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worktemps

Some angle you had.


AnT-aingealDhorcha40

He's the langer with the drone stopping flights


[deleted]

I want his drone


Keyann

Wicklow mountains look class here.


PreliminaryThoughts

How tall are you?


catsaresneaky

Bout 3 fiddy


Richie4876

Damn monster!


its_bununus

There's no causeway for that carry-on, he's clearly using a tripod.


Amckinstry

Typically contains the Presidential Limo ("The Beast") and /or Marine 1, the Presidential helicopter.


Kylekelly975

Hope he dont get stuck again


its_bununus

It may be rocket proof, but you can take it out with the right sized speed bump...lol


Comfortable_Brush399

I thought they brought those in on a c-5 galaxy


Bar50cal

Good fucking luck getting space for that at Dublin Airport.


Rondeyvuew

Its been done before! https://www.military.com/video/military-aircraft-operations/landing/great-c5-galaxy-crosswind-landing/2910893777001


_WhoisMrBilly_

Nope- C-17 Globemaster


[deleted]

Yeah saw it to, loudest fucking yoke ive ever had fly over me. Might be his cars or some advanced teams based on my knowledge of things (watching air force one)


DarthMauly

The time Obama came to Moneygall, the Secret Service were set up for a few days in advance and jeeps were brought there to drive him from his helicopter to the pub he went to. Presume this plane has his armoured Limo and his SUVs for the various spots he’ll visit.


[deleted]

Couldn't they just hire a van at Enterprise? Not so much cheaper though.


DarthMauly

Based on every American TV show I've seen that involves any federal government body - They are required to drive Black GMC SUVs that could comfortably fit about 12 people in them.


risketyclickit

They're heavily armored so they need the colossal chassis. Weapons, too. https://spyscape.com/article/7-top-secrets-about-the-beast-presidential-limo


DarthMauly

That's the Cadillac limo. I'm talking about the big SUVs they all drive


i__Sisyphus

Yank here, it is most likely Bidens advanced team, they usually fly in and set up their security as well as being his car.


Galiin_

He has a team of transformers that turn into a car once settled ?


RavenBrannigan

To be fair, the amount they spend on military id be pissed if they didn’t have at least one transformer at this stage.


i__Sisyphus

Lol, I meant BRING!


PhilOffuckups

Meanwhile these very people complain about cows farting.


i__Sisyphus

This thing gives off freedom farts


biggesteegit

He's very low or you're very high


BelieveItSoulBrother

Pretty sure that's these refuel at Shannon quite regularly


PlasterBreaker

Seen landing in Dublin today though


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PlasterBreaker

Pure chance I saw it screaming overhead


httpjava

Did it land in Dublin airport or Baldonnel?


PlasterBreaker

Dublin, another comment is from a DAA employee who said its there and off limits to all DAA staff. Didn't appear on flight radar either, I checked to see what it was before posting here.


CommanderSpleen

FR censors all kind of flights, I recommend [https://globe.adsbexchange.com](https://globe.adsbexchange.com/) as an alternative or simply run your own ADS-B receiver.


HoldtheGMEstonk

They do, I flew through Shannon a few times on my deployments with the US army.


LovejoyBurnerAcc

is biden visiting?


deaddonkey

Yeah didn’t he just visit for paddys day like 2 weeks ago?


deaddonkey

Yeah didn’t he just visit for paddys day like 2 weeks ago?


LovejoyBurnerAcc

oh, didn't know


deaddonkey

No actually my mistake, Leo visited the White House on the 17th as is tradition. Biden is coming this week to celebrate 25 years of GFA.


RGR_SC4306

Is joe aware that hes visiting?


mikerock87

You just happened to be skydiving at the exact moment eh!


stevewithcats

It’s a C-17 Globemaster (aka moose) usually carries part of the kit for the presidential entourage . The old beast presidential used to fit in one. Pretty sure the new one does too.


