Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2019

[Mark]

Great pics as always Ron!

Yeah Ron a lot of neat custom work going on at Georgetown... B737's adding interiors and ER
gas tanks etc.

 

[Mark]

USS Harry Truman put back to sea from Norfolk today.. Mentions will be doing some C-2A carrier quals
so we might get some increased C-2A Greyhound traffic going back and forth. I imagine will stay in area
for a while before pushing on and also gathering its Airwing.
Truman Gets Back to Sea

 

[krokus]

USS Harry Truman put back to sea from Norfolk today.. Mentions will be doing some C-2A carrier quals
so we might get some increased C-2A Greyhound traffic going back and forth. I imagine will stay in area
for a while before pushing on and also gathering its Airwing.
Truman Gets Back to Sea

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Truman Gets Back to Sea



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[Mark]

C-2's busy already coming back from Truman today tracking from offshore North Carolina
Outerbanks to Norfolk both around 1300z-1330z this morning.
RAWHIDE 71 #162172
RAWHIDE 72 #162150
RAWHIDE 73 #162168
RAWHIDE 74 #162159

 

[Tech792]

03/17/19 @ 1515 local- 2 fighters checked in with ZNY. Sounded like HUNT 21, 22. Unknown if they were going north or south.

 

[Mark]

Had a MUSEL 14 UH-1 (AE6249) up this way tonight 2040z then rtb 0015z about 700 feet.
Noticed the full tracking mode s is off and only shows altitude.
All the MUSELs doing it this way now?

 

[krokus]

Had a MUSEL 14 UH-1 (AE6249) up this way tonight 2040z then rtb 0015z about 700 feet.
Noticed the full tracking mode s is off and only shows altitude.
All the MUSELs doing it this way now?

It is a military aircraft, be happy that anything is sent that is not encrypted.

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[Mark]

In recent months in this area many of the upgraded MUSEL UH-1's were tracking
full mode s and was just wondering if any of the locals here noticed if they all turned off their tracking transponders or
just a temp thing

Logged a Embraer KC-390 yesterday (E48F9F) PT-ZNJ KC-390 FL270 at 1940z no callsign showing here.
2nd prototype test bed for this Embraer transport program.
Embraer KC-390 - Wikipedia
Ok after search seems to be testing out of Huntsville now and came this way yesterday.
PT-ZNJ Live Flight Tracking and History (KC39 owned by EMBRAER S.A.) ✈ FlightAware

 

[Mark]

Maybe in near future a Boeing KC-390 built down South to compete with LH Martin C-130J?
I'm guessing the above KC-390 is getting its FAA Cert as well.
Boeing and Embraer May Partner to Build KC-390s in the U.S. -- The Motley Fool

 

[BM82557]

Had a MUSEL 14 UH-1 (AE6249) up this way tonight 2040z then rtb 0015z about 700 feet.
Noticed the full tracking mode s is off and only shows altitude.
All the MUSELs doing it this way now?

Have AE6249 tonight with altitude only.

 

[Mark]

Earlier this morning heard aircraft relaying into CG Atlantic City 345.000 mentioned pax successfully
hoisted aboard.. I did have CG 2010 HC-130J in area mode s from E City 1520z
Forgot about it till I saw this tonight.. Rescue guy on hoist was headed for the Hotub but eased chopper left a bit
Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship off Atlantic City, NJ

 

[freqhopping]

Had a MUSEL 14 UH-1 (AE6249) up this way tonight 2040z then rtb 0015z about 700 feet.
Noticed the full tracking mode s is off and only shows altitude.
All the MUSELs doing it this way now?

I think only AE6233 and AE624F have been ADS-B out, the other two mode-s only.

 

[freqhopping]

MUSSELL10 AE6249 69-6667 just passed by enroute to Mt Weather. Unless it's bleed over from 292.2, I've got a new squadron freq for them. 293.6
Several times now I've heard them on it.


Also got some HMX-1 comms on 318.9 and 273.95

 

[Mark]

Seems the 102RQS NY ANG Gabreski up with their new HC-130J today
at 2030z here FL230 as KING 76 #16-5863 (AE5F10)
Logged last month down South with LM test callsign LAC5863
Gonna be a big change for those guys from their vintage 1965 HC-130 specials

Also in area today NASA N961NA T-38 (AD610A) made stop at KILG Delaware on way
back towards Hunstville/Ellington.Was on ground at KILG for a few hours 1615z-1925z
N961NA Live Flight Tracking and History (Owner: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION) ✈ 20-Mar-2019 ✈ KILG - KHSV ✈ FlightAware

 

[Mark]

From linked article some nice pics of new VH-92A HMX-1 choppers over DC area
earlier this Month.
169177 and 169178.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcspotter/33427008068/

 

[BM82557]

Maybe it's inaccurate but it looked like a Canadian Forces CH-147F touched down in Sunrise Valley Park in Reston a few minutes ago -

 

[Mark]

Nice catch! Didn't log here but logged out towards Baltimore/
Gaithersburg 2045z at 1900 feet around 4:20PM
Logged in Canada around 11:30am so assume working way Southbound.

 

[BM82557]

Nice catch! Didn't log here but logged out towards Baltimore/
Gaithersburg 2045z at 1900 feet around 4:20PM
Logged in Canada around 11:30am so assume working way Southbound.

I hadn't logged it previously, first picked it up on ads-b in south-central PA then it basically tracked down the i270 corridor. I lost it over the Potomac River so I checked adsbexchange. I'm thinking someone was feeding an inaccurate decode to adsbexchange. I find it hard to believe it actually touched down

 

[mdmonitor]

News Release

March 25, 2019
U.S. Coast Guard 5th District PA Detachment Baltimore
Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Baltimore
Office: (410) 576-2541
After Hours: (757) 202-3429
PA Detachment Baltimore online newsroom​

Coast Guard assists ailing man aboard sailboat near Chesapeake Beach, Md.​

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard assisted an ailing 77-year-old man aboard a sailboat anchored just off Chesapeake Beach Inlet Sunday evening.
Two reporting sources notified watchstanders at Sector Maryland-National Capital Region’s command center that a 26-foot sailboat with two people aboard appeared to be floundering just outside the inlet.
One of the two people aboard the sailboat called Coast Guard Station Oxford and reported that her friend, a 77-year-old diabetic man, was weak, disoriented, and in need of medical assistance.
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oxford launched to assist the man. The boat crew put the sailboat in a side tow and brought them to a private marina in Chesapeake Beach, where they transferred the ailing man to EMS personnel.
“Two concerned citizens took action and called the Coast Guard when they saw the sailboat and thought something might be wrong,” said William D. Carter, operations unit controller for the case. “We encourage all mariners and coastal residents to keep an eye out for anything unusual on the water. If you see something, say something.”

-USCG-​

 

[TerryPavlick]

Royal Air Force Voyager KC3 (Airbus A330-200) and a group of Typhoons ZK317 etc landing at Dover using VHF 132.425