A month of two halves, perhaps. The frst half saw little out of the ordinary, though a number of vintage light aircraft visited, in the shape of pre-war DH-85 Leopard Moth G-ACMA (which I think was a more common sight at Cork) and two Miles Geminis. G-ALZG later took up Irish marks EI-BHJ but was destroyed in 1982 in a crash which claimed the life of its owner, Russell Winn. The accident was attributed to structural failure of the tail unit. The Balkan Tu-154 was an early example, with manufacturer's serial 74A-058.
The Alitalia 747 was leased in by Aer Lingus to cover for one of the airline's own 747s and it continued to operate into October as well.
Fuel supply problems at Shannon later in the month saw some aircraft divert to Dublin instead. These were mostly confined to a number of C-130 Hercules as well as some bizjets, for which Dublin's 7,500-foot runway would not have imposed performance limitations. The Saudi Herks were a common sight at Shannon at the time, as they transited en route to and from the USA.
A final aircraft to note, though it was an overflier only, was US Navy C-118B 131616, which overflew Dublin on the afternoon of 22 September at flight level 090, southbound on the airway towards Strumble - most likely on a flight out of NAS Keflavik, Iceland.
1 September
G-APEY V806
G-AVFI Trident 2E BA
G-BDCL AA-5
LN-RLS DC-9 SK
2 September
N93 ET-29C FAA
OY-SBW Caravelle Sterling
3 September
F-BTOV V952 EAS
G-ASXV Beech Queen Air
SE-DAL DC-9 SK
4 September
D-ABEG B737-130 LH
EC-BYG DC-9 IB
G-ARPR/AVFH/AWZR
Tridents
HB-ICO SE210 SATA
N492PA B707 PA
6 September
G-ASLE PA-30-160
HB-VDA Citation 500
N423PA B707 PA
17 September
EI-BCE BN-2A RE
F-BXAJ V952 EAS
G-BCCD Ce.172
G-ACMA DH-85 Leopard Moth
G-ALZG Miles Gemini
G-AYPV PA-28-140
HB-VDD Falcon 10
N100CC G.1159
OY-DNK Beech 35 Bonanza
OY-KGN DC-9 SK
OY-RPM PA-30-160
SE-GLF PA-28
18 September
F-BUQC Robin HR100
F-BXAP Beech 90 (App & go-around
only)
G-AKHW Miles Gemini
G-AZVS HS125
19 September
C-GVVA Learjet
20 September
G-AVXL HS125
N179AR G-1159
N435PA B707 PA
21 September
F-BTML Falcon 20
VR-BGD HS125
9J-AEB B707-351C Zambia A/W
22 September
F-BRUY G-1159 HRH Aga Khan
G-BDOA HS125
23 September
1609 C-130H RSAF
24 September
N435PA B707 PA
25 September
D-IHEF Cessna 414
G-AWNT BN-2A
G-BAVE Beech
100
LZ-BTD Tu-154 Balkan
N830TL G-1159 Time-Life
N901BM G-1159 IBM
N9232R L-100-30 Southern Air
N28728 B707 TW
26 September
F-BLCG B707 Air France
C-GQBH B707 Quebecair
D-ABEI B737 LH
EC-ARC DC-8-52 Aviaco
EC-ATP DC-8-52 Aviaco
EC-CBE B727 IB741
I-DEME B747-143 Alitalia
LN-RLN DC-9 SK
N77SW G-1159
N493PA B707 PA
N767RV BAC 1-11 Revlon
464 C-130H RSAF
28 September
G-ASDC ATL.98 Carvair BAF
N5113H G-1159 Amerada Hess Corp.
29 September
CN-RMB B707 Royal Air Maroc
C6-BDP BAC 1-11 Bahamasair
G-ASKK Herald BIA
GAWGP Cessna 210
G-BBUJ Ce.421
SE-DAU DC-9 SK
PH-MAO DC-9 Martinair
1609 C-130H RSAF
30 September
N410ND Citation
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