Dublin Movements, November 1978

-
The onset of winter and my own more limited opportunities to document activity see this report a good deal shorter than previous ones.  Items of note included the British Airways BAC 1-11-500 on the 1st and very frequently thereafter. This was on lease from Cyprus Airways and my recollection is that it operated the early evening BA824/5 service almost without fail for weeks on end, albeit this was always in the hours of darkness, given the time of year.  The two TWA aircraft on the 10th were Heathrow weather diversions; the 707 was a freighter and so was not one otherwise to be seen at Dublin, while the TriStar was still wearing its delivery colours, the "twin globes" livery which was being phased out from the mid-1970s on.


1 November
C-FNOR         Gulfstream II
D-CCHS         Learjet 35 
G-AXFE         King Air B90
G-BFWN        BAC 1-11-537        BA815
 
2 November
EI-BFH          Bell 212                  IHL
G-ATPE         HS125
 
5 November
G-AZMY        SF.260
G-BFVP        PA-23-250
N72588        Beech 95 Travel Air
 
7 November
OO-RAP       Aerostar
 
8 November
G-BDYE        HS125
 
9 November
OO-MRT        RC.690B
 
10 November
N792TW        B707-331C            TW622
N81026         L-1011                    TW754
 
12 November
EC-CFA         B727                      Iberia
EI-AWA         Bell 206
G-AYOX        Viscount                 BMA; BD915 
G-BBKN        King Air 90
9J-AEB          B707                      QZ8414
 
13 November
MM62013      DC-9-32                 Italian AF; I2013
 
14 November
EI-ASI            B747-148              EI7940 to Tel Aviv 
G-AYKU         PA-23-250
PH-BAG         Falcon 20

17 November
EI-BDD          PA-34-200 
EI-BDW         PA-31
G-AWVY        BN-2A Islander
G-BASL         PA-28
G-BBGU        HS125                   RM704
G-BGFL         PA-31
 
19 November
D-ABSI         B727-230               LH
EC-CFI         B727                      IB
 
24 November
G-BFDN        PA-31-350
G-CITY         PA-31-350
PH-ILF          Falcon 20             Philips
 
26 November
EC-CBF        B727                    IB
EI-AMW        B707                    Iran Air (leased)
EI-BBB         AC112A
G-BASL        PA-28
9J-ADY        B707                    Zambia AW
 
27 November
G-ASBG       Herald 203          BIA
 
30 November
G-BJCB        HS125
PH-SAT        King Air 200     Schreiner AW

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dublin Movements, April 1978

-
Industrial action by Aer Lingus clerical workers continued and this brought a variety of carriers in to maintain at least a limited schedule. There were of course many charter companies in existence and it was not yet summer, so there was capacity available, I expect. As can be seen, Dan-Air Comets appeared on several occasions and I don’t think the type was seen much more at Dublin, after this flurry of activity. G-BDIU and G-BDIV were former RAF Comet 4Cs and as such were probably a good purchase by Dan-Air, as they had no doubt been well looked-after in their military days. The French Noratlas was visiting on one of their sporadic navigation training flights; 170 was broken up after retirement but its cut-down fuselage pod survived in private hands for many years in Les Regnacs, near Bergerac, in France. 1 April      D-ABEC          B737-130             ...
Read more

Dublin Movements, August 1978

-
The summer months continued to see some interesting general aviation visitors, including a Spanish Cessna 172 and a French Super Cub - the flight to Ireland must have been quite a journey for them and their crews.   The Polish Mi-2 helicopter is the only example ever to have visited Ireland and a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine said that it was in the UK and Ireland as part of a farming machinery sales campaign. In Britain it was used to carry spares to farmers across East Anglia.   Whether this stimulated sales of Ursus Bizon equipment is not known! The Mi-2 was built solely in Poland, by PZL-Swidnik, with 5,497 examples made.   SP-SWG survives in a museum in Germany, albeit wearing false Aeroflot markings. Airliners of note included the El Al 707 - a real rarity for Dublin - and Evergreen International DC-8, which I think was operating for Aer Lingus. Also, the Tarom Tu-154s which I recorded on the 6th and the 20th represented relatively rare appearances here...
Read more

Dublin movements, December 1975

-
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 ...
Read more