Plane?! (Docks area)

Miss Informed

Working away here and I've heard a super loud plane passing by a few times. Looked out the window just now and was surprised to see how low it's flying over the resedential area! Anyone know what it is?! Am I missing something that's worth sacrificing my lunch break for?!

It's an Air Corps Pilateus doing some acrobatics - gone again I think.

intellectual dosser

I can hear it too.

I'm watching Narcos at the moment so every time I hear it I figure its DEA/CIA listening to everyones conversations.

buzz11

Its a high-tech pigeon scarer

Redhairedguy

intellectual dosser wrote: »

I'm watching Narcos at the moment so every time I hear it I figure its DEA/CIA listening to everyones conversations.

Best crack out the tin foil anyway. Just to be safe... :eek:

Miss Informed

Man I miss the airshow. That fear / excitement inducing sound of a military jet overhead - fantastic!

Its gone now but was definitely speedy, was thinking myself that it was flying too low considering the racket of the jet engines, circled by here about 8 times so was getting curious as well..

Storm 10

There is some kind of event taking place in Renmore Barracks today, it was there for that, on every pass over the Barracks it had smoke on, lovely to see and as another poster said I also miss the Salthill Airshow they were great times out there.

snubbleste

They had booming helicopters yesterday and rat a tat a tat a tat shooting practice that you could hear all the way west to Grattan beach

Gadgetman496

Those planes will be out here again on Monday according to the radio.

At least we can rest assured it was not a case that our local para-glider upgraded his mode of transport.

thesandeman

snubbleste wrote: »

They had booming helicopters yesterday and rat a tat a tat a tat shooting practice that you could hear all the way west to Grattan beach

Something like that l would love for an airshow (& groundshow as per rat a tat a tat stuff). Just as long as they don't involve the non-neutral countries .

I'm serious btw.

Storm 10

There will be a flypast of the Docks on Monday as the newest Irish Naval Ship "William Butler Yeats" will be commissioned into the Navy and will be twinned with Galway City, she arrived in yesterday beautiful and pretty big ship.

snubbleste

William Butler Years

gordongekko

Not sure I like this trend of naming our defense ships after poets. Who came up with this idea?

stampydmonkey

gordongekko wrote: »

Not sure I like this trend of naming our defense ships after poets.

Symbolic...Cause they were killer with a pen

howyanow

stampydmonkey wrote: »

Symbolic...Cause they were killer with a pen

No it's because the pen is mightier than the sword!!

Gadgetman496

Flyover the docks today @ 12.30pm

The planes route will be from the racecourse direction, over the G Hotel, over the docks (with smoke) & out over Salthill as they return to Baldonnel.

Boardnashea

They are doing circles over Mervue/Merlin Park right now. Been around about 10 times now. Probably waiting to go in for the show.
I saw the WBY on Sat in the Docks. Yeah, a fine looking vessel.

L'prof

Can hear them out in Parkmore too, i thought we were under attack!

Galway K9

4planes circulating ballybrit and parkmore all mornign now, too, look military .

dastardly00

It's like Top Gun out here in Parkmore for the last while!

Your Face

It begins.

Scruff

that was something different watching them do the holding pattern laps around the racecourse, lovely sound off them.

Moycullen1

I hadnt been aware of this and I just spotted the thread when looking at another post. They just flew over Eyre Square, glad I wasn't up a ladder!

joeKel73

Great to see them circling around Parkmore this morning.

It's a pity they didn't schedule the event at a time that more people/families could attend. But judging from the covered barriers put up around the docks maybe it's a private ceremony. There is always a public interest in any air display.

joeKel73

Video of the flyover;
https://twitter.com/patmcgrath/status/787991902540955648

Mrs OBumble

Galway K9 wrote: »

4planes circulating ballybrit and parkmore all mornign now, too, look military .

The Mayos are invading.

mookishboy

The flying club flying around in their Pilatus noise makers. They are restricted in speed below a certain level because of a tendency to fly into things if they go to fast !

dastardly00

J o e wrote: »

It's a pity they didn't schedule the event at a time that more people/families could attend. But judging from the covered barriers put up around the docks maybe it's a private ceremony. There is always a public interest in any air display.

If they had promoted the ceremony, the usual crew from GAAW would probably have been out in force unfortunately

Storm 10

mookishboy wrote: »

The flying club flying around in their Pilatus noise makers. They are restricted in speed below a certain level because of a tendency to fly into things if they go to fast !

That is one disgusting comment

dastardly00

mookishboy wrote: »

The flying club flying around in their Pilatus noise makers. They are restricted in speed below a certain level because of a tendency to fly into things if they go to fast !

WTF?