hurricanemk1c 195 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Well, here is the penultimate leg of this ATWC - doesn't seem to have taken that long this time! Anyway, I was sitting at home relaxing when Clem called. He'd arrived at Cork safely and that meant one thing - I had to take the baton to Dublin. Intensive planning was required, but the time to do that was on the train down the Cork. No problem - the 10:42 ex. Portlaoise is a nice Mark IV set with Wi-Fi, so everything should work out. Plan-G was loaded and the plan plotted. Feels like I've just gone past some of these places....... Yep - following the railway line! The next morning I went down to the airport to collect my aircraft. It was going to be a wet day by the looks of it, but I'm sure 161 would have no problems. An Aer Arann ATR72 is parked next to me Engine started and taxing out Passing a TNT 146 and an Aer Lingus A321 Time to go Lift off Gear cleaned up The weather has cleared up a bit and we head to Cork city centre This is supposed to be where Cork Kent station should be - 165.25 miles from Dublin Heuston station The tunnel out of Cork gives some wonderful sound effects Anyway, when the railway pops out of the tunnel we pick up FS' version of the railway Hmm - not very good is it? Anyway, here is Mallow station, 144.5 miles from Heuston Carrying on This is Limerick Junction - famous for it's flat crossing. It's 107 miles from Heuston and 22 miles from Limerick itself Templemore, 78.75 miles to go A view from the cockpit as the clouds clear Some general shots This is where Laois Traincare Depot should be in Portlaoise, home of the 22000 Class DMU's. 52.5 miles from Heuston Portlaoise itself, 51 miles Portarlington, the join point of the Wesport/Galway lines, 41.75 miles A couple more general shots Weston airport Dublin ahead Journey's end at Dublin Heuston The Museum And over to Dublin Airport Head to head against a 737 An odd approach But down safely The Aer Lingus Retro-Jet Taxiing in And shut down Thanks for viewing folks! Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 What a flight, Kiearan - brilliant idea to combine your 2 favourite themes - Well Done! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Well done Chuck! I agree with Dai, that was a good route to take. We missed you on the final leg home Cheers, Joe Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Yeah - forgot about that this morning! Hope you had fun! Link to post Share on other sites
rosariomanzo 545 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Nice work and beautiful shots! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Found another video of that railtour and the Cork tunnel Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Well done Kieran (Couldn't have been Chuck flying Joe, the pilot was lacking that distinctive beak/nose ) But that railway line seemed awfully deserted to me To bad you missed the on-line event.. we had a blast (hopefully it will be evident in the upcoming video too ) Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 945 Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Nice one Kieran. Not surprising there was a rail theme as well. After having done a low level flight in the Ju 52 way back somewhere when we started the ATWC IV I know how much work and fun they can be...good job in the "Spit". Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
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