Sticky Thread for MilAir II

[Waltz41]

11:00 - CADE flight landing. MADHOG 1 coming in Code 3 for an unsafe gun. MADHOG 2 ordered to low restrictive approaches till crash and fire clear MADHOG 1. Switches active runway from 15 to 33 (33 approach puts them right at their ramp after landing). Lots of chatter all over with WG tower on 340.2, Ops on 343, and also WG 138.65 and 140.1.

 

[bigred10]

11:00 - CADE flight landing. MADHOG 1 coming in Code 3 for an unsafe gun. MADHOG 2 ordered to low restrictive approaches till crash and fire clear MADHOG 1. Switches active runway from 15 to 33 (33 approach puts them right at their ramp after landing). Lots of chatter all over with WG tower on 340.2, Ops on 343, and also WG 138.65 and 140.1.

I was listening to this as well. CADE and MADHOG flights were at Bollen Range prior to this. I heard them on 237.2. There was also some chatter on 407.375 and 413.175; I believe both of these are 111th Base Ops frequencies (along with 413.125).

UGLY and FLYER flights were also up this morning. UGLY came back first followed by FLYER. The GCA controller didn't do a good job of keeping the callsigns straight and was calling the FLYERs ugly (how rude).


A few minutes of scanner time this afternoon....FLYER 2 (I think) having a landing gear issue - not sure if it's down and locked. Does a fly-by so tower can look. Thinks it's a burned out bulb and trying to play with it while circling - lands without issue. A/A on 34.75

 

[freqhopping]

Over the last 15 minutes I caught some comms on ZDC-Montebello and Calvert but just missed callsigns.

Just had YANKEE-08 with ZDC-Brooke heading to Robinsville.
1449- Handed off to 363.0 ZDC-Woodstown, checked in at FL250

1619-Un-IDed on 354.1 ZDC-Tar River just told to switch to 323.0 ZDC-Cofield.

 

[CitationJet]

06.10.2007 pm

Finally starting to feel better now...

1907Z 118.675 Potomac DP - BOXR 753 - checking in at 16000' for Andrews X ELDEE @ 8000'.
1937Z 378.100 GRIFFIN CP ANDREWS - REACH 6162 (C-17A 06-6162 21st AS) - just popped up clg here so far no joy.
1936Z 118.675 Potomac DP - REACH 6162 (C-17A 06-6162 21st AS) - @ 15000' req ILS rwy 1R @ ADW X ELDEE @ and maintain 8000'. REACH 6162 then says we are on the BUCKO7, ATC sez paperwork shows otherwise, so X AML @ and maintain 8000' instead.
1940Z 141.550 GRIFFIN CP ANDREWS - REACH 6162 (C-17A 06-6162 21st AS) - inbound 10 mins. out, A7 1, 7 pax download, req. lav svc. Thought I heard these guys up with NAS Patuxent OPS on 302.550 @ 1938Z asking for correct freqs for GRIFFIN CP!! No ID though but sounded like the same crewmember on the radio.
1954Z 395.100 BATON Command - BATON 60 (EC-130J 193rd SOS PA ANG) - 30 mins.out A2 front and rear, TACAN and gas, dropping 3 - 6 writeups in the back.

 

[Mark]

1445 local heard PRIME 02 and bit later PRIME 03 self id as V-22's on FSS 255.400 filing flight plan to Cherry Point NC.
flying at 8k and 230 knots.
1450 local TIGER 81 calling Andrews metro but no reply heard.

Mark

 

[BM82557]

Activity 06112007

1328 - ANVIL 26 calling HAMMER x 2, no reply -- 302.3 (167th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG command post freq)
1333 - ANVIL 26 calling PIKESIDE (167th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG ops), ANVIL was telling PIKESIDE "National Guard mobile communication ... faded (dang, don't you hate it when that happens!) -- 297.0

Edit: Think I confused everybody with that one! I was in a hurry to post before I had to leave so I messed that up. Post should have been 1328 - ANVIL 26 calling HAMMER x 2, no reply -- 302.3 (130th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG command post freq).

Brian

Edit2: At least something positive came out of this. Checked the Berkeley County WV page and found that they 302.3 listed as the 167th. Don't know low long that's been there as I haven't gone over that stuff recently. Request sent to correct that entry.

 

[CitationJet]

Re: WV ANG

Wow at long last WV ANG activity!

