Mid-Air Refueling over Nova Scotia

[looknlisten]

Listening to the CYYT LiveATC receiver, RAZER 23 heading to the block 220-240 for AR-62 to meet up with a receiver. 1524 UTC.

Thanks for the heads-up!
That's a bit outta my radio range.
He (B-1B) must be headed to Ellsworth Air Force Base.

 

[SCPD]

REACH-252 and ETHYL-07 KC135 tanker are up on AR020 341.750 as I type this. Sounds like their heading your way.

 

[looknlisten]

Dang...I missed it.
Thanks for the notification. Pretty sure that was an unscheduled one.

 

[Mark]

Toronto airport got some unexpected escort Ohio F-16's today.
Ali Shahi charged after Sunwing plane makes emergency landing in Toronto - Toronto - CBC News

 

[looknlisten]

COBRA55/ETHYL55

Cobra55, RC-135U, 64-14849 is meeting with ETHYL55, KC-135R, 60-0366 on AR20NE for refuel. 0040Z
Block FL250-270
AR Primary 341.750mhz

 

[SCPD]

Coronet flight active on 396.20. Multiple player no call signs yet.

 

[looknlisten]

Coronet flight active on 396.20. Multiple player no call signs yet.

Just home from work reviewing the 'tapes'.
Sounds like Trend 11-16 with GOLD61(85-0030, KC-10).
Possibly headed to Lajes or Spain.

 

[darrylcn]

Assuming they never got close to Halifax Howard?

 

[looknlisten]

Assuming they never got close to Halifax Howard?

Doesn't look that way.
I had them in my (PlanePlotter) airspace for 1/2 hour (according to logs) and comms were weak....usually that means they headed due East.

 

[nyair1]

Toronto airport got some unexpected escort Ohio F-16's today.
Ali Shahi charged after Sunwing plane makes emergency landing in Toronto - Toronto - CBC News

I had a bunch of chatter from this -

260.900 - Muddy 11& 12 with TOI They were also trying to reach Bigfoot with no joy


292.175 ZOB - Muddy 11 on Active Air Scramble with TOI


344.300 ZYZ- Muddy 11


234.700 - Muddy 11 w/Sidecar will be Capped over Toronto International.


298.875 ZOB - Muddy 11 looking for direct T-O-L


371.950 ZOB - Muddy 11

 

[looknlisten]

Wow...you don't hear that everyday.
Nice catch.

 

[looknlisten]

Just home from work reviewing the 'tapes'.
Sounds like Trend 11-16 with GOLD61(85-0030, KC-10).
Possibly headed to Lajes or Spain.

Confirmed they went to Lajes. Still unknown who they brought with them.

 

[looknlisten]

Operation REASSURANCE

Not necessarily refueling related...but;

Our friend Luke from Bangor/Greenwood found this interesting tidbit of info that may make MilComs interesting soon;
"Five Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) warships and four Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircraft will participate alongside NATO allies in a multinational fleet exercise that is taking place off the Atlantic Coast beginning August 5, and continuing throughout the month. "
(I see some of the task force has already arrived in Halifax Harbour.)

Complete press release here:
Canadian Forces units to train with NATO partners during a fleet exercise off Atlantic Coast - Canada News Centre

 

[Mark]

Last night a BOBBY 81 #62-3512 WI ANG came East to Pease AFB area 2200z
Sounds like possible pond crossing soon.

 

[SCPD]

Not necessarily refueling related...but;

Our friend Luke from Bangor/Greenwood found this interesting tidbit of info that may make MilComs interesting soon;
"Five Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) warships and four Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircraft will participate alongside NATO allies in a multinational fleet exercise that is taking place off the Atlantic Coast beginning August 5, and continuing throughout the month. "
(I see some of the task force has already arrived in Halifax Harbour.)

Complete press release here:
Canadian Forces units to train with NATO partners during a fleet exercise off Atlantic Coast - Canada News Centre

Time to get the HF gear fired up!

 

[looknlisten]

PlanePlotter Sharers Map updated

So I've updated the PlanePlotter (East Coast) Sharer's Map as of August 3rd.
Looks like a few people didn't take kindly to the recent DUMP1090 'upgrade' and bailed out.
We lost a lot of stations since my last (June) update.
I've added a layer displaying some of the major USAF AFB installations.

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zcgDx8DQ_SVU.kNCwVt6r1sRo

On a side note, I've swapped my previous DIY ADS-B antenna with a bit larger one.
With the gain up, the coverage is insane.
It's now an easy 200nm, 340 degree (darn tree) coverage. On a good day, I've had hits at over 300nm.
(The 'Range-Rings are set to 225nm).

 

[Mark]

Time to get the HF gear fired up!

Looks like they are porting in Halifax.
Royal Canadian Navy Welcomes NATO Fleet to Halifax >> Naval Today

SNMG2 contingent USS Leyte Gulf, the German ship FGS Neidersachsen, and Turkish ship TCG Kemalreis, as well as the senior officers and crew members of USS Anzio and USNS Medgar Evers.

 

[darrylcn]

Sure are here. Got some great views of them tied up and arriving.


Also Look, that's fantastic coverage. I weighed bailing myself if I'm honest. The fact that I (hopefully) help you out by providing coverage kept me around. I'm not impressed with being forced into using RTLDump when it's made my experience much worse vs RTL1090. It's supposed to help MLAT performance but we've lost too many GS users and now they don't work at all. Also the forced update _ruined_ the sensitivity meter for me. I used to get planes overhead at 45-50 signal, and having that many increments from zero helped guarantee I would know when they were in visual range. Now I get 0-16 or so for planes overhead, and nothing above 5 or 6 in planeplotter itself. Before the RTL1090 program and PP matched exactly when it came to sensitivity. Now they mismatch and they don't go nearly as high, especially planeplotter. I wish I could go back without losing my GS/MU status.

 

[Mark]

Last night a BOBBY 81 #62-3512 WI ANG came East to Pease AFB area 2200z
Sounds like possible pond crossing soon.

AR20NE Res for Monday 1630z-1730z..first one in a while up there..

 

[looknlisten]

AR20NE Res for Monday 1630z-1730z..first one in a while up there..

Finally!