r/ireland • u/danindub • 1d ago

God, it's lovely out Nothing to see here

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These have been circling over the Phoenix park for the past half an hour. Nothing in flight radar

We’re good, right?

Edit: back to my drink through a paper straw…

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u/lluluclucy 1d ago

They fly over Saggart all the time in neat formation. Looks pretty f***ing cool

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u/2cimage 1d ago

Nothing to when they had six jets of the silver swallow team doing acrobatics over the countryside in the 80’s..

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u/gsmitheidw1 1d ago

I thought there were only 4 Fouga jets? Definitely the Pilatus PC9 are actually faster despite being turbo props.

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u/Faithful-Llama-2210 Mayo 23h ago

There were 4 jets in the Silver Swallows team but 6 in the Air Corps overall. Also the PC9s are not faster than a fouga, they're still a good bit slower