I have 302.3 as the 130th AS at CRW not the 167th, but I had 297.1 down for the 167th at MRB - which I should further clarify was a typo on my part and has carried over on all my scanners for months now!!!

EXCELLENT!

Tony

1328 - ANVIL 26 calling HAMMER x 2, no reply -- 302.3 (167th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG command post freq)
1333 - ANVIL 26 calling PIKESIDE (167th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG ops), ANVIL was telling PIKESIDE "National Guard mobile communication ... faded (dang, don't you hate it when that happens!) -- 297.0

 

[TinEar]

1328 - ANVIL 26 calling HAMMER x 2, no reply -- 302.3 (167th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG command post freq)
1333 - ANVIL 26 calling PIKESIDE (167th Airlift Wing, WV-ANG ops), ANVIL was telling PIKESIDE "National Guard mobile communication ... faded (dang, don't you hate it when that happens!) -- 297.0

I have 302.3 as the 130th AS at CRW not the 167th, but I had 297.1 down for the 167th at MRB - which I should further clarify was a typo on my part and has carried over on all my scanners for months now!!!

Now I'm the one confused. Who does 302.3 belong to - Martinsburg's 167th Command Post or the 130th Command Post/Squadron at CRW? I guess it's the ANVIL callsign that's confusing to me since it goes with the C-130s from the 130th.

Tony, are you saying you think 302.3 belongs with the 130th or just saying that's what you had listed from the old days?

Brian, is PIKESIDE the Squadron Ops callsign for the 167th AS? And HAMMER is the Martinsburg Command Post callsign? I was pretty sure that's what you meant but thought I'd double check before changing lists and alpha tags.

Just managed to get the radios turned on for the first time today after waiting out the thunderstorm that rolled through here. Hearing F-22A activity at 1711 from Langley on 233.525. They're also working with Giant Killer on 249.8
1717: JOSA 973 (C-21A, 84-0140, 458th AS Scott) reports takeoff time 2113Z to Griffin Command...141.55
1719: VENUS 40 (C-37A, 97-0400, 99th AS Andrews) w/ADW Tower...118.4
1720: Air Force One (VC-25A, 92-9000, 1st AS Andrews) back in the area descending for Andrews...TRACON
1728: Air Force One with Approach (TRACON) reports Andrews in sight...119.3
1730: Air Force One cleared for visual approach to runway 1R...sent to tower...119.3
1731: Air Force One reports to ADW Tower heading for runway 1R...cleared to land...118.4

1800: Army 1944 (C-37A, 97-1944, PAT) w/ADW Tower for landing...118.4
1801: BOXER 218 [female] (C-38A, 94-1570, 2101st AS DC-ANG Andrews) with TRACON (ADW Approach)...119.3
1813: REACH 489 (C-17A, 04-4129, 6th AS McGuire) climbing out from Andrews...reports some electrical issues...125.65
1818: REACH 489 going back into Andrews...with Tower...118.4 (Also called Griffin Command to get a parking spot..378.1)
1820: JOSA 223 (C-21A, 84-0135, 458th AS Scott) w/TRACON heading for Andrews...128.35
1822: JOSA 179 (C-21A, 84-0126, 458th AS Scott) to Griffin Command to report off from ADW at 2221Z...378.1
Looks like Andrews has 378.1 working again.
1829: JOSA 223 w/ADW Tower for landing...118.4
1838: SPAR ?? (C-37A, 01-0029, 310th AS MacDill) off from Andrews...125.65
1840: STEEL 62 (KC-135R, 58-0117, 171st ARW PA-ANG Pittsburgh) w/STEEL Control...311.0

Sounded like a steady stream of aircraft into and out of Andrews in the background while I was eating dinner and now...
1925: SAM 93 (C-32A, 99-0003, 1st AS Andrews) arriving at Andrews...128.35 (he's not normally this far behind AF 1)
1931: SAM 93 to ADW Tower...gear down...118.4
1955: DC 12 Heavy (KC-135Rm 756th ARS Andrews) with TRACON heading for ADW...128.35

2001: DC 12 Heavy with ADW Tower...will do touch and goes...118.4
2001: JOSA 223 (C-21A, 84-0135m 458th AS Scott) airborne from Andrews....TRACON
2033: EVAC 141 (C-130H, 91-9141, 96th AS Minneapolis/St. Paul) with TRACON...12835 (I think)
2035: SAM 60403 (C-20C, 86-0403, 99th AS Andrews) with ADW Tower for landing...118.4
2036: A-10s chatting on interflight...probably Willow Grove...142.25
2038: More Willow Grove A-10s on interflight...143.75
And they're also with ZNY-Williamsport...338.3 (No callsigns heard yet)
And some are with ZNY-Pottstown...278.3 (This is an UGLY flight)
And still more with Philadelphia TRACON...317.55
UGLY flight are the ones on interflight 143.75
2045: FLYER flight with Ops checking on status of their tanker...343.0
2048: UGLY flight handed off to ZNY-Williamsport and check in...338.3
Sounds like the FLYER flight on interflight 142.25.
They're all obviously heading for the Duke MOA.

