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Some airplane circling around South Dublin tonight 17/07/14

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  • 17-07-2014 2:04am
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    AnotherRebel
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    Woke me up from my sleep, some sort of airplane circling around area I live in (Dundrum)- must have done about 10 to 12 circuits at least now, just going around.

    Is anybody else awake on boards tonight that can hear this? Please shed some light. Surely commercial flights would not be circling around such a small area in South Dublin. I cannot make out how big the plane is but it has a flashing green light and it is making alot of noise.

    Any ideas on what this might be?


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    Jesus Wept
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    Chinese lantern, go back to bed.


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    dinemo6
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    Think I heard it too in Rathmines.....


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    Dark sun
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    I'm in bed in dublin 12 can hear something something, can't be arsed gettin up to have a look.


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    _Redzer_
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    That's nice.

    Shame this isn't the Dublin forum, so I couldn't tell you


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    jellyboy
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    http://www.flightradar24.com/63.1,12.08/6


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    Dark sun
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    Just seen it but had a white light sounded like helicopter couldn't really make it out flew right over my house.


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    AnotherRebel
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    I can actually still hear it but it has definitely moved further away from me than what it was- perhaps Dublin 6/Dublin 12 area as previous posters suggested.

    Very random.


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    Jesus Wept
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    _Redzer_ wrote: »
    That's nice.

    Shame this isn't the Dublin forum, so I couldn't tell you

    much of a muchness


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    AnotherRebel
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    Dark sun wrote: »
    Just seen it but had a white light sounded like helicopter couldn't really make it out flew right over my house.

    I definitely saw it circle around my place a few times and it had a green light flashing- couldn't make out whether it was a plane or helicopter but I presumed it was a plane because of the roar out of it, it didn't sound like a chopper to me, it sounded like engines.

    I had a look at that flight radar but there doesn't seem to be anything on it circling South Dublin. I can still hear it in the distance however.


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    Witcher
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    Weather balloon..you saw nothing


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    NIMAN
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    You're dreaming, go back to sleep.


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    AliBaba2010
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    It's usually garda helicopters waking me up :P
    If it was during the day I would suggest that its the planes practising for the summer airshows, but not at this time.
    Where I live we've been getting mini shows everyday.


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    Annasopra
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    Is it possibly a practice for the bray airshow on Sunday

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Tabnabs
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    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    Is it possibly a practice for the bray airshow on Sunday

    At two in the morning? :eek:

    Garda helicopter, keeping you safe in your bed OP.


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    Larbre34
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    This must have come up 10 times on this forum in the past few years.

    Occasionally, the Central Bank currency centre on Sandyford Road, beside Dundrum, receives deliveries of blank banknote paper for printing. As this cargo is very valuable, it is flown to Dublin and transferred from the Airport by armed secure convoy, usually at night when a rolling closure of the M50 takes place and the air is patrolled by a couple of Garda or Air Corps helicopters with night vision capability. It was probably them circling around or ahead of the road convoy that you heard.


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