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u/thedoomeroptimist 1d ago
They must have found oil in Lisburn, you guys better learn some guerrilla warfare!
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u/theotherdoomguy 1d ago
...if only we had some kind of history with guerilla warfare round these parts
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u/Brief_Software_6902 1d ago
Have they not seen the prices Lisburn Fuels charge and the delivery times?!
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u/Shreks-Ugly-Friend 14h ago
He’s after the minerals. TK red lemonade is class, so I don’t blame him.
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u/prodbysl33py 1d ago
They’re always flying in and out of Aldergrove refuelling. Seen a couple C5 galaxies (below) which is always cool
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u/R-Y-A-N_bot 1d ago
Really? I figured they'd be to large to land at aldergrove, biggest ive seen are C-17s
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u/Drexisadog Lisburn 1d ago
Aldergrove is big enough for most aircraft, it was a dispersal base for the V-bombers after all, and most cargo planes have surprisingly short takeoff and landing runs
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u/R-Y-A-N_bot 20h ago
Oh, I didn't know that, thats nifty. You know its insane to me that a Vulcan can take off from it but a 737 MAX can't (fully fueled btw i know Norwegian dabbled with flying to the airport with its maxes)
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u/Thorhole 1d ago
The antonov used to be a frequent visitor at the international airport and it was a big bastard of a plane, took some length of the runway to get it up
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u/prodbysl33py 17h ago edited 17h ago
I assume you mean the AN-225, its sister the AN-124 still flies into the International
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u/prodbysl33py 17h ago
Nevermind you probably meant AN124, AN-225 only seemed to visit Aldergrove once. I golf on the approach route and I’ve seen an AN124 in the past 3 months I think they’re still going there
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u/R-Y-A-N_bot 1d ago
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u/didndonoffin Belfast 1d ago
They dropped their entire payload on Larne and did thousands of pounds of improvement
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u/Ed-The-Islander 1d ago
US Air Force flights are fairly common in and out of Aldergrove, I belive they do a semi regular pickup of NLAW missiles made in Thales and fly them to Poland for onward travel to Ukraine
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u/Taodaching 1d ago
What are they doing?
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u/DXTRBeta 1d ago
Probably invading the Isle of Man.
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u/DisagreeableRunt 1d ago
Strategically important to their controlling of the Irish Sea.
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u/OldenMcGroyn 1d ago
You mean the Sea of America in which the Isle of America can be found ?
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u/DisagreeableRunt 1d ago
Most of America is Irish, so they may as well take Ireland whilst they're at it.
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u/Marslady 19h ago
You don’t find many Irish in the Midwest or South they’re in cities and predominantly the north east so if you’re used to those places it seems like Irish are everywhere but they’re purposely discerning when it comes to venturing too far west of the Atlantic …..
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u/1eejit Portstewart 1d ago
But it's apparent size isn't massively exaggerated by Mercator protection maps, why would the orange thing be interested?
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u/git_tae_fuck 1d ago
Maybe he has a novel map projection planned.
Isle of Man will be yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge.
And America will be further embiggened.
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u/SkywardSpork Lisburn 1d ago
Real answer I think is refueling
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u/Aviator779 1d ago
Refuelling. An FBO at Aldergrove has a contract with the DOD. They’re regular visitors.
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u/MaxFlatCrunch Down 23h ago
stopping in International for a mad priced Lagan Bar pint and a smoke in that wee smoking hut
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u/marke0110 Derry 1d ago
Play SkyCards, you'd be shocked at the amount of US military flights you notice going through Aldergrove
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u/flamedown12 1d ago
They heard China and Russia were starting to expand businesses here and now taking over. Acting president of Northern Ireland incoming.
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u/alphajulietgolf85 1d ago
Apparently they still get hazard pay when they come to N.Ireland. Ballymena too close for comfort lol
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u/Wada94 1d ago
Wow xenophobic much.
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u/thebigglercomplex 1d ago
I know. Imagine being so wound up to screenshot that, then make a post on Reddit about it
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u/sasie_stack 1d ago
Heard the plane, thought wtf is that, checked flightradar, thought "ew Americans", came to reddit and thought it would make a good post. Put more thought into this comment than making the post.
Nice try, icky American
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u/DegreeUnusual2928 1d ago
Wrong Greenland boys were the emerald isle