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Offline pilatus

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« on: October 19, 2005, 10:26:06 am »
what is the most exotic military aircraft to visit our shores?i heard before that we had a flanker! 'pilot_grin' what other big boys have we had here!?
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2005, 11:06:42 am »
f-18s',F-16's,f-15's,f-14,s,a-10's (a personal favourite),viggens,tornados.........depends what your definition of exotic is,of course the above are just a few of a big list from airshows,j.f.k visit etc. I'm sure a few of the lads on this site will have more exotics examples than the above mentioned...
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2005, 11:08:55 am »
Never heard of a Flanker or a Fulcrum for that matter, there was some Mexican Navy CASA 212's a few months back as was an exotic DC-3 / Basler coversion (Mauritanian Air Force?) sometime this year as well.

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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2005, 11:43:31 am »
shannon can take b52s but did any ever land there!?
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2005, 01:13:07 pm »
MiG's! Sea Kings, Nimrods, Harrier,Tucano,Grob Tutor,C-130's,P3 Orion etc
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2005, 01:16:55 pm »
i havent heard of any MiGs!?what type of MiG?
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2005, 02:37:30 pm »
I may be wrong here,but was there not a fulcrum at one of the air spectaculars??
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2005, 02:42:07 pm »
also....i'm sure everyone remembers the a-10 flying alonside the b-17 (sally-b)...brilliant.
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2005, 05:36:10 pm »
that would be great to see something like a fulcrum flying here,because we used looking at western aircraft not enough russian origin aircraft at all except for that yak52.boy that was a nice looking plane!
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2005, 06:43:05 pm »
Pilatus

Shannon definitely cannot take B-52s - that is a media myth.  They require particularly wide taxiways etc. because of the outrigger wheels under the outer wings.

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Five former French AF Douglas Skyraiders passed thru Dublin airport in 1977 after being sold on the civilian market in the USA.  Technically no longer military but they were very memorable for those who witnessed them.

Shannon Airport hosted some rare military types in the 1950s, when diversions for technical reasons were required.  Among the visitors were a USAF B-47 and I think some F-100s.  It all depends how far back you want to go and what is meant by "exotic".



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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2005, 06:53:18 pm »
Have any F-111's visited Ireland ?

RAAF perhaps ?
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2005, 07:01:25 pm »
BTW Frank .....

'Mauritian Air Force' DC3 ?
Now that would be a rare air force to visit Irl !
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« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2005, 07:58:03 pm »
Mauritanian Air Force Turbo DC-3, 5T-MAH (cn 12543) passed thru Shannon in April 2005.
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« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2005, 09:02:41 pm »
F111's visited during the Air Spectacular Fairyhouse days. Noisy Buggers.
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« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2005, 09:49:54 pm »
Wasn't there an F111 at Salthill a few years back.
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