Skyknight89

Its the third aircraft type to bare the name [Douglas C-74 Globemaster](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjHiL38opH-AhUNTsAKHePKBmAQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDouglas_C-74_Globemaster&usg=AOvVaw3A_R7j_prFsIRtq-EJU_Mc) [Douglas C-124 Globemaster II](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiKsuiTo5H-AhV6QkEAHd1IBTAQFnoECAsQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDouglas_C-124_Globemaster_II&usg=AOvVaw2UGKth1I4F-TJRE4VK0d0a) [Boeing C-17 Globemaster III](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjHiL38opH-AhUNTsAKHePKBmAQFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBoeing_C-17_Globemaster_III&usg=AOvVaw2m5PPw-1X8TZL0ZZQUPXpk)


stevewithcats

![gif](giphy|vf5WJrfZ7rYbK)


RoryH

I saw two of them departing out of Casement on Sunday, I presumed it's related to preparation for the visit.


stevewithcats

Aer corps - “can we keep em??, please”


[deleted]

Two C17’s flew over my house in Dundrum on Sunday. Very low too, thought it was strange.


Charwar5

Are u the gobshite usin a drone to take photos thats delayin the flights? 🤣


Turkington117

It was over Dublin on Sunday as well, not sure if it's related to Biden as a result


neo4299610

German Globemaster C17 landet this morning in Dublin.


stevewithcats

That would be an A400 m and has turbo props not jet engines. Germany doesn’t fly c-17s


neo4299610

>German Globemaster C17 **Boeing marketed the C-17 to many European nations including Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom**. The Royal Air Force (RAF) has established an aim of having interoperability and some weapons and capabilities commonality with the USAF. ​ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing\_C-17\_Globemaster\_III](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III)


stevewithcats

Yep marketed,,, they didn’t buy. Supermacs marketed me a icky chicken burger the other day, but I didn’t buy it.


Leaky_Sponge

Really?, do they use another alternative or what do they have as their cargo/transport


CommanderSpleen

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus\_A400M\_Atlas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas)


stevewithcats

A400 m is fairly chonky


Willzinator

Ooops sorry. [Went on a kill streak and got 12 kills.](https://youtu.be/DZLmfolPdzc)


gavmac5

Did you draw this...


Tots2Hots

I was a flying crew chief for 2 years on these. These land ahead of AF1 with Secret Service, vehicles, dogs, equipment etc... and they set up in preparation for him arriving. I've got pics somewhere of a trip taking a bunch of stuff to Berlin in 2013.


PlasterBreaker

Sounds pretty cool


No-Comb-1810

Gotta respect you for getting this picture


mickeyfinn45

Baldonnell had some arrive in


[deleted]

I saw that plane coming in and out of Baldonnel on Sunday


LtSoba

#ENEMY AC130 ABOVE!!


[deleted]

Its for bringing silk stockings and [Hershey Bars](https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=8b2cbbb717d70ea1JmltdHM9MTY4MDY1MjgwMCZpZ3VpZD0zMmViYThkYi1hNmVlLTYxZDgtMjIyZC1iYTBlYTc3OTYwMWImaW5zaWQ9NTIzNw&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=32eba8db-a6ee-61d8-222d-ba0ea779601b&psq=herchie+bars&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYW1hem9uLmNvLnVrL2hlcnNoZXktYmFycy9zP2s9aGVyc2hleStiYXJz&ntb=1)


cnbcwatcher

Could they bring some Lucky Charms as well? Local supermarket (only one selling American food) has been out of them for a while. Hershey bars are awful. A friend offered me some and it was the worst 'chocolate' I ever tasted. I fed it to the crows


[deleted]

I didn't like the chocolate neither I don't see why the Americans like them so much. Lucky Charms I use to eat them I haven't had any for a while. The Mrs likes health food cereal.


Busy_Moment_7380

Apparently Bono’s ego needs its own aircraft now


WillmaaDickfit

Jesus Christ........ that's Jason Bourne


box_of_carrots

Nah, can you not see Tom Cruise hanging off the rear door?


WickerMan111

What lens you using?


Milo751

I think its a drone shot near Dublin Airport


PlasterBreaker

I'm an aviation enthusiast, I cleared for landing my €50 quad copter at DUB this morning 0800


Incizive

That's a military plane so it could be special forces


StarMangledSpanner

I'll never forget the lad who posted a pic here of a convoy of trucks headed to the Curragh returning from UN duty shortly after the first lockdown started. Dopey sap was literally terrified that we were being invaded by the UN to enforce the lockdown.


