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category dublin | summit mobilisations | news report author Friday April 30, 2004 19:20author by sarian

flat bottomed cargo planes seen heading towards baldonnel comming in over the east coast at very low altitude .planes not using a normal air traffic corridor and are too low to be within air traffic regulations. a sikorsky helicopter seems to weave back and forwards across the route nd along the lengthof the route within minutes of planes passing,very close in terms of air traffic.
could be an security measure against SAMs etc.

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author by soldierpublication date Fri Apr 30, 2004 23:19author address author phone

May I ask what your level of knowledge of military aircraft is?
How many engines did the plane have and were they jet engines or propellors?
Are you sure the helicopter was a sikorsky and not an Air Corps helicopter or ineed one of the garda ones?
With regards to the low flying, military aircraft can fly as low as 500 feet over built up areas.

I also saw them
author by seanpublication date Sat May 01, 2004 02:03author address author phone

They were C17s and it was an H-92 Sikorsky

One big flare up
author by boy niallpublication date Sat May 01, 2004 07:42author address author phone

I doubt very much is this is an anti-sam exercise, since C-17s (if they were C-17s) carry extensive countermeasures of their own: e.g., http://www.efluids.com/efluids/gallery/c17flares_1.htm

re planes
author by soldierpublication date Sat May 01, 2004 17:24author address author phone

Now I know your not telling the truth. The Sikorsky h-92 doesn`t exist yet and the first civilian version was only completed a few weeks ago.
Also, I was talking to an Air Corps pilot who said that c-17s cant land at baldonnel as they`re to big for the runway there.

re:planes
author by soldierpublication date Sun May 09, 2004 01:28author address author phone

just a bump to show everyone your a liar

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