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Civil Aviation => Aircraft Movements => Topic started by: stcolin on August 09, 2012, 12:05:22 PM

Title: Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145
Post by: stcolin on August 09, 2012, 12:05:22 PM

Sitting in the office here, heard something pretty loud and sounded slow, like the old mail flights you can hear at night.

Anyone any ideas what it was?

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145
Post by: stcolin on August 09, 2012, 12:24:40 PM

Hi Alan,

Definitely a prop, around 1145 this morning.

Cheers

Colin

Title: Re: Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145
Post by: Jake Lewis on August 09, 2012, 01:02:58 PM

Hi guys!

I can confirm, that I heard and seen something matching the description given by 'stcolin' yesterday morning.

The aircraft itself wasn't very big at all, it was a twin prop, and looked dark in colour, it was flying just below the cloud level which was probably about 7,000ft.

Jake

Title: Re: Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145
Post by: Angry Turnip on August 09, 2012, 09:04:11 PM

By the sound of your description Jake,it may have been an AAC Islander/Defender.

Sometimes when they operate at higher altitudes they sound like a much larger aircraft- I have been fooled a few times into thinking it was a Hercules.

Title: Re: Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145
Post by: stcolin on August 10, 2012, 09:29:05 AM

Thanks for the info Alan, guess angrys description makes sense too.

Colin

Title: Re: Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145
Post by: Jake Lewis on August 10, 2012, 11:07:38 AM

Hi again guys,

Absolutely spot on! Of course the AAC Islander/Defender is dark in colour so that would match the colour description and it was a twin prop along with it's relatively small size in the sky.

Thanks AT and Alan. :)

Jake