Hello all,
Trip to Fort Wayne (FWA)
04-16-09
Morning flight.
COLT 1 x 4 (FWA F-16’s / Ex MI F-16’s)
307.375 Chi.C. 09:40am.
288.300 Indy.C. 09:42am.
346.125 UNK? 09:52am.
STING 11 x 2 (TOL F-16’s)
285.425 Indy.C. 10:01am.
290.500 Indy.C. 10:05am.
240.350 Blue Ash control, BUCKEYE MOA. STING flt & COLT flt ACM practice. Done w/ ACM @ 11:06am.
317.550 TOL app, 11:23am.
COLT 1 x 4 (FWA F-16’s)
138.625 V 01 Ops. Codes & ETA, 11:23am.
139.750 V 16 A/A.
272.725 FWA twr, COLT 1, low app, 11:39am. COLT 2 landed, 11:39am. COLT 3 landed, 11:39am. COLT 4 landed, 11:40am. COLT 1 landed, 11:41am.
Afternoon flight.
IRISH 21 x 2 (FWA F-16’s) 21 # 86-207. 22 # 85-491
They started out as 11 flight, but a single FWA F-16 came back from some where as IRISH 1. So they changed to 21 flight.
348.600 FWA grnd, clrnc to R-3403, 01:26pm.
272.725 FWA twr, 01:40pm. Cleared for T/O contact dep, 01:43pm.
284.600 FWA dep, BTN 5. Push 6.
307.375 Chi.C. BTN 6
COLT 1 x 2 (FWA F-16’s) 1 # 85-498, 2 # 85-487
348.600 FWA grnd, taxi to rnwy 23, 01:48pm.
307.375 Chi.C. COLT 1 requesting Hilltop MOA from Chi.C. while still on the ground, 01:53pm.
272.725 FWA twr, cleared for T/O contact dep, 02:01pm.
284.600 FWA dep BTN 5, 02:02pm.
307.375 Chi.C. BTN 06, 02:03pm.
138.300 V 18 A/A.
370.850 Chi.C. Request enter Hilltop, 02:04pm. Push (BTN) 13, 02:09pm.
350.350 Hilltop MOA, 02:09pm.
138.625 V 01 Ops, # 1 trapped fuel problem after doing G-awareness, 02:12pm. 5 miles west of Grissom, 02:14pm. Going thru the checklist with Ops, told to RTB. The problem did resolve it’s self, but he still RTB’d. # 1 code 3 for fuel gage. # 2 was code 1, 02:20pm.
370.850 Chi.C. 02:21pm. Push (BTN 5), 02:26pm.
284.600 FWA app, 02:27pm.
272.725 FWA twr, COLT 1 landed rnwy 23, 02:32pm. COLT 2 did multiple approaches rnwy 23, & 1 app to rnwy 32. Landed 02:51pm.
IRISH 1 (Single FWA F-16) # 483.
284.600 FWA app BTN 5.
272.725 FWA twr BTN 3, 02:25pm. Landed 02:30pm.
IRISH 21 x 2, (FWA F-16’s) 21 # 86-207. 22 # 85-491.
284.600 FWA app BTN 5, 02:46pm. Push (BTN) 3.
272.725 FWA twr BTN 3, 02:52pm. Landed 02:55pm.
All F-16’s we saw fly were ex MI F-16’s. Only one of them had FWA markings. IN was the tail code, not FW. The rest were blank tails except for the serial number. There was only a total of 8 F-16’s on the ramp.
Some other flights seen at FWA. Landed & departed on rnwy 5.
N453XJ Mesaba Airlink Saab, dep 10:24am.
N358PH #775, Continental Dash 8 dep 10:26am.
N835BA Boeing 737 w/ winglets, landed 11:18am. Blocked from flight aware.com. Used the Boeing call sign. He landed taxied back to rnwy 5 held at the hold point for a few minutes then took off. Did that 2 more times then departed for ? Gloss white top, gloss grey undersides, w/ 3 color stripes running along the fuselage then up the tail. Very nice looking aircraft.
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Freqs heard while there.
119.100 FWA twr.
121.250 FWA ATIS.
121.900 FWA grnd.
126.325 Chi.C. Can hear at FWA.
127.200 FWA app, from the west.
127.800 Chi.C.
132.150 FWA app, from the east.
138.300 FWA V 18 A/A.
138.625 FWA V 01 FWA Ops.
139.750 FWA V 16 A/A.
240.350 Blue Ash control, BUCKEYE MOA.
260.600 FWA dep.
272.725 FWA twr BTN 3.
284.600 FWA app, BTN 5.
285.425 Indy.C.
288.300 Indy.C.
290.500 Indy.C.
307.375 Chi.C. FWA BTN 6. Can hear at FWA.
317.550 TOL app.
323.050 Chi.C. Can hear at FWA. Paired w/ 126.325.
346.125 UNK?
348.600 FWA grnd BTN 2.
349.000 FWA ATIS.
350.350 HILLTOP MOA ACM. FWA BTN 13.
370.850 Chi.C. FWA BTN 12.