Yup second batch using 343.10.
Mid-Air Refueling over Nova Scotia
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Yup second batch using 343.10.
looknlisten
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Well...that didn't go well either. They just passed overhead and I could not see a thing. I heard them, but couldn't get a pic. Up to you now Darryl.
darrylcn
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I'm at work but I'll be looking!
Nice catches guys.. I was out but no coms here anyway as they all departed
North of me from McGuire.. Late start for these guys..
North of me from McGuire.. Late start for these guys..
darrylcn
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Got em!! 3 Vipers and the KC-10.
looknlisten
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Awesome!
darrylcn
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My brother said 5 F-16s. Maybe I missed two.. And one of the F-16s was showing on my PC. Wow. Anything else approaching?
looknlisten
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Just reviewing the audio now. Will post it soon. Five sounds about right. Not sure if anything else is on it's way..there is a RAMA rumour going around though.
looknlisten
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The audio is here.. https://audioboo.fm/boos/2000597
Now I have to get to work...ughhh.
Now I have to get to work...ughhh.
Ethyl55Heavy
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19:30 ethyl 82 Heavy Maine KC-135R 63-8873 off the deck in Bangor thanks Derek
Ethyl55Heavy
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Ethyl 81 NH KC-135R 61-0310 off the deck at Pease at 19:25z thanks Derek
darrylcn
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Interesting! Any heading info?
rob79
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Hey folks. I'm really new to amateur radio listening (picked up a cheap RTLSDR dongle - mostly interested in amateur satellites but have been having fun exploring the spectrum).
The other day I was looking at ADS-B data and saw a flight# "CATCH99". When I googled it I determined that it was one of those refuelling planes from the US. Is that correct? I thought it was interesting that they would be over NS.
Any tips on more interesting data I can collect from these aircraft?
Thanks!
The other day I was looking at ADS-B data and saw a flight# "CATCH99". When I googled it I determined that it was one of those refuelling planes from the US. Is that correct? I thought it was interesting that they would be over NS.
Any tips on more interesting data I can collect from these aircraft?
Thanks!
Ethyl55Heavy
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08:45z Blue 81 85-0028 KC-10 McGuire bird
09:04z Blue 82 61-0305 MacDill AFB bird
09:56z Saudi Air Force 2403 A330 passing my location thanks Derek
09:04z Blue 82 61-0305 MacDill AFB bird
09:56z Saudi Air Force 2403 A330 passing my location thanks Derek
Ethyl55Heavy
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Saudi Air Force A330 reg was 2402 thanks Derek
Yeah the Saudis and their two tankers were up before I was today.
They got an early start..
They got an early start..
looknlisten
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I had a few hits on the Coronet Delta Primary freq-373.550. Looks like they headed due east.
darrylcn
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Boo! Ah well, I'll give credit where its due (to, I don't know, the weather and time I guess?) - I saw that E-3 Friday (first one I've seen flying), was under a KC-135/RC-135 on Monday (was in Sackville at the right time by sheer luck) and then even after missing one group of F-16s yesterday STILL saw another. Pretty good string of luck for me for sure even if I missed the Saudi jets.
darrylcn
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Hi Rob,
You're not using the thing right now with planeplotter by chance are you? I've seen a new sharer in the last few days that I don't recognize. Their name is GN but I don't know of its anyone on here or not.
The best luck I've had for plane ID is by googling the code for an aircraft. It will look like a hex code (IE "AE2F9A") on your display. Often callsigns can change or be reused among plane types, for example everything from a C-5 KC-135, C-130 or a C-17 can use Reach (###) as a callsign, so the hex is more exact. You'll have to add plane to the google search since letter/number code is, among other things, a color code and you'll just get colors as results.
As for refueling over NS, it's pretty common for them to be up this way, I've always taken it to be because its close enough to the US but not so far away that it is a good meet up point for returning planes and a good send off point for gas if they're going to Europe. Just an assumption but at any rate this is a good place to be a plane nerd
looknlisten
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The Saudis never reached us so you didn't miss them. I suspect they went due east at Nantucket. As for the E-3, he was the same one that arrived here with the Belgian F-16s on Feb. 26th. He was also returning home from Red Flag.
Some of the audio from the refuel--https://audioboo.fm/boos/2003039
(First time I had heard the Yarmouth IP referred to as 'Davis Point').
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