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Offline Tony Kearns

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Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« on: July 21, 2008, 11:10:50 pm »
1 an early visitor HP42 G-AAXF July 1932
2 US aircraft at Shannon is not exactly new C47 41-7764 6 July 1942 ( I know it is not Baldonnel)
3 Aer Lingus Dakotas diverted to Baldonnel due to fog 1950's. Aer Lingus were friends then.
4 Luftwaffe Tornado August 1988 It carries the winged sword of the WW2 unit KG27 on the tail.
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Re: Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2008, 11:07:32 am »
Hey Tony. Surprised you're not in getting photos of the Luftwaffe HH53 knocking around gere the past two days. Impressive machine
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Re: Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2008, 11:48:27 am »
Quote from: Tony Kearns on July 21, 2008, 11:10:50 pm

3 Aer Lingus Dakotas diverted to Baldonnel due to fog 1950's. Aer Lingus were friends then.


Not friends now? What does that mean exactly for the younger members here.
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Re: Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2008, 11:48:56 am »
Quote from: Claudel Hopson on July 23, 2008, 11:07:32 am
Hey Tony. Surprised you're not in getting photos of the Luftwaffe HH53 knocking around gere the past two days. Impressive machine

Whats a German Army Jolly Green Giant doing over here?
« Last Edit: July 23, 2008, 11:58:50 am by Fouga »
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Offline Tony Kearns

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Re: Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2008, 03:37:25 pm »
Quote from: Claudel Hopson on July 23, 2008, 11:07:32 am
Hey Tony. Surprised you're not in getting photos of the Luftwaffe HH53 knocking around gere the past two days. Impressive machine
Hi Claudel,
Just made it as it was leaving even though I told Mick W to instruct them not to leave until I got there, but sure, they ignored us! :banghead:
Did you notice it had about as much smoke as a Boeing 707!
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Offline Tony Kearns

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Re: Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2008, 03:46:10 pm »
Quote from: Fouga on July 23, 2008, 11:48:27 am
Quote from: Tony Kearns on July 21, 2008, 11:10:50 pm

3 Aer Lingus Dakotas diverted to Baldonnel due to fog 1950's. Aer Lingus were friends then.


Not friends now? What does that mean exactly for the younger members here.

Fouga,
Tongue firmly in cheek remark! goes back to when a Miles Magister, Seafire, Anson and Avro XIX had reason to make emergency landings at Dublin AP ( all at different times of course) but were told to get off the runways fast, holding up money making ops. etc :stirthepot:
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Re: Baldonnel ..past visits no.2
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2008, 10:32:55 pm »
Yeah we were up other end of ramp running a PC9 as it went passed. Big machine. Not long back from Afghanistan, soon going for a mid-life O/Haul and upgrade which German crew said will keep it in service till the 2030's. The also said its only problem out there was RPG's

We watched it fly away and the twin smoke trails were visible for most of its flight out.
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