279

279, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

The Garda EC-135 is hard to get shots of so when it crossed the runway today I get this shot. What can I say it was quiet.

G-FBNK

G-FBNK, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Not much to report on the bizjet front but for this citation G-FBNK which Farnbourgh based.in park B there is a VP-BLW a G550 and the N441QS of Netjets also a Gulfy.

TC-JKK

TC-JKK, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

The Turkish flight today was done by B737-700 TC-JKK which is rare as they only have two 700s.

OO-TCR

OO-TCR, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

The former Seagle A320 OE-IAE that was in Dublin has now been painted in Thomas Cook Belgium OO-TCR.The aircraft has been doing engine runs and is due out soon.

EI-RCG

EI-RCG, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

On Friday the Rescue chopper based in Iona did a 28 landing an is seen banking of 28 for Iona.

N262BM

N262BM, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Weston on Saturday morning was quiet apart from this Cirrus 22 N262BM.

YR-BAA

YR-BAA, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Blue Air are the latest airline to start up in Dublin and this shot shows YR-BAA landing 28 on Friday.

In and out in the dark.

The Etihad came in darkness and left in darkness. The shot shows the B777 ready for taxi at 2.30am this morning.The flight was to leave earlier in the day was cancelled due to the crew been out of hours.
The shot was taken by (c) Paul Quinn.

EI-ELA

EI-ELA, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Yesterday in my haste I forgot to show a shot of the new A330 from Aer Lingus EI-ELA C/N 1106 it was delivered on the 7th of April to Shannon.

Three new Ryanair.

Today seen three new Ryanair aircraft delivered to Dublin .Top to bottom shows EI-EKY,EI-EKZ,EI-EMA. All aircraft landed between 1pm and 2pm. But the highlight the B777 of Etihad did not move due to crew hours and only god knows when its leaving if its not gone already.

A6-EYN

A6-EYN(head), originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Its great to see moving aircraft in Dublin again it seemed like for ever but were back you and running.
Etihad was back in today and its rumored that a B777 will be in tonight at 10pm to cover the back log.
This is A6-EYN lining up 10 at Dublin this afternoon.

OM-TVA

OM-TVA, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Travel Services have registered OK-TVA to OM-TVA and was in Dublin this afternoon to bring home Irish troops.

YL-LCF

YL-LCF, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Park outside the hangers was this Strategic A320 YL-LCF.Its ex Smartlynx and Travel Services.

G-BTNR

G-BTNR(3), originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Last but not least was this fine bird.

Manufacturer: Ellis Jwg
Model: DENNEY KITFOX MK3 Year built: 1992
Construction Number (C/N): PFA 172-12035
Number of Seats: Unknown
Number of Engines: 1
Engine Manufacturer and Model: ROTAX 582

Nice color scheme.

G-ASRB

G-ASRB, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

This very old aircraft landed while at Clonbullogue.

Manufacturer: Rollason Aircraft And Engines Ltd
Model: DRUINE D.62B CONDOR Year built: 1964
Construction Number (C/N): RAE/608
Number of Seats: Unknown
Number of Engines: 1
Engine Manufacturer and Model: CONTINENTAL MOTORS CORP O-200-A

D-EARY

D-EARY, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

D-EARY was also at Clonbullogue today.Its a Focke Wulff Piaggio P-149D and is English owned.It carries the name Screaming Eagle.

EI-IAN

EI-IAN(4), originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

The Irish Parachute Club is located in Clonbullogue, County Offaly, in the Republic of Ireland. The IPC was originally founded in 1956 by wartime paratrooper Freddie Bond and began operations at Weston airfield, training several teams for international competition. During the harsh winter of 1962 the IPC was involved in parachuting emergency supplies to snowbound farms in the Wicklow Mountains. The club subsequently operated from a number of locations before establishing a base of operations at Edenderry in 1974, purchasing its first aircraft (a Cessna 172) in the same year. In 1983, the IPC purchased a Cessna 206 and moved to its current location in Clonbullogue in 1988. Recent years have seen dramatic developments, including the construction of hangars and other buildings, the purchase of a Pilatus PC-6 Porter turbine aircraft and the setting of several Irish skydiving records including a fifty one person formation in July 2008. The IPC operates on weekends and bank holidays and offers Tandem skydiving, Accelerated Freefall and static line training programmes.

