Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[RaleighGuy]

Week Ahead for Vice President Kamala Harris

Thursday, September 8, 2022
Vice President Harris will travel to Houston, Texas

Friday, September 9, 2022
Vice President Harris will chair the second National Space Council meeting at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) as well as tour JSC facilities.

Saturday, September 10, 2022
Vice President Harris will travel to National Harbor, Maryland to deliver remarks at the 2022 Democratic National Committee summer meeting.

Sunday, September 11, 2022
The Vice President and Second Gentleman will travel to New York, New York

Also, on Sunday, September 11, First Lady Jill Biden will attend and deliver remarks at the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

 

[mdmonitor]

1215- Cabal 71 (KC-10 # 85-0030) off WRI heading west. Cabal ## is usually a Coronet call.

1220- Keck 217 (C-17 # 00-0175) working Quantico Ops (355.3) w/inbound msg. 10 pieces rolling stock plus paxs.

1230- Migs (T-38s 7th/71st FS) working out in W386 (238.825/292.3/350,05) w/Topdog flt (4 X F-22s 27th/94th FS)

1245- Unid acft w/strange sounding xmitter, working VX-23 Ops (250.7). Maybe F-35??

 

[wbagley]

Bill

Flew (as passenger) into Hong Kong once---scariest approach & landing ever

You were scared? What about the pilots?

With this approach to runway 13, you headed straight for the hill with the checkerboard painted on the side using instruments for guidance. If you didn't see the checkerboard you immediately executed a missed approach i.e. added power and climbed up to get above the terrain. If you saw the checkerboard, you immediately (there's that word again ) banked right to line up on final for the runway 48 degrees off the original course.

From the Aviation Stack Exchange forum:

Runway 13 at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport (closed in 1998 and replaced by the current airport at Chek Lap Kok) had a hideously difficult approach in which pilots would fly in from the west, following an instrument guidance system (IGS) to the approach’s middle marker (also helpfully marked by a giant checkerboard painted on a hillside, which, if not spotted in time, required a missed approach), and then immediately hand-fly a steep right turn at very low altitude directly over the heart of Kowloon City to line up, seconds before landing, with the runway, using only the Mk. I eyeball for guidance, with no room at all for error.

 

[mdmonitor]

1248- Tolan 33 (E-6B # 164387 VQ-4 Det) over Philly at FL200 heading south.

1250- Skull -21 (id as flt of 2) at FL270-280 working ZOB Indian Head (363.075)<ZNY Phillipsburg (306.)>ZNY North Mountain (269.1/273.6). BUFFs heading to Ft Drum?

 

[wbagley]

TIGER 11, a flight of two B-2s FL330 block 340, coming east to Syracuse, air to air on 341.75 at 12:55 pm EDT.

Heard in Kentucky.

 

[Mark]

1215- Cabal 71 (KC-10 # 85-0030) off WRI heading west. Cabal ## is usually a Coronet call.

McGuire Space a showed several KC-10s to Hawaii today..

 

[RaleighGuy]

Biden headed to the Detroit Auto Show on the 14th

 

[mdmonitor]

1330- Teddy 31 (C-17 # 06-6155) working Quantico Ops (355.3) w/inbound msg. Departed from Milwaukee.

 

[Dutchmil]

McGuire Space a showed several KC-10s to Hawaii today..

They are bringing the F-35s back from RAAF base Darwin to Iwakuni, Japan after Pitch Black 22 will finish this Thursday.

Head's-up, another F-35s delivery from Fort Worth to RAF Lakenheath tomorrow.

Hope this helps,

René.

 

[mdmonitor]

1418- Doom 61 (B-52s Barksdale) working ZOB Indian Head (363.075)>ZNY Phillipsburg (306.2). Heading to Ft Drum?

 

[CYUL]

TIGER 11, a flight of two B-2s FL330 block 340, coming east to Syracuse, air to air on 341.75 at 12:55 pm EDT.

Heard in Kentucky.

Had TIGER11 active here about 5 mins ago S4

 

[CYUL]

SKULL21 323.000 AM

 

[Mark]

Fyi --

Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo 2022

JBA 2022 Air & Space Expo is open to the public on September 17th and 18th. Friday, September 16th is open for DoD personnel only.

T-Birds will be in Thursday the 15th for a flyover over Audi Field in DC. Soccer stadium in Buzzard Point as never heard of it
DVIDS - News - U.S. Air Force to celebrate 75th Anniversary ‘Tattoo’ on Sept. 15 at Audi Field (dvidshub.net)

 

[mdmonitor]

1543- Keck 217 working Brickyard (237.15) w/inbound msg.

1545- Pico 61 flt (KC-10s # 86-0027 & 85-0031) heading towards Norfolk working A2A (268.025).

 

[mdmonitor]

1613- Couple of C-130J Reachs---Reach 040 (# 10-5700) & Reach 540 (# 07-4631) transiting out area heading southwest. A2A is 303.0.

 

[mattl3320]

1543- Keck 217 working Brickyard (237.15) w/inbound msg.

1545- Pico 61 flt (KC-10s # 86-0027 & 85-0031) heading towards Norfolk working A2A (268.025).

I also was hearing these 2 tankers out of Mcguire and following them on adbsexchange. I was also hearing either inter plane or tanker air to air from them on 310.25 . Has anyone else ever hear them here? And they where also on 303.0.

 

[wbagley]

1613- Couple of C-130J Reachs---Reach 040 (# 10-5700) & Reach 540 (# 07-4631) transiting out area heading southwest. A2A is 303.0.

I also was hearing these 2 tankers out of Mcguire and following them on adbsexchange. I was also hearing either inter plane or tanker air to air from them on 310.25 . Has anyone else ever hear them here? And they where also on 303.0.

jsoergel identified these planes I heard in Kentucky as C-130s from Dyess AFB, Texas returning from an overseas deployment.

Here's some audio I got from 310.25 at 5:17 pm EDT where the planes appear to be planning their arrival, possibly with a flyby for the home crowd after the deployment.

 

[mattl3320]

ok thanks wbagley that the same thing i was hearing here . But i was thinking it was the 2 tankers out of Mcguire i was hearing but thats cool i did see these guys up also but they where coming in so loud at my Qth. That i thought it was the tankers.

 

[mattl3320]

Hey guys this my seem silly but i have heard Airforceone and c5 and c130 and c17 and f-15 more then i have ever heard any buffs. What do i have to do to catch these guys more? I have only ever heard them one time for like 2 minutes and then they where gone.

 

[Mark]

Last night 2113 local CABAL-61 KC-10 #81-0189 and CABAL-81 #86-0035 departing McGuire
for Hawaii "lets check our HF on 6761".
Haven't heard that A/A HF freq for a long time.
So far looking at 9 CABAL tankers headed into Hickam. I think may be for other than the Aussie Pitch Black exercise.

0400 local BLUE-22 KC-135 #62-3578 coming South from McGuire.
Assume for F-35A delivery.