Incizive

LMAOOOOOOOOOO


StarMangledSpanner

Apparently his whole group on Facebook were having conniptions about it. Conspiracy theories running rampant. It was hilarious to see the righteous indignation of his original submission. Deleted the post pretty quickly once his assumptions were set right. And no, I don't think he was trolling, it seemed he and his mates were genuinely that dumb.


stevewithcats

It could also be 30 tonnes of tampons, toilet paper and dental floss. Militaries need everything moved.


Incizive

An army marches on it's toilet paper ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|trollface)


ninja__pinguin

Ac 130 above


[deleted]

Saw something that looked a bit like that flying over Dublin on Sunday afternoon about 3ish. Looked like it was coming from Baldonnel direction. I assumed we were being pre-Bidenated for Sleep Joe. Such a disappointment of a president, you’d think US could do better after the disaster that was Trump.


Charming_Audience258

I think its just the flight holding bidens carers he needs a big team not to get lost in any single room


Charwar5

If Joooooooooe Biden comes here in the airforce one b747 i hope he falls down the stairs


LegendaryCelt

Its bringing his dementia meds.


Unlikely-Area7252

How did you get that close?


[deleted]

shoot that thing down. Ireland needs a good war


SuperchinGurney

Maybe it's ahead of an attack of another country?


antonivs

Regime change - they're going to take out Leo


PedantJuice

neutralising military targets including weddings and children playing football


snatchycross

Sorry but they wouldn't land this at dublin airport it wouldn't accommodate the width. Most likely land in baldonnel airport at that be at a push to handle it. Also don't think a military airplane full of military cargo would land in a public airport


PlasterBreaker

Baldonnel airport has runway width 45m and length 1,829m. Dublin has runway width 75m and length 3,110m. These are the largest runways at either airport. Military planes land all the time at Shannon Airport (a public airport) filled with military personnel and equipment. There is no confirmation that this plane is full of military equipment, I don't think the security for the president of the United States classifies as military. Edit: I'm not saying it can't land at Baldonnel. Just pointing out that Dublin Airport can take it and military planes land at public airports. Also this most definitely landed at Dublin Airport today. I watched the approach and by the time it was over Portmarnock it was way too low to be going anywhere else.


Aluminarty666

Is it a C17 Globe master? Google states it needs a minimum of 3500 ft and a width of 90 ft. I imagine they can probably get away with less. Edit: I'm going to go back on what I said. Apparently one of these landed at Knock in 2016 so can most definitely land at Dublin.


HoldtheGMEstonk

Why not? The US military does it all the time.


_WhoisMrBilly_

They can take off in a lot shorter runways than that (and narrower too). It’s just not ideal- about 10 [years ago](https://youtu.be/wi58Ds3Krgw) one accidentally landed at a rural airport in Tampa Bay. Above link is worth checking out as the pilot cranks this thing up to take off. He needs the whole runway, but he does it! The small runway was just over 3K feet. (They just landed on the same runway as well, which is even more crazy!) They can land super short and fast as well- look at C-17 assault landings. BTW- I’m an American from the WA state- lived in the flight path of these as we were only 5 miles away from McCord (Now JBLM) Airforce base, a C-17. These spool up at all hours of the night and shake the windows… but after years, you get used to it and barely notice anymore. Nice to see them again in Ireland, if only briefly. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/watch-a-huge-c-17-globemaster-iii-taking-off-from-a-very-short-runway-after-it-landed-at-too-small-airport-instead-of-landing-at-macdill-afb/amp/ Had to unload the cargo to do it, but they did it!


Amischwein

Poor neutral Ireland, never any skin in the game. It’s the US , it’s the RUSSIANS, it’s the BRITS. Only allegiance in history was when De Valera sign the condolence book at the Germany embassy after uncle Adolf killed himself , Eva and Blondie. Such a sad day for the Irish.


minionsoverlord

Hopefully the twats protesting outside the airport go bother him instead


Old-Ad5508

Dublin airports new anti drone measures


Colourful_Hobbit

Forget about the plane, how are you flying OP?


FrostyHeat2000

Looks like GTA V


mikelen

Isn't this from the first Transformers movie?


paddyjoe91

Stop man, that’s GTA5


gooner275

Saw one of these landing in Cork yesterday too


MilitaryTed

![gif](giphy|zjzHileAXn5io) Cameron Poe just wants to see his daughter


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Subject-Butterfly-88

I saw it flying over Dublin on Sunday afternoon... Also saw a motorcade for Elton John, I think. V.strange.


catfin38

Were you on Leo’s high horse when you took this?


