Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[Mark]

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
The President and the First Lady will travel to Kiawah Island, South Carolina for a week long vacation.

Wonder if the MA ANG F-15's will cover down there for an entire week?
Relocate to Langley or let some F-16's down that way cover.Find out Weds afternoon.

 

[Mark]

1434- Looks like Crossbow 41 stopped at North Philly Airport and is airborne again heading south at 7,900 ft.

Seems one of the Crossbows developed Maint problem and still at Portland.
Main(e) man Micah (@Mainefly) / Twitter

 

[jetcrafter]

Seems one of the Crossbows developed Maint problem and still at Portland.
Main(e) man Micah (@Mainefly) / Twitter

Correct Mark. My son worked on the ramp today as the four ship headed home. He has some great pictures and videos from the past week while they were here. The fifth bird will be here for a little bit until fixed. Here's a picture of CROSSBOW 41 flight of four taxiing to runway 29 for their trip home. They used 225.7 for A-A captured on my recordings shortly after take off until out of range.



Here's a screen capture from the video of them about to take off. Enjoy!

 

[krokus]

A FB group I participate in has a discussion about an airshow from 1980, at Willow Grove, started with a photo I thought this group would like. The Thunderbirds doing their routine, flying over the Blue Angels and the Snowbirds.

 

[jetcrafter]

21-0024 is at Raleigh-Durham Airport in North Carolina right now. Today's callsign sounded like RINK 51.

This morning at Portland, Maine (KPWM) my son saw him taxi to the runway as if to take off. He did two full power ups and then back to idle where he then went back to his ramp. Later on, he finally took off. Here's a couple pics of him taxiing and a crop showing the reg number.



Crop for reg number

 

[Mark]

Nice pics! Thanks..
That Reg number 21-0024 still looks like one of those temporary test bed sticker types.
I guess it is a test bed

 

[wbagley]

This morning at Portland, Maine (KPWM) my son saw him taxi to the runway as if to take off. He did two full power ups and then back to idle where he then went back to his ramp. Later on, he finally took off. Here's a couple pics of him taxiing and a crop showing the reg number.

Crop for reg number

Wow, thanks!

Unlike many piston engines, jet engines do not normally do a runup before takeoff (except in icing conditions, which was not the case today). Sounds like perhaps there was a maintenance issue like a bleed air leak or faulty oil pressure sensor that was fixed and needed to be tested and signed off before the aircraft was released for flight.

That stinger on the top of the vertical tail catches my eye. Is it a sensor of some sort?

 

[mattl3320]

4:18 am aug 8th Reach 552 inbound to Dover with write ups. On Dover Command Post 349.400

 

[vgames15]

Wow, thanks!

Unlike many piston engines, jet engines do not normally do a runup before takeoff (except in icing conditions, which was not the case today). Sounds like perhaps there was a maintenance issue like a bleed air leak or faulty oil pressure sensor that was fixed and needed to be tested and signed off before the aircraft was released for flight.

That stinger on the top of the vertical tail catches my eye. Is it a sensor of some sort?


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From my experience with corporate jets that looks like a SATCOM antenna

 

[mdmonitor]

VIP Movement Summary 8 Aug

SAM 370 (C-37 # 06-0500) Greenland??-ADW
SAM 574 (C-32 # 99-0003) ADW-Ramstein GE
Marine 101 (C-37 # 166378) ADW-Ramstein GE
SAM 679 (C-37 # 20-1949) Louisville KY-ADW
SAM 691 (C-37 # 11-0550) ADW-Managua Nicaragua-ADW

 

[RichardKramer]

Some chatter this am (0915L) from CH-47 G08716 heading NE from Ft. Indiantown Gap on 227.3.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Viper airspace active 1030-1600 local time and the Fort Drum ranges active 1030-1145 local time today.

 

[GriffissSpotter]

Viper airspace active 1030-1600 local time and the Fort Drum ranges active 1030-1145 local time today.

1037 - I’ve got someone coming up to the Viper Airspace/Fort Drum ranges, still trying to figure out who it is.
1043 - SATAN 21 flight checking in to ZBW 323.000 at FL280.
1053 - DEVIL 11 flight checking on ZBW 323.000 looking for the restricted areas.

 

[RichardKramer]

NJ ANG guys on 294.725/298.6 a/a; ZNY 298.9 sector 34.

 

[RaleighGuy]

On Wednesday, August 10, Vice President Harris will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada

 

[DannyM86]

Correct Mark. My son worked on the ramp today as the four ship headed home. He has some great pictures and videos from the past week while they were here. The fifth bird will be here for a little bit until fixed. Here's a picture of CROSSBOW 41 flight of four taxiing to runway 29 for their trip home. They used 225.7 for A-A captured on my recordings shortly after take off until out of range.

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Here's a screen capture from the video of them about to take off. Enjoy!

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CROSSBOW11? landed at Skyhaven airport in Rochester Friday. Hex AE6463 Reg 168691.

 

[wbagley]

A bizarre fatal accident near Fayetteville, NC on Friday involving a CASA-212 transport with a civil registration using a SpecOps-sounding callsign of SHADY 02.

My guess, the copilot tried to open the right crew entry door to visually check the damage to the landing gear and fell out of the plane. Edited audio from LiveATC posted below.

Man Falls From Cargo Plane After Botched Landing Near Fort Bragg In Bizarre Incident (thedrive.com)

Pilot dies after exiting plane midair before emergency landing at RDU :: WRAL.com

Licensed pilot dies jumped fell from plane

According to his father, he was a flying fanatic who had always wanted to take to the skies.

www.wral.com

More in a part of the RDU Approach recording that was apparently removed from the LiveATC archive, I've posted an edited clip below. This clip is of unknown provenance but the controller does sound like the guy who made the 911 call to EMS.

From an article linked below in The Drive:

Pilot (P): "Raleigh Approach, Shady 02."

Raleigh Approach (RA): "Shady 02, Raleigh"

P: "My co-pilot just ran out the back of the plane."

RA: "Shady 02, what now?"

P: "He just ran out the back of the plane."

RA: "So you don't have a co-pilot on you, sir?"

P: "No, he just jumped out the back of the plane."

RA: "Uh, roger."

P: "Would you like me to circle where he leapt at?"

RA: "Uh, say that again?"

P: "Would you like me to circle where he got out at, or you got me on track?"

RA: "We've still got you on track, but did you need something else?"

P: "No, the dude literally jumped out the back of the plane without a parachute."

*Seven seconds of total silence*

RA: "Shady 02, did you need to do something else, circle or something, or-"

P: "No, I need to land. I'm just making you aware you're gonna have a dead body out where I just called you at. He just jumped out the back of the plane."

RA: "Roger, continue on your heading 0-5-0."

P: "Roger, 0-5-0, 0-2."

"My Copilot Just Ran Out The Back Of The Plane"- Chilling Audio From Aerial Incident Near Fort Bragg (thedrive.com)

 

[RaleighGuy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1557022433336606720

 

[Mark]

RAF Lakenheath has a live stream for 48th FW night ops tonight supposed to happen this evening over there.
A mix of F-35's and F-15E's should be up sometime this evening UK time. You might check out from time to time.
RAF Lakenheath "NIGHT OPS" Live 09-08-2022 - YouTube

 

[Tech792]

1810- EMPIRE 91 flight of 2 non standard FL270 ZNY 282.3, sounds like fighters, I'm guessing F/A-18 out of Oceana.
1817- Switching to 317.7