G-BYSP

G-BYSP, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

With nothing to do but look at a blank sbs screen yesterday I went to Weston to see if anything was flying. There was a couple of Cessna in the circuit and a copper left while I was there. The only real thing of interest was this PA 28-181 G-BYSP which is a 1985 built machine.
Lets hope the ash moves away soon or I,m off to the TRAIN STATIONS.

KLM & LUFTHANSA TEST ASH

Dublin on Ash Thursday., originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

As over 15,000 flights a day are cancelled two airlines in Europe have done tests with there aircraft. This report from Sky News.

Quote

Dutch airline KLM said a test flight the company had flown on Saturday had been successful and there was no damage to the aircraft.

"We hope to receive permission as soon as possible after that to start up our operation and to transport our passengers to their destinations," said Chief Executive Peter Hartman.

Germany's Lufthansa said it flew 10 planes to Frankfurt from Munich, mostly flying at a 'visual level' of 3,000 metres while also testing conditions through to a height of 8,000 metres, company spokesman Aage Duenhaupt said.

"All planes have been inspected on arrival in Frankfurt but there was no damage to the cockpit windows or fuselage and no impact on the engines."

N230QS

N230QS, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

One of the last aircraft to leave Dublin on Ash Thursday was Falcon 2000
N230QS of Netjets USA.

G-NATT

G-NATT, originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

This was a first for me and visited Weston Saturday.

Airframe Info
Manufacturer: Rockwell International Corporation
Model: ROCKWELL COMMANDER 114A
International Corporation ROCKWELL COMMANDER 114A
Year built: 1979
Construction Number (C/N): 14538
Number of Seats: Unknown
Number of Engines: 1
Engine Manufacturer and Model: LYCOMING IO-540-T4B5D

F-GMLU

F-GMLU(HEAD), originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

So we all turned up for the departure of the MD 80 and dont you know it pissed out of the heavens.
What a great country we live in.
F-GMLU left for Romania and from there its going to Kazakhstan ,Korea,Japan,Canada and last but not least a two legged trip to USA.It would be nice to tag along on that trip.More shots on me flickr page, follow link on the right hand side of the blog.

Sunday 4th April at Dublin

First of note was this ETIHAD A330 A6-EYD because it is one of the rare ones that visit.

I may be wrong but it may be its first visit to Dublin.

The next thing of note for me was the two Europe Airpost B737s

Both was parked by the Aer lingus hangers on stand 1 and 2

awaiting service for Air Contactors.The top one is EI-STA ex

Tompson G-THOG and the one below is F-GZTD a ex Easyjet

frame G-EZJW a B737 700.Both will work for Dublin this summer.

On the biz jet front it was very quiet with this Citation G-JBIZ

the only thing of note when I was there.At one point there was

only one biz jet in Park B with  BBJ VP-BZL parked up.

And last but not least was this new B737 from Norwegian.

It was only delivered in the last month.It may have been its first service flight yesterday.

Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (de Knudstrup) (14 December 1546 – 24 October 1601), was a Danish nobleman known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. Coming from Scania, then part of Denmark, now part of modern-day Sweden, Tycho was well known in his lifetime as an astronomer and alchemist.

                         
                                                

TC-ARB

TC-ARB(1), originally uploaded by Colins plane pics.

Turkish biz jets are rare to Dublin so the arrival of this Challenger 300 was a nice surpise.TC-ARB arrived from Kerry and before from Russia.
Arkasair are the owners and the shot shows it landing 28 this morning.

Manufacturer: Bombardier
Model: BD-100-1A10 Challenger 300 Year built: 2007
Construction Number (C/N): 20181
Number of Seats: 8
Number of Engines: 2
Engine Manufacturer and Model: Honeywell AS907-1-1A
Also Registered As: C-FOSW