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Offline Angry Turnip

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Big Freighter in BFS
« on: October 19, 2009, 09:38:26 PM »
Just caught a glimpse of what looked like a large freighter on finals to 25 at BFS.(2105).

Tail had red/blue and engine note (jet) sounded odd-possibly an Antonov???

Too dark to see clearly,but it seemed large to me.
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Re: Big Freighter in BFS
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 09:50:49 PM »
Would it on been ....... http://www.airliners.net/photo/Bluebird-Cargo/Boeing-737-3Y0(F)/1542987/L/&sid=62e0fb56b92273b8b9188eafb18aacaa

Also tonight we have TNT's B737-300 , B757-200 and also a A300B2 !!
The 733 and 752 are arriving from (EBLG) LIEGE  and then the A300B2 from (LFBD) MERIGNAC.

Also tonight we have an ERJ-135 arriving form Glasgow , as flight LNX43AZ
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Re: Big Freighter in BFS
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 01:07:44 PM »
Nope that B737-the tail was much larger and had red/blue on a white backround.
Really frustrating when you can`t get a good look at something coming into to BFS because it gets dark so early now.

Also a couple of out buildings were I live mean I can only get a brief glimpse.
A friend of mine has a SBS system;I will see if he knows what it was.

By the time I found my radio I heard tower giving instructions to an aircraft for stand 5F which is s freight stand,but I don`t know which aircraft she was talking to.
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Re: Big Freighter in BFS
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 01:35:47 PM »
Hi In work so don't have the details but a TNT flight last night on Radarbox was flown by an Iceland Air 757.

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Re: Big Freighter in BFS
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2009, 01:40:49 PM »
Looks like it must have been the Iceland Air B757 as you suggest Canon.

Friend picked it up on SBS at 2040 at 13750 ft descending,I couldn`t see anything else large that was descending around that time.

Aircraft was TF-FIG which I am pretty sure has been into BFS before operating Lourdes Charters.

I thought the tail was a red flash on blue but it`s actually a yellow flash on blue-light in our yard isn`t great :)
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Re: Big Freighter in BFS
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2009, 09:30:26 AM »
Coincidentally Iceland Air B757 TF-FII visited Dublin yesterday morning at 11.00am.
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