Landing Dublin RWY 10 Airbus A320 Aer Lingus

Landing in Dublin on a lovely sunny day. RWY 10

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[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Does anybody know the name of that castle just before landing at 05.17?

Thanks.

[LAOTG]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Yep, its Dunsoghly Castle.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@LAOTG Cheers! I was looking at Google maps and it was there but not a bloody clue. I often fly to Dublin but in this direction very rarely. Do you know why this route is taken. It's better and more scenic.

[LAOTG]

@BRUTUALTRUTH No problem. This route is chosen like all runway choice, because of wind direction, i.e. always land and take off into the wind. Runway 28 is most commonly used because the prevailing wind in Dublin, like most or Ireland is westerley.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@LAOTG Thanks for that.. I always thought planes prefer to fly in the direction of wind to give it extra lift and not fly into the facing wind! I thought that would be more dangerous. I was thinking, the winds must be severe if the planes land here in this direction and more fuel and miles would be entailed. I do like this video and have downloaded it.

[LAOTG]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Flying into the wind actually gives more lift .e.g facing into a ten knot wind and not moving and the a/c already has 10 knots of lift over its wings so lets say the take off speed for the weight of the a/c is 150 knots well taking off into a head wind of 10 knots means the a/c will lift off at 140 knots ground speed. Opposite would happen if they were using tail winds and they may run out of runway on take off and it would also be more difficult to stop on landing.

[LAOTG]

@BRUTUALTRUTH Flying into the wind actually gives more lift .e.g facing into a ten knot wind and not moving and the a/c already has 10 knots of lift over its wings so lets say the take off speed for the weight of the a/c is 150 knots well taking off into a head wind of 10 knots means the a/c will lift off at 140 knots ground speed. Opposite would happen if they were using tail winds and they may run out of runway on take off and it would also be more difficult to stop on landing.

[TheAnneMarsh]

and also aer lingus has much more comfortable seats

[TheAnneMarsh]

the difference between ryanair and aer lingus,is ryanair does hard landing and aer lingus does smooth landings

[pacidessi]

Good footage, compared to others you held the camera steady, so we can see exactly how the pilots flying.

[IrelandPlaneSpotting]

aer lingus never have bad landings

[IrelandPlaneSpotting]

great video

[perezster]

Why compare Aer Lingus with Ryanair? They are two completely different products. Aer Lingus is a world class national flag carrier with many years in the business and experience. Ryanair is a low cost carrier serving leisure markets and secondary airports.

[BugMeNot1086]

I'm used to seeing planes land and take-off. Probably because I live near Dublin airport :D

[GivenchyParisFr]

what a fine landing ! :)

[FrankPrssXX]

cool im going to be flying with them in a few months are they good, i cant watch anmore flight videos its making me scared :/

[iiLeprechaun]

is aer lingus a nice flight? im going to be flying it in a few months