Lufthansa sent in a couple of their less-common 727-100s. Their service operated via Manchester on Saturdays and Sundays. Similarly SAS used two of their short DC-9s, which were a rare sight in Dublin. The French Noratlas was on one of their occasional navigation training flights - always a stirring sight and sound. The appearance of executive Convair 580 N76Y necessitated a visit after I heard "Convair 76 Yankee" on the radio that Sunday afternoon!
4 February
G-AZGG King Air 90
6 February
D-ABIU Boeing 727-30C Lufthansa
G-ATPE HS125
9 February
F-BXPT Learjet 23
17 February
G-BEJN RC690
18 February
SE-DBS DC-9-21 SAS
20 February
C-GDHA DHC-6-300 De Havilland Canada
D-ABEC B737-130 LH
G-AXFH DH114 Heron 1B
22 February
123 N2501 Noratlas FM0377
25 February
SE-DBP DC-9-21 SAS
27 February
D-ABII Boeing 727-30C Lufthansa
N76Y Convair 580 Great Lakes Carbon
N102ML Gulfstream II
SE-DDP DC-9-41 SAS
28 February
G-APSO DH104 Dove
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Dublin Movements, January 1977
Another month of slim enough pickings, but some nice visitors nonetheless. Gulfstream C-FNOR was a regular visitor; I think owners Noranda had an interest in Tara mines. N64696 was an ex-United 720 which still wore that carrier's basic (old) livery. This was a re-registration from OO-VGM of Delta Air Transport. It was one of many early Boeings to linger around the Aer Lingus hangars at Dublin for months at a time. It eventually lasted a lot longer than most of the type, as it ended up as an instructional airframe at the Geo T Baker School beside Miami Airport. It was broken up there in 2003.
The Iberia DC-8 freighter was operating possibly the first of a series of scheduled cargo flights. These used to arrive on a Saturday afternoon, with EC-BMV operating all flights in the series. British Airways VC10 G-ARVM was used largely for crew training and while it mostly appeared at Shannon, on occasion Dublin or Cork were used for circuit work as well. It shows how relatively quiet things were, that training jet traffic could be accepted in the circuit at Dublin.
1 January
G-AROI DH104 Dove
N827GA Gulfstream II
5 January
C-FNOR Gulfstream II Noranda Mines
SE-DAT DC-9 SAS
6 January
N8705T Boeing 707-331B TWA
N64696 Boeing 720-022
10 January
49 Mystere 20 French AF c/s FM0060, to Cork
9J-AEB B707 Zambia AW c/s QZ8024
F-BRAR Cessna 310
15 January
D-ABEN B737-130 LH
EC-BMV DC-8-55F IB3741/2
EI-AWY Mu-2
16 January
D-ABKF B727-230 LH
G-ARVM VC10 BA
N4867T DC-8-63CF TIA
SE-DAL DC-9 SAS
24 January
XX507 HS125 CC.2 RAF c/s RR1695
The Iberia DC-8 freighter was operating possibly the first of a series of scheduled cargo flights. These used to arrive on a Saturday afternoon, with EC-BMV operating all flights in the series. British Airways VC10 G-ARVM was used largely for crew training and while it mostly appeared at Shannon, on occasion Dublin or Cork were used for circuit work as well. It shows how relatively quiet things were, that training jet traffic could be accepted in the circuit at Dublin.
1 January
G-AROI DH104 Dove
N827GA Gulfstream II
5 January
C-FNOR Gulfstream II Noranda Mines
SE-DAT DC-9 SAS
6 January
N8705T Boeing 707-331B TWA
N64696 Boeing 720-022
10 January
49 Mystere 20 French AF c/s FM0060, to Cork
9J-AEB B707 Zambia AW c/s QZ8024
F-BRAR Cessna 310
15 January
D-ABEN B737-130 LH
EC-BMV DC-8-55F IB3741/2
EI-AWY Mu-2
16 January
D-ABKF B727-230 LH
G-ARVM VC10 BA
N4867T DC-8-63CF TIA
SE-DAL DC-9 SAS
24 January
XX507 HS125 CC.2 RAF c/s RR1695
Dublin Movements, November and December 1976
My records for these two months are few, so I am combining them in one post. The star sighting for me was the French Navy C-47 on 15 December, which took me by surprise as it made an early left turn out off runway 24 towards Killiney and Vartry. I had not known it was in and it was the first time I had seen one of these silver, white and dayglo machines. Thankfully several more would visit before their retirement in the mid-1980s. Aircraft "23" was originally 17223 of the US Navy, delivered in 1944. After disposal by the French it was bought by Basler for their BT-67 turboprop programme. As N96BF, on 16 December 1994 it crashed on takeoff at Lobito, Central African Rep. and was destroyed.
