Loud aircraft, Belfast around 1145

[stcolin]

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

[stcolin]

Hi Alan,

Definitely a prop, around 1145 this morning.

Cheers

Colin

[Jake Lewis]

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

[Angry Turnip]

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.

[stcolin]

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

Colin

[Jake Lewis]

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