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Dublin movements, March 1975

Unlike today, when interesting movements are known about in advance or can be notified to other people as they appear, it was very much a case of going to the airport to see what was there.  I didn't yet have an airband radio and relied on visual sightings to identify aircraft and get their registrations.  Sightings from home had to be tied up after the event, assuming that someone else had seen and noted the aircraft involved. 10 March 1975 With an EU summit meeting (probably the first to be held in Ireland) taking place, several interesting visitors were seen: 11+02        JetStar 8      Luftwaffe  16+05        HFB320      HansaJet CM-01       Falcon 20    Belgian AF MM62013 DC-9-32     Italian AF OY-BFC    Learjet PH-PBX    F28   ...