Dublin Movements, February 1978

A typical enough winter month, with mostly just general aviation and executive traffic to note. JetStar N95BA was my first sighting of the Garrett TFE-731-powered JetStar II variant, which had seen the production line reopen. Many earlier JetStars would later be re-engined with these turbofan powerplants and re-designated as JetStar 731s. The Canadian Bell 212 visit was noteworthy and I suspect it was based at Cork in support of gas exploration off the south coast. French Air Force Nord 262 serial 107 had been delivered in September 1976, so it was almost new; this type largely replaced the veteran Noratlas in the training role and became a common enough sight in Ireland in subsequent years. Serial 107 served until 2004, when it was withdrawn from use at Chateaudun, though it lingered on there until it was scrapped in 2021.

 

 

3 February

F99/61-ZQ         Transall C160F                                            FM0150 from Baldonnel

G-ASDC             Carvair                                     BAF

N183FJ              Falcon 10                                                     Delivery to USA (dep. 4/2)

4 February

N4641G             Cessna 414

PH-BNF             Beech 33 Bonanza                                       Delivery flight

5 February

EC-CID              B727-200                                                      IB

F-BLLR              SFERMA Marquis

6 February

G-BBOB            Cessna 421B

G-HIGH             Cessna 337

HB-LHR             Cessna 421B

7 February

G-AWMS            HS125

N400CC             Learjet 

8 February

G-AXNB             B737                                                             BY692B

10 February

G-BCUZ             Beech 200

N95BA                JetStar II

13 February

D-CDAX             Learjet

EI-AYW              PA-23-250

G-DJBB             Citation

16 February

D-IAAH              Cessna 402

17 Febrary

C-GOKT             Bell 212                                Okanagan Helicopters

23 February

G-BAXL              HS125

PH-GPL              PA-31

24 February

N10XY                Gulfstream II                        Occidental Oil

25 February

N14CP                Beech 90

27 February

F-BXSR              Beech 200

PH-HAM             PA-34

107/F-RBHN       Nord 262D                                                    FM0382

28 February

EI-BBO               Rallye

G-BAVY              PA-23-250

G-BBZI               PA-31

G-BTHS             PA-23-250

OY-RPF             PA-23-250