Dublin Airport Historical Movements

Another winter month with just a few highlights to note.   The appearance of two BA Super VC-10s on training sorties was particularly welcome.   If my recollection is correct, on the 25 th both Gulf Air and BA VC10s were in the runway 24 circuit simultaneously – truly a wonderful sight! 3 January G-BBAH         L-1011                         BA 4 January G-BBAF         L-1011                         BA 8 January 196                  Alouette III                    Irish Air Corps PH-TVD        ...

Not too much of great note this month, though there were a few non-standard visitors, particularly around Christmas time.  The TAROM Il-18s were most likely carrying ships’ crews. Aero 145 G-ATBH was a regular visitor and a smart example of this sleek Czechoslovak-built taildragger. 1 December EI- ASH            Boeing 737-248        Aer Lingus – noted crew-training in this garish livery which it sported for quite a while after lease to Transair Canada   SE-DBT         DC-9-41                     SAS 5 December N780TW         B707-331B                TWA 6 December D-ABES         B737-130 ...

My records for this month are fairly thin, probably due to the shorter days at this time of the year,as well as my not recording routine traffic.  VC10 “Speedbird Victor Mike” was a well-known sight at Irish and British airports, as it was dedicated almost full-time to crew-training.  This was the last Standard VC10 in the company’s fleet. 1 November EI-BBH           Britannia 253F Aer Turas 2 November ( Dublin Port) 12417              CH-124 Sea King        on board HMCS Fraser 12438              CH-124 Sea King        on board HMCS Nipigon 9 November G-ARVM        VC10                      ...