Twin overhead Oostvoorne 03.00 hours 28-02-2008

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Twin overhead Oostvoorne 03.00 hours 28-02-2008

Post by Humphrey Redskin »

Hi,

My beauty sleep was interrupted this night by a piston engined twin which passed overhead twice Oostvoorne at approx. 03.00 hours. Nice sound in the quiet of the night. 2 piston engines roaring in sequence/out sequence.
Maybe someone has an idea what flight/plane this was.

For some reason it sounded to me like a Ce.310 or a Pa.23. (not a more common Pa.31)

Looking forward to hear from someone which has info on this

Regards, Hunphrey
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Post by Thijs »

Heard "Flightchecker" Tuesday operating out of Schiphol, maybe they did some TACAN or Beacon checks at night. Have heard and seen them at several other nights. Operating aircraft should be a German registered Beech 200.
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Post by De Verrekieker »

A Cessna 210 is a single engine aircraft.
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Post by canberra »

De Verrekieker wrote:A Cessna 210 is a single engine aircraft.
Greetz Elvin Cornelissen.
Think 'Humphrey' means Ce.310 (twin that shounds a bit like a Pa-23)

/Michael
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Twin overhead Oostvoorne

Post by Humphrey Redskin »

Canberra,

Thanks, I indeed meant to say Ce.310.(edited the message accordingly)

Looking forward for an update on your SouthAmerican experience.

Humphrey
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Post by Buttonfreak01 »

Funny topic. The same also happens here (Vlissingen) once or twice a year. Last night it happened again. Very unusual for a piston engined plane to fly low over built up areas in the middle of the night, especially when it's flying a pattern and every 15 minutes it comes round again. I always found it kind of mysterious. I always turn my scanner on when this happens, but I never get something. But last night I got lucky. It was the OO-GPS (Cessna 404, operated by Eurosense). I'm pretty sure this was the same plane you heard.
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Twin o/h Oostvoorne

Post by Humphrey Redskin »

Buttonfreak,

Thanks for your information. Must be the same plane.

I will try to contact Eurosense to find out what they are doing in the middle of the night.

Regards,

Humphrey
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Twin (Ce. 404) o/h Oostvoorne

Post by Humphrey Redskin »

Hi,

Talked to Eurosense today, they informed me that they have been flying around recently. At an altitude of 1400 metres . Purpose of these (regular flights) is to measure the "dykeheights" by means of a laser measurement instrument. They measure the whole coastline on behalf of "Verkeer en Waterstaat".

Regards, Humphrey
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Post by Thijs »

And tonight they are checking the coastline roughly between Wassenaar and Noordwijk at about 2000 a 3000 feet.
Assume makes an ASS of U and ME.
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