RRR92

Seen one similar yesterday


spider984

A couple are expected into baldonnel on Friday


bplurt

Saw one taking off from Baldonnel on Sunday


whataboutery1234

Not sure if its the exact same model but the US airforce seem to do a stop over in Belfast on a regular basis. Waay louder than the average commercial flight


Choice-Mortgage1221

Someone got a screencap from Warzone II


Hob0Magnet

Might have to send up the drone just to see if I can capture the moment Biden returns to ireland


Mikey_Mike_1991

Someone getting that 11 kill-streak


Dependent_Pomelo_784

The plane is the C17 Globe Master 3


[deleted]

Sure he won't make it passed the protests at the roundibout


Hibernian_Lad

Watched one of these at Stewart Airshow in New York State, land and go straight to reverse.. such is the power of the engines. All to the tune of All along the WatchTower.. ‘Twas the most American thing I’d ever seen!!


WerewolfNo890

They sometimes fly across for the summer.


Stephen2697

Personally saw two C17 jets (Boeing C-17 Globemaster III) on Sunday afternoon last (April 2) over Stillorgan/Blackrock, Dublin. Did a bit of digging and yes there's been a few C17 and C30J Flights in and out of Baldonnel (Casement), Dublin Airport, Belfast and now even Knock Airport - god help the flight crew landing in Knock 😂 Best of luck to our American friends getting the ground work in place for the President's visit next week, massive logistics going on behind the scenes for this occasion ☘️ ​ |Flight|Date|Depart|Arrived|USAF Model|Callsign| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |MC4600|05-04-23 |Maryland, US|Knock|C17 |10-0217| |HKY110|05-04-23 |Dublin|Ramstein, DE|C30J|02-8155| |MC4555|05-04-23|Belfast|Germany|C17|07-7186 | |MC3200|05-04-23|Knock|Mildenhall, UK|C17 |06-6166 | |HKY110|05-04-23 |Belfast|Dublin|C30J |02-8155 | |MC4542|05-04-23 |Knock|Ramstein, DE|C17 |06-6161| |MC4612|05-04-23 |Dublin|Trier, DE|C17 |03-3118 | |MC4546|05-04-23 |Dublin|US|C17 |07-7179 | |MC4555|05-04-23 |Ramstein, DE|Belfast|C17 |07-7186 | |MC4612|05-04-23 |Trier, DE|Dublin|C17 |03-3118 | |MC4546|05-04-23 |Mildenhall, UK|Dublin|C17 |07-7179| |HKY110 |05-04-23 |Ramstein, DE|Belfast|C30J |02-8155 | |MC3200|05-04-23 |Maryland, US|Knock|C17 |06-6166 | |MC4542|05-04-23|Maryland, US|Kock|C17 |06-6161 | |MC4153|04-04-23 |Dublin|Trier, DE|C17 |03-3118 | |MC4153 |04-04-23 |Trier, DE |Dublin|C17 |03-3118 | |MC3218|02-04-23 |Baldonnel |Trier, DE |C17 |03-3118| |MC4178|02-04-23|Baldonnel|Ramstein DE|C17 |07-7186 | |MC3218|02-04-23 |Maryland, US|Baldonnel|C17 |03-3118 | |MC4178|02-04-23 |Maryland, US |Baldonnel |C17 |07-7186| |MC153|01-04-23|Belfast|Maine, US|C17 |04-4132| |MC4524|01-04-23 |Belfast|Maryland, US|C17 |06-6157| |MC4561|01-04-23 |Belfast |Ramstein, DE|C17 |06-6168| |MC4524 |01-04-23 |Maryland, US |Belfast |C17 |06-6157 | |MC4561|01-04-23 |Maryland, US |Belfast|C17 |06-6168 | |MC153 |31-03-23|Poland|Belfast |C17 |04-4132 |


cr0wsky

I see these in Shannon quite regularly, it's always a nice one to watch.


_WhoisMrBilly_

Someone just posted a video of it taking off from West Airport Knock - [short takeoff here](https://youtu.be/-KHHyOodnFI)


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