volunteers with units. ADS-B coverage is much better than the Mode S multilateration (MLAT) but even it has its limits'. Courtesy of MYOB

I dont think that many people have MLAT receivers which track Aer Arran and other aircraft that do not have ADS-B. As a result these flights pop up and dissapear as they fly from A to B. I think once below 15,000 feet they are lost.

Edit: After saying that I think the latest ATR-72's may have ADS-B

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