BCAL 707 G-AYSI was a rare enough vistor to Dublin. This particular machine was later sold to TAMPA Colombia as HK-2401-X but was destroyed when it crashed after an engine failure on take-off at Medellin on December 14, 1983.
17 November
OO-SKF Rockwell 680
PH-PBX Fokker F28 Netherlands Govt.
21 November
OY-BLG Learjet
26 November
G-ASDC ATL.98 Carvair BAF Cargo
15 December
23 C-47A Aeronavale, callsign FYDQD
N888SW Gulfstream II
17 December
G-AYSI B707-373C British Caledonian c/s BR6394
23 December
G-BBAE L-1011 BA
24 December
G-BBAH L-1011 BA
N887PA B707-321B Pan Am
BCAL 707 G-AYSI was a rare enough vistor to Dublin. This particular machine was later sold to TAMPA Colombia as HK-2401-X but was destroyed when it crashed after an engine failure on take-off at Medellin on December 14, 1983.
17 November
OO-SKF Rockwell 680
PH-PBX Fokker F28 Netherlands Govt.
21 November
OY-BLG Learjet
26 November
G-ASDC ATL.98 Carvair BAF Cargo
15 December
23 C-47A Aeronavale, callsign FYDQD
N888SW Gulfstream II
17 December
G-AYSI B707-373C British Caledonian c/s BR6394
23 December
G-BBAE L-1011 BA
24 December
G-BBAH L-1011 BA
N887PA B707-321B Pan Am
Dublin Movements, October 1976
This month was again enlivened by some movements which would have used Shannon but for a fuellers' dispute there. Three different Hercules appeared in my log - two Saudi C-130s and Southern Air's L-100 N9232R. The two Dan-Air 1-11s were operating one-off charters but would in due course become regulars when the airline began a scheduled service from Gatwick.
SFERMA Marquis F-BLLR was a Beech Baron converted to Astazou turboprop power; fourteen of these conversions were produced and in fact this example (or at least its fuselage) survives as a museum exhibit at Montelimar. British Midland 707 G-AYBJ operated a charter for Quebecair. BMA's 707s spent most of their careers out on lease and wore many different liveries. US Navy Convair 141009 on the 25th was visiting in connection with the presence in Dublin Port of the USS Mount Whitney. A visit to the vessel found two Bell UH-1Ns on board: serials 159191 and 159193.
2 October
D-ABEU B737-130 Lufthansa
EI-BBR BN-2A Aer Arann
F-BUYR Beech Baron
G-AWZI Trident 3B BA
G-AXPU HS125
HB-VBL Mystere 20
N410ND Citation 500
N403PA B707-321B Pan Am
N884PA B707-321B Pan Am
N9232R L-100-30 Southern Air
3 October
463 C-130H Royal Saudi AF
C-GQBH B707-123B Quebecair
D-ABFE B737-230C LH
EC-CFE B727 IB
EI-BBG Rallye
G-AOHM V802 BA
G-ATBH Aero145
N424PA B707-321B Pan Am
N214GP Gulfstream II Gillette Corp.
