Base visit Baldonell IAC 17-05-23 (edit)

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Base visit Baldonell IAC 17-05-23 (edit)

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Wednesday 17th of May we (me and my son) had a nice base visit at Casement Baldonell, home of the Irish Air Corps (IAC). As done earlier (before Corona) it was done in one day; Flight with Ryanair from Amsterdam 10:15 hours and arrival at Dublin airport. Pick up rental car and drive to the center of Dublin for a nice lunch with beer. 14:00 hours we arrived at Baldonell. The guard was suprised that there were only 2 persons (he was expecting two busses with Dutch people :-)). Our guide first took us to the nice museum of the IAC. Some pictures;

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Behind the museum an other nice Cessna 172;

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Then to the main hangar with the newest PC-12;

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Several aircraft with special markings from the 100 year anniversary in 2022;

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In the main hanger one of the two CN235 MPA (the new C295 will arrive later this year, reason to go again :-))

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Then to the other hangars with the AW139 (one inside and one outside and the others in maintenance Belgium;

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Then to the PC-9M hangar (5 inside and one flying);

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Outside some pictures;

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At the end we said goodbye to our friendly guide and drove to the airport for our flight back home 18:55 hours and arrived on time at Schiphol airport Amsterdam 21:22 hours. In and out in one day. Great day and always nice to see and photograph the small but very nice Air Corps of Ireland. Many Thanks to the IAC.
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Re: Base visit Baldonell IAC 17-05-23

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Nice!
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Re: Base visit Baldonell IAC 17-05-23 (edit)

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