The house I grew up in in Glasnevin in Dublin, our back grden was in the flight path of aircraft taking off in a southerly direction when flying over. I used to love the sound of the 747 jumbo and the BAC 111 had a massive thundering sound. Great vid and exellent pics,, thanks for posting. Id give anything to travel on a vickers viscount, I love old aircraft.
I didn't spot a Carvair or a Viking or a Bristol Freighter or a Deragon Rapide or a Lockheed 14 or a DC-3 (the C-47 doesn't count) or a Viscount 700 series.
Basically I used this song because the first line is "I used to rule the world" oweing to the fact that these aircraft either no longer fly at all or no longer fly with Aer Lingus.
I know yeah, the reason I added the A330 because it's in a different colour scheme (1994). They have however already retired one of their older A330s after the arrival of a new one in February. They will receive another new A330 in June so another of the older ones will also be retired also.
Aer Lingus Commuter Division which operated the BAE aircrafts merged back into the mainline operations in Feb 2001 although I do believe that it was after the September 11th attacks that they withdrew the BAE from service. A precise date i'm not sure. But they were replaced with the A320s on all UK routes then due to restructuring. Sorry for delay in responding.
They were an exceedingly troublesome airplane and became cost prohibitive. Nice concept but no thrust reversers and, of course the inside joke was (is) bAE means "bring another engine."
No, not really underpowered, the Lycoming ALF 502 was a problematic motor with very little proof-of-concept time under its belt prior to being delivered to BAE at deHavilland Hatfield. The plane was a "rush job" and a good number of bugs were resolved once the airplane was in service, which is sort of an ass-backward way of doing things. I flew the 502 powered early versions for a short while and had 3 in-flight precautionary shutdowns in 4 months, hence the joke.
they're generally leased or sold off to other airlines until they are put out of service. possibly the metals are recycled. good question. don't know the extent of it.
good vid. but no SD360??
gazzaboyhmfc 11 months ago
1:58 mmmmm viscount!
TheZzProject 1 year ago
Bring it back bring it back bing it back 747 RIP
hawk45653 1 year ago
Great collage of those wonderful aircraft types of yesteryear. Nice selection of mood music to enhance the nostalgic effect as well. 10/10! Kudos!
BillN6801 1 year ago
Well put together piece of nostalgia fair play.
madinthehead 1 year ago
The house I grew up in in Glasnevin in Dublin, our back grden was in the flight path of aircraft taking off in a southerly direction when flying over. I used to love the sound of the 747 jumbo and the BAC 111 had a massive thundering sound. Great vid and exellent pics,, thanks for posting. Id give anything to travel on a vickers viscount, I love old aircraft.
markirish37 1 year ago
didn't they ever fly the Shorts 330?
altazboy 1 year ago
@altazboy If im correct they did fly the shorts and one went down in the UK somewhere, Im open to correction on this.
markirish37 1 year ago
What about the L-1011?
MrFlightfan 1 year ago
why were some aircraft just completely white like the A320-214
daluifh331 1 year ago
I didn't spot a Carvair or a Viking or a Bristol Freighter or a Deragon Rapide or a Lockheed 14 or a DC-3 (the C-47 doesn't count) or a Viscount 700 series.
Nice compilation all the same.
EricIrl 2 years ago
the bae-146 didn't last very long did it ?
daluifh331 2 years ago
airbus all the way!!
dukeofstradone 2 years ago
you forgot the SD 360!!!!! How could you????????
cap1900 2 years ago
thats what i was thinking and the boeing 720
stfergus608 2 years ago
These are memory lane for 1200 of Aer Lingus maintenance engineers when there was no poticial interferance in the operation of the company
mtazxcv 2 years ago
were aer lingus the only ones with 747-148 or whats the diffrence between 148 and 200 series
puttytogo 2 years ago
@puttytogo The 200 series has a different upper deck from the 148
Dogplane747 1 year ago
THEY ARE NO GOOD WITHOUT BOEINGS!!! Airbus can suck boeings left nut
SimCrew1 2 years ago
is that Chris Martin's voice? Why use him?
thibaulthalpern 2 years ago
Basically I used this song because the first line is "I used to rule the world" oweing to the fact that these aircraft either no longer fly at all or no longer fly with Aer Lingus.
foxymm 2 years ago
Ah...makes sense. Thanks for the explanation :) BAC-111 might have ruled the world once but not so sure about pudgy BAe-146 :)
thibaulthalpern 2 years ago
not sure about some of the 737`s and 747`s but that 767 still flys for el al ...
stfergus608 2 years ago
bring back the 747's wooooooooo
ryanair737400 2 years ago 2
moving, and FANTASTIC!!! =D
yYJORDEREYy 2 years ago
Aer lingus is a fine airline!!!! They are the only one's I fly home to when I go to Dublin!!!! SLAITE!
twboi75 2 years ago
this airline dont have any planes hey
242youngbwoi 2 years ago
What do you mean they dont have any planes.
Rockintreacy009 2 years ago
Hi,
Aer Lingus also operated Lockheed L1011s before the MD-11s made their debut.
Cheers,
Brian
Bfaile2323 2 years ago
i never knew that aer lingus use the dakota dc-3 thanks for posting
DLS95 2 years ago
aer lingus still have the A330s
tb992 2 years ago
I know yeah, the reason I added the A330 because it's in a different colour scheme (1994). They have however already retired one of their older A330s after the arrival of a new one in February. They will receive another new A330 in June so another of the older ones will also be retired also.
foxymm 2 years ago
EI-EWR left the fleet last week and EI-EDY should arrive in the middle of June. At that stage EI shall have 9 A330, 6 A321 and 30 A320.
The Bae146 remained in service until early 2004.
greyfox96 2 years ago
When did they get rid of the bae-146?? 2000, 2001??
conorbyrne100 3 years ago
Aer Lingus Commuter Division which operated the BAE aircrafts merged back into the mainline operations in Feb 2001 although I do believe that it was after the September 11th attacks that they withdrew the BAE from service. A precise date i'm not sure. But they were replaced with the A320s on all UK routes then due to restructuring. Sorry for delay in responding.
foxymm 3 years ago
Hi Conorbyrne100
They were an exceedingly troublesome airplane and became cost prohibitive. Nice concept but no thrust reversers and, of course the inside joke was (is) bAE means "bring another engine."
Cheers,
Brian
Bfaile2323 2 years ago
i don't get the joke, is it because the jet was underpowered or something
torque234 2 years ago
Hi Torque234,
No, not really underpowered, the Lycoming ALF 502 was a problematic motor with very little proof-of-concept time under its belt prior to being delivered to BAE at deHavilland Hatfield. The plane was a "rush job" and a good number of bugs were resolved once the airplane was in service, which is sort of an ass-backward way of doing things. I flew the 502 powered early versions for a short while and had 3 in-flight precautionary shutdowns in 4 months, hence the joke.
Brian
Bfaile2323 2 years ago
oh right thanks for replying
torque234 2 years ago
Great Vid! Loved the a333 in the old livery!
JamesLiveProductions 3 years ago
i never knew that aer lingus had a mcdonnell douglas nor that it took delivery of an airbus b4 they changed the livery?! really informative - thnx
padraigmaca 3 years ago
Aer lingus's fleet really varied over the years! Amazing is'nt it?
JamesLiveProductions 3 years ago
Hi
just wondering what do the airports do with the old out of date planes do thay ship them of to a dessert
finno123456 3 years ago
they're generally leased or sold off to other airlines until they are put out of service. possibly the metals are recycled. good question. don't know the extent of it.
foxymm 3 years ago