Category: Foreign Airfield Visit
Dublin (DIT Aviation Technology Centre) – Monday 25th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
After the successful visit to the main purpose of the visit, Baldonnel/Casement~Co Dublin, it was back to the airport. A small diversion to the Dublin-Airport Business Park was made to view a few instructional airframes. Whilst I am sure that it was luck, the Robinson R22 was outside and the others were tightly packed inside. […]
Baldonnel – Monday 25th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
The main reason for the trip to Eire was to visit the Irish Air Corps Museum at Baldonnel/Casement. I have provided the Museum listing as the most interesting part of the report for this forum. However after the museum list, I have left in the military training aircraft so that you can get a full […]
Newcastle – Monday 25th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
Next morning it was up and away at 0700hrs, getting breakfast along the way towards our first destination, Newcastle~Co Wicklow. Arrangements had been made to visit this field, however the owner had said that he may not be available as he was attending a wedding the previous day! The airfield is gated and locked, so […]
Dublin – Monday 25th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
On the second and final day we visited Dublin~Co Dublin in the morning as well as when returning for our flights home. I have split the two visits up for you to view. The request for the afternoon / evening session: Parked at the end of the line with the business jets: A Beech 350? […]
Dolly’s Grove – Sunday 24th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
The final visit of the day, which was also an addition to the original itinerary, was to Saggart-Dolly’s Grove~Co Dublin. This would be a viewing from the road and across the fields. It was well past dusk, however it is fortunate that the L-29 and An-2 were reasonably easy to view. With optics, some others […]
Edgeworthstown – Sunday 24th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
A heads up from a friend who is well travelled in Ireland, confirmed that only one of the four aircraft at Midland Karting & Paintball at Edgeworthstown~Co Longford could be seen from the public area. So a late arrival and chat with the owners allowed us to view the other three within the paintball complex. […]
Abbeyshrule – Sunday 24th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
We moved on to the next field, Abbeyshrule~Co Longford and were able to check in with some aircraft owners who were relaxing with there aircraft in the hangar. Not to be outdone, an extra hangar was opened by an owner who also wanted to show off his machine. The field is split in two parts, […]
Clonbullogue – Sunday 24th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
The next airfield was the location of a well known Parachute Club, Clonbulloge~Co Offaly We checked in at the main clubhouse and permission was given to view both hangars, one on this side of the field, with the other across the runway. It was a nice surprise to see both a Cypriot as well as […]
Kilrush – Sunday 24th March 2019 (John Tomlinson)
Only my second visit to Kilrush – Co Kildare and it had already changed. When I was last here as they were discussing the building of a new hangar and as we arrived I could see that it had been completed. I’m sure that the two original hangars had also been given some TLC, as […]