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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #75 on: December 14, 2017, 04:16:58 PM »
1615 - N330MG - AS50 - routing Bellaghy to Glengormley.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #76 on: December 14, 2017, 04:42:02 PM »
1555 - 1600 - HLE23E - G-NIHM - EC35 - lifted from Maze.

1636 - returning to Maze.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #77 on: December 15, 2017, 06:56:18 AM »
El Al B744 4X-ELF[/] just passed over Bangor 06:50 heading NW :)

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #78 on: December 15, 2017, 12:32:15 PM »
1041 - 1047 - G-HWKS - R44.
1152 - 1157.

1020 - 1131 - G-UFCI - C172.
1157 - 1215.

1128 - 1145 - G-JBBZ - AS50.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #79 on: December 15, 2017, 02:12:14 PM »
1409 - EI-YLG - HR20.
1428 - at the southern boundary and on to Dublin.

1343 - 1410 - G-JOYT - P28A.

1406 - G-KENZ - VEZE - out of Ards heading SW.
1429 - seems to be heading back to Ards.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #80 on: December 15, 2017, 02:21:22 PM »
1420 - going over heading NW at FL380:

RCH223 - 59-1510 - K35R.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #81 on: December 15, 2017, 02:23:24 PM »
I was watching that going over from my garden,too far to attempt a pic.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #82 on: December 15, 2017, 02:24:45 PM »
I was watching that going over from my garden,too far to attempt a pic.

Still though, it's good to see them venturing this way.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #83 on: December 15, 2017, 03:00:18 PM »
Not an overflight here but a rare bird these days routing from Reykjavik to Fairoaks picked up 1034 - 1109:

N695MG - Rockwell 695B Turbo Commander of Southern Star Inc.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #84 on: December 15, 2017, 03:35:19 PM »
Another rare, but new one for me, picked up between 1013 and 1031 routing Cambridge to Wick:

N218CS - Cessna T240 Corvalis c/n T24002012 of Cessna Aircraft Co.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #85 on: December 15, 2017, 03:48:25 PM »
1113 - 1128 - on delivery from Reykjavik to Rotterdam and one we my seen in the future:

G-CKUB - Cessna 560 Citation Excel+ c/n 560-6169 of Catreus.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #86 on: December 15, 2017, 04:37:59 PM »
1524 - 1529 - G-AVKK - NIPR

1543 - 1611 - G-UFCI - C172.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #87 on: December 15, 2017, 05:59:28 PM »
Boeing 747 Dreamlifter flew over Belfast about 3.20. Had camera with me but was getting Christmas hair cut, clear skies too. was not well pleased!. Reg N718BA.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #88 on: December 15, 2017, 08:26:00 PM »
Boeing 747 Dreamlifter flew over Belfast about 3.20. Had camera with me but was getting Christmas hair cut, clear skies too. was not well pleased!. Reg N718BA.

Yeah me and couple of boys in the depot saw it went directly overhead with nice blur sky for decent pic also had nice contrails going.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #89 on: December 15, 2017, 09:20:04 PM »
I was watching that going over from my garden,too far to attempt a pic.

Still though, it's good to see them venturing this way.

Agreed,just it would be nice to see them a bit closer.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #90 on: December 15, 2017, 11:04:25 PM »
I was watching that going over from my garden,too far to attempt a pic.

Still though, it's good to see them venturing this way.

Agreed,just it would be nice to see them a bit closer.

makes it even worse that i had just picked up a x2 teleconverter that would have gave me 1200mm. could have got nice and close. problem is that it is manual focus only, so tricky to dial it it. a bit of trial and error ahead and marking up the focus ring. got this from east belfast earlier in the day, it was over irish sea/bangor direction at the time.

https://flic.kr/p/EpSnc5

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #91 on: December 16, 2017, 12:05:22 AM »
Nice one.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #92 on: December 16, 2017, 10:48:15 AM »
16 December

0920 - 1012 - G-BXRO - C206 - paradrops.
1031 - 1125.
1207 - 1235.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #93 on: December 16, 2017, 11:04:38 AM »
0825 - 0857 - SOLWAY01 - G-SGRP - A109.
0912 - 0915.

0920 - 0955 - G-KELI - R44 - as per Smudge entry under Ards.  Last seen headed for North Wales.

1112 - G-UFCI - C172.

1112 - G-CIUY - B06.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #94 on: December 16, 2017, 11:23:50 AM »
1122 - inbound to Donegal from Dublin:

M-CELT - FA7X.

1509 - departed Donegal for Dublin.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #95 on: December 16, 2017, 11:42:00 AM »
1140 - coming dowm from the northwest on delivery routing Keflavik to Exeter at FL250:

5Y-JXC - DH8D - JamboJet.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #96 on: December 16, 2017, 01:06:56 PM »
PM Flights

1153 - 1207 - G-CIIN - C42.
1458 - 1545 - back to Tandragee - seemed to have been round the Mournes and South Down.

1209 - 1242 - G-RVNI - RV6.
1243 - 1304.

1220 - 1240 - G-UFCI - C172.
1328 - 1340.
1420 - 1512.
1533 - 1557.

1314 - 1319 - G-SUCT - R22.

1319 - 1342 - N1033Y - routing to Enniskillen.
1449 - 1507 - Enniskillen to Ballyboy.

1330 - 1336 - G-CCFI - PA32 - routing Ballyboy to Enniskillen.
1451 - 1507 - Enniskillen to Ballyboy

1355 - 1413 - G-AWYL - D253.

1407 - 1450 - G-CIZB - MM24.

1414 - 1415 - G-XZXZ - R44.
1435 - 1443.

1416 - 1421 - G-BIAY - AA5.
1440 - 1450.

1522 - 1538 - G-CIUY - B06.
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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #97 on: December 16, 2017, 03:53:18 PM »
1552 - lifted from Strabane routing to Carlisle:

SOLWAY01 - G-SGRP - A109.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #98 on: December 17, 2017, 12:26:19 AM »
1712 - 1726 - HLE23E - G-NIHM - EC25.

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Re: Overflights - December 2017
« Reply #99 on: December 17, 2017, 12:51:08 PM »
17 December 2017

1250 - heading 344 at FL360:

CTM1017 - F-RAJA - A342.
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