Flightradar24 Thread Part III

Fred Swanson · 22-05-2018 12:42pm

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Locker10a · 22-05-2018 1:02pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

Yes. Strike on at the moment.

Thought so, all flights to/from that direction Spain, Portugal etc all seem to be at least an hour late if not more

Oscar Bravo · 22-05-2018 10:06pm

roadmaster wrote: »

A aircraft currently doing circuits over connuaght out of dublin. According to google it belongs to Jet2, would it be out for test run after maintance?

Jet 2's G-DRTD,it was Transaero's EI-RUI before that and EC-HJQ with Air Europa

Oscar Bravo · 22-05-2018 11:30pm

TOM89D,G-TUIC,Boeing 787-8 just passing Wicklow now on the way into Dublin.

VG31 · 22-05-2018 11:38pm

Anyone know what the TUI 787 is doing operating the PMI flight to DUB? According to FR it is nearly 12 hours late. Is it covering for a cancelled flight maybe?

roadmaster · 23-05-2018 10:32am

Looks like there is the equivalent of a tractor run for Socata TBM700N over the country at the moment there seams to be at least 5 up in the air

Oscar Bravo · 23-05-2018 10:35am

4 TBM-910's out of Shannon together now heading Lands End initially, N930VT,N900JV,N910RW and N910XX

Oscar Bravo · 23-05-2018 10:40am

Couple of aerial surveys taking advantage of the fine weather also.PH-RVS operating north of Waterford and G-MAPY east of Sligo. EI-WMN is also about under the callsign Emerald 024.

willier · 23-05-2018 1:29pm

UA17 United Airlines from London to New York just passed over my house dumping fuel and is currently circling over Lough Derg presumably waiting to land at Shannon.

boccy23 · 23-05-2018 1:47pm

willier wrote: »

UA17 United Airlines from London to New York just passed over my house dumping fuel and is currently circling over Lough Derg presumably waiting to land at Shannon.

As a matter of interest, how do you know it was dumping fuel? Does it simply vapourise?

RocketRaccoon · 23-05-2018 1:57pm

boccy23 wrote: »

As a matter of interest, how do you know it was dumping fuel? Does it simply vapourise?

There's no way it would land with full tanks. It was LHR - EWR so would be full to the gills with fuel.

willier · 23-05-2018 2:14pm

boccy23 wrote: »

As a matter of interest, how do you know it was dumping fuel? Does it simply vapourise?

I saw it approaching at an unusual height (8000ft according to fr24) and the contrails were unusual at that altitude and also not coming from the engines.

Irish Steve · 23-05-2018 2:16pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

There's no way it would land with full tanks. It was LHR - EWR so would be full to the gills with fuel.

Unlikely to have been "full to the gills", a 767 ER can go a lot further than from London to the East Coast. They'd still have been over max landing weight, so that's why they'd have been dumping fuel, to avoid having to do extra inspections and checks after landing and before continuing in service.

boccy23 · 23-05-2018 2:28pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

There's no way it would land with full tanks. It was LHR - EWR so would be full to the gills with fuel.

No, I was just querying what a fuel dump looks like.

RocketRaccoon · 23-05-2018 2:29pm

boccy23 wrote: »

No, I was just querying what a fuel dump looks like.

Oh apologies.
At that level it would look similar to contrails.

boccy23 · 23-05-2018 2:46pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Oh apologies.
At that level it would look similar to contrails.

Thanks. Was there not something about making fuel dumps illegal or did I imagine that!?

RocketRaccoon · 23-05-2018 3:03pm

boccy23 wrote: »

Thanks. Was there not something about making fuel dumps illegal or did I imagine that!?

Never heard of that. Unfortunately it has to be done though.

boccy23 · 23-05-2018 3:13pm

Dreamlifter over us again.

https://www.flightradar24.com/GTI4231/11790077

smurfjed · 23-05-2018 3:16pm

There's no way it would land with full tanks

Why not?

RocketRaccoon · 23-05-2018 3:17pm

smurfjed wrote: »

Why not?

It could damage the aircraft.

smurfjed · 23-05-2018 3:26pm

Why do you say that? You do realise that aircraft must be certified to land at their maximum TAKEOFF weight (minus some fuel)

lambayire · 23-05-2018 3:37pm

I see the now regular 10/28 runway shift has just taken place yet again at Dublin Airport.

So many changes in runway direction the past week or so.

LXFlyer · 23-05-2018 3:55pm

lambayire wrote: »

I see the now regular 10/28 runway shift has just taken place yet again at Dublin Airport.

So many changes in runway direction the past week or so.

They’re not doing it for the sake of it.

The wind does change direction you know! Aircraft land/take off into the wind.

lambayire · 23-05-2018 4:12pm

LXFlyer wrote: »

They’re not doing it for the sake of it.

The wind does change direction you know! Aircraft land/take off into the wind.

I know that. The winds have been remarkably shifty the past few weeks!!:)

LXFlyer · 23-05-2018 4:34pm

lambayire wrote: »

I know that. The winds have been remarkably shifty the past few weeks!!:)

You would be surprised how many people don’t!

fricatus · 23-05-2018 4:48pm

smurfjed wrote: »

Why do you say that? You do realise that aircraft must be certified to land at their maximum TAKEOFF weight (minus some fuel)

True, and in certain emergencies, they would just get on the ground ASAP. However AFAIK if they land over weight, they require an extra inspection, which is costly and time consuming. Better to burn or dump fuel.

smurfjed · 23-05-2018 6:09pm

Boeing Airliner had a very interesting article about this...

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_3_07/AERO_Q307_article3.pdf

marno21 · 25-05-2018 4:43pm

Learjet on approach to Dublin is LX-ONE, Luxembourg Air Rescue (DUK1AMB)

Gaoth Laidir · 28-05-2018 7:50pm

Stobart 3866 Cork-Newcastle currently overflying Dublin in the cruise at only FL150. Why so low for a 1hr 25 min flight? Winds aloft are calm, so headwinds not the answer.

Fred Swanson · 28-05-2018 8:16pm

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