N871D Gulfstream II
OY-KGR DC-9-41 SAS
4 October
EI-AWS PA-34
G-BAYT HS125
9 October
D-ABED B737-130 LH
EC-BIL DC-9 IB
G-AOYL Viscount 806 BA
G-AVFO Trident 2 BA
G-AVPS PA-30
LZ-BTK Tu-154 Balkan
10 October
D-ABEI B737-130 LH
EC-CFG B727 IB
G-AVMR BAC 1-11 BA
N423PA B707-321B PA
N453PA B707-321B PA
N18708 B707-331B TW
11 October
EI-ARS C-54E Aer Turas
12 October
G-ATPL BAC 1-11 Dan-Air
G-ATTP BAC 1-11 Dan-Air
13 October
G-AWMS HS125 Rio Tinto Zinc
G-BCCE HS125
I-DEME B747-143 Alitalia (wet-lease to Aer Lingus )
N18712 B707 TWA
SE-DAL DC-9 SAS
16 October
F-BLLR SFERMA Marquis Air Lorient
G-BAVE King Air 100
17 October
G-AYBJ B707-321 British Midland
18 October
F-BIHY Mystere 20
G-AVFC Trident 2 BA
G-BCGU Jetstream 200 Guinness
19 October
G-AVFJ Trident 2 BA
9J-AEB B707-351C Zambia A/W
21 October
C6-BDP BAC 1-11 Bahamasair
G-BBLI Commander 500
25 October
461 C-130H RSAF
141009 C-131F US Navy Mildenhall
28 October
OO-LFA Learjet Abelag Aviation
G-BCZR Viscount BMA
SFERMA Marquis F-BLLR was a Beech Baron converted to Astazou turboprop power; fourteen of these conversions were produced and in fact this example (or at least its fuselage) survives as a museum exhibit at Montelimar. British Midland 707 G-AYBJ operated a charter for Quebecair. BMA's 707s spent most of their careers out on lease and wore many different liveries. US Navy Convair 141009 on the 25th was visiting in connection with the presence in Dublin Port of the USS Mount Whitney. A visit to the vessel found two Bell UH-1Ns on board: serials 159191 and 159193.
2 October
D-ABEU B737-130 Lufthansa
EI-BBR BN-2A Aer Arann
F-BUYR Beech Baron
G-AWZI Trident 3B BA
G-AXPU HS125
HB-VBL Mystere 20
N410ND Citation 500
N403PA B707-321B Pan Am
N884PA B707-321B Pan Am
N9232R L-100-30 Southern Air
3 October
463 C-130H Royal Saudi AF
C-GQBH B707-123B Quebecair
D-ABFE B737-230C LH
EC-CFE B727 IB
EI-BBG Rallye
G-AOHM V802 BA
G-ATBH Aero145
N424PA B707-321B Pan Am
N214GP Gulfstream II Gillette Corp.
N871D Gulfstream II
OY-KGR DC-9-41 SAS
4 October
EI-AWS PA-34
G-BAYT HS125
9 October
D-ABED B737-130 LH
EC-BIL DC-9 IB
G-AOYL Viscount 806 BA
G-AVFO Trident 2 BA
G-AVPS PA-30
LZ-BTK Tu-154 Balkan
10 October
D-ABEI B737-130 LH
EC-CFG B727 IB
G-AVMR BAC 1-11 BA
N423PA B707-321B PA
N453PA B707-321B PA
N18708 B707-331B TW
11 October
EI-ARS C-54E Aer Turas
12 October
G-ATPL BAC 1-11 Dan-Air
G-ATTP BAC 1-11 Dan-Air
13 October
G-AWMS HS125 Rio Tinto Zinc
G-BCCE HS125
I-DEME B747-143 Alitalia (wet-lease to Aer Lingus )
N18712 B707 TWA
SE-DAL DC-9 SAS
16 October
F-BLLR SFERMA Marquis Air Lorient
G-BAVE King Air 100
17 October
G-AYBJ B707-321 British Midland
18 October
F-BIHY Mystere 20
G-AVFC Trident 2 BA
G-BCGU Jetstream 200 Guinness
19 October
G-AVFJ Trident 2 BA
9J-AEB B707-351C Zambia A/W
21 October
C6-BDP BAC 1-11 Bahamasair
G-BBLI Commander 500
25 October
461 C-130H RSAF
141009 C-131F US Navy Mildenhall
28 October
OO-LFA Learjet Abelag Aviation
G-BCZR Viscount BMA
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