Antonov AN-225 due into Shannon this Sunday

breanach78

mistermarantz wrote: »

Where are you getting this information from?

Anyone have more info on this?

jazzdude18

Lads, will some of you record it and then upload it?


or anyone from the west?, go down for a nice look.
hopefully someone will record and upload it, cool stuff.

NewApproach

Where are the different viewing areas of the runway?

Killinator

jazzdude18 wrote: »

Lads, will some of you record it and then upload it?


or anyone from the west?, go down for a nice look.
hopefully someone will record and upload it, cool stuff.

I have a vid if it landing last night, it's uploading to youtube now. Will post as soon as it's finished.

Shannon757

going out now.

arubex

mistermarantz wrote: »

Where are you getting this information from?

Much of this sort of non-sched movement information comes from folk involved with the airports or traffic management. As such it is usually taken on trust as there may be ' complications' if sources are revealed.

adam88

Good close up view of it near the control tower. Not sure if it's a good place for viewing of runway etc

breanach78

any one know direction of takeoff?

billie1b

breanach78 wrote: »

any one know direction of takeoff?

UP!

space2ground1

What flightpath will it take leaving Irish airspace? SE over Wexford and on to France?

Nforce

Mriya will depart at 23.00 from runway 24. The call sign is ADB 3495. Destination is Chateau Roux in France

According to EINN facebook page

Jhcx

Just talking to one of the lads there's apparently a 20 minute Delay or so on the 2300 departure. so 23.20.

Tbh nobody knows. One person says 10 other says 11. Another says 11.20 . Would least thought ramp lads would know

AndyBoBandy

billie1b wrote: »

UP!

Are you a pilot?? Surely with that sort or knowledge, your no ordinary joe soap???

Chris_5339762

Just back from Shannon, had a good ole look at it from every viewing angle I could find. With work tomorrow the takeoff is just too late, sadly.

More pics when I get time, but heres a shot of the mobbed scenes at the main viewing area. (I parked on the main road and walked the ~400m)



2km tailbacks to get into the main airport. Best views I got were from the gallery.

B00056718

APU is on now. Would they keep it running for 2 hours?

The_Wanderer

My god. I bet the folk going for a flight departure were wondering what the heck was going on!

fr336

Jhcx wrote: »

Just talking to one of the lads there's apparently a 20 minute Delay or so on the 2300 departure. so 23.20.

Tbh nobody knows. One person says 10 other says 11. Another says 11.20 . Would least thought ramp lads would know

I wonder if the flight crew are liking the attention to their movements or are utterly bemused

highlydebased

B00056718 wrote:

APU is on now. Would they keep it running for 2 hours?

I bet whatever avionics (if any!) that old bird has need some warming up!

AndyBoBandy

fr336 wrote: »

I wonder if the flight crew are liking the attention to their movements or are utterly bemused

I reckon their all in the cockpit watching the voice, and saying feck that, we ain't going anywhere until we see who goes through!!

HeidiHeidi

fr336 wrote: »

I wonder if the flight crew are liking the attention to their movements or are utterly bemused

I wonder if it attracts this level of attention everywhere it goes and the crew doesn't even notice any more!

HeidiHeidi

Andybobandy wrote: »

I reckon their all in the cockpit watching the voice, and saying feck that, we ain't going anywhere until we see who goes through!!

The golf. Surely they'd be watching the golf!

snoopy84

Carnacalla wrote:

Third floor, and yes its publicly accessible, although I've heard (here) that its sometimes closed. Nice quiet relaxing area, spent 2 almost uninterrupted hours up there while stuck at the airport with a flight delayed for 8 ungodly hours.

When it is closed you can just ask a member of staff to unlock the floor it's usually only closed due to them forgetting to open it up in the morning

Jhcx

fr336 wrote: »

I wonder if the flight crew are liking the attention to their movements or are utterly bemused

I was out there with the camera they must feel like celebrities haha

Jhcx

Shannon has been absolutely crazy I'm here watching the car park and it's like gatwick car after car.

longfellow deeds

Left Shannon just after 9 pm,
there's a god bit of traffic around the airport but no problem getting around, the viewing spot alongside the runway is full, you have to walk the few hundred metres if you want to go in there, there is a steady stream of traffic (looking at the plane) in to the airport itself but it's moving along.
Everyone's looking for a decent view but the plane is parked in the middle of the airport where they used to park the troop carriers, so while you can can get a view of it from anywhere you go, there's no particular area you can get close up to it.
There was some action around the plane (airport vehicles etc.) but no lights or anything from the plane itself.
beautiful evening for plane spotting though.

Chris_5339762

Best spot I found was that viewing gallery, or just as you come into the airport itself.

One thing I thought of... if you're around at the Aeropark viewpoint tonight, just make sure your cars are empty. Cars out on the main road will be very, very vulnerable during the takeoff if there are some wily burglars around.

Caovyn Lineah

The best viewing area is beside the control tower, luckily not a lot of people know how to get there. I was there today, there was less than 10 people in the area

Jhcx

Madness lined the rd

chughes

Does it show up on Flightradar24?

Fred Swanson

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B00056718

chughes wrote: »

Does it show up on Flightradar24?

No. Not yet

chughes

B00056718 wrote: »

No. Not yet

Did a poster say earlier that it had taken off at 9pm? Or is it still in Shannon?

Rasmus

I don't usually watch planes fly out of SNN, but do they 'turn on' only before they leave? I have been waiting to see FR108 take off and it's late. (Obviously here to see the Antonov but sure while I'm waiting!)

de biz

D'ont forget she makes an impressive sight taxiing so the SAR area is a good option and less congested.

Just picked up his ATC clearance FL310.

Killinator

Here it is arriving last night, it's a bit dark but it is proper HD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Let7LG9nRW4

Rasmus

chughes wrote: »

Did a poster say earlier that it had taken off at 9pm? Or is it still in Shannon?

I think he meant he took off at 9pm.

B00056718

chughes wrote: »

Did a poster say earlier that it had taken off at 9pm? Or is it still in Shannon?

Still sitting on the ground.

Oscar Bravo

keep right up with the action here on liveatc....100 listeners at the moment on the tower/approach feed , surely a record http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=EINN

B00056718

Some smoke puffs from the engines now.

fr336

Ryanair lining up for takeoff at SNN now

Galway K9

EIN38J coming in now down shannon.

refusetolose

posted by airlivenet on twitter
https://twitter.com/airlivenet

mrsoundie

Which direction is it taking off from?

chughes

A Ryanair flight took off a few minutes ago out over the estuary.

Oscar Bravo

Shes taxiing!

Killinator

mrsoundie wrote: »

Which direction is it taking off from?

She's using 24 according to the shannon FB page which means it's going west.

fr336

CLEARED TO TAXI...REPEAT...CLEARED TO TAXI

TAKE-OFF ETA: ANYTIME NOW

Rasmus

Oscar Bravo wrote: »

Shes taxiing!

are you seeing that on flightradar?

Fred Swanson

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fr336

Rasmus wrote: »

are you seeing that on flightradar?

Probably on the ATC channel like me. It is confirmed though.

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