The End

 

[CitationJet]

Re: WV ANG comms

Hi Tin,

This is what you get when you you try and compose a post when utterly exhausted!

302.300 is the 130th AS WV ANG Base Ops freq at Charlie West, callsign HAMMER.

297.000 is the 167th AW WV ANG Base Ops freq at Martinsburg, callsign PIKESIDE.

ANVIL, a 130th AS C-130H, was just trying both freqs in hopes one of them would pick up, I guess?

Even though I have the DelMarVa Wiki bookmarked, and have looked at it now probably a hundred times, and it VERY clearly lists PIKESIDE as 297.000, for over a year now I've had 297.100 in all my scanners by mistake! Gee, no wonder I've never heard anything there...

LOL!

I hope that clears my initial post up a bit!

Tony

Now I'm the one confused. Who does 302.3 belong to - Martinsburg's 167th Command Post or the 130th Command Post/Squadron at CRW? I guess it's the ANVIL callsign that's confusing to me since it goes with the C-130s from the 130th.

Tony, are you saying you think 302.3 belongs with the 130th or just saying that's what you had listed from the old days?

Brian, is PIKESIDE the Squadron Ops callsign for the 167th AS? And HAMMER is the Martinsburg Command Post callsign? I was pretty sure that's what you meant but thought I'd double check before changing lists and alpha tags.

 

[CitationJet]

06.11.2007 pm

Heard on the drive home...

2052Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - NAVY 7C 446 (UC-12B NAS Oceana NFD pm shuttle) - deps DAA climbing 1500' for 4000', cleared to 5000' vectors for the climb, then cleared dir GRUBY-V286 QSY 126.400.

2119Z 141.550 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - JOSA 973 - reports t/off time Andrews 2113Z.
2128Z 119.300 Potomac APP - AIR FORCE 1 - checks in for the vis. app to rwy 1R.
2131Z 118.400 Andrews AFB TWR - AIR FORCE 1 - left traffic for the visual to rwy 1R.
2145Z 119.850 Potomac APP - NAVY 7N 105 (UC-12B NAF Washington) - @ 8000' req. ILS rwy 1R @ Andrews.

2324Z 119.850 Potomac APP - JOSA 118 - just caught him quickly descending to 3000'...

 

[trainman111]

Heard on the drive home...

2052Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - NAVY 7C 446 (UC-12B NAS Oceana NFD pm shuttle) - deps DAA climbing 1500' for 4000', cleared to 5000' vectors for the climb, then cleared dir GRUBY-V286 QSY 126.400.

Tony,
I's the PM shuttle usually sent to 126.4? If so I guess I'm going to have to pay more attention to it from now on.

 

[freqhopping]

I can't ever hear anything on 297.0 with my 396T, seems to be a birdie so I locked it out.

 

[TinEar]

0839: Have F-22A activity with HUNTRESS...260.9
0840: RISKY 1 w/HUNTRESS...260.9
RISKY is a Langley callsign that has been used in the past.
0841: Add RISKY 3 and 4 report in hot pursuit...260.9
0843: RISKY 3 reports the target at 248/38 from him...260.9
0844: RISKY 1 reports BRA 255/69/25000 to target...260.9
RISKY flight is in ACM activity...obviously practice.
Flight number for the four ship flight appears to be RISKY 41.
0849: Appears they are setting up for another intraflight intercept...260.9
0854: First indication of target is at 91 miles away...260.9
Over the next few minutes they go through the standard intercept procedures.
0858: Sounded like RISKY flight reports RTB through HEELS to Giant Killer...238.1 (Talking on 260.9 at same time so I'm not sure of callsign here. Report to GK was of a three ship flight. Then, a couple of minutes later there is a single ship reporting RTB to GK on 249.8.)

0902: RISKY 1/3/4 talking about setting up another red/blue air exercise starting from 18,000 feet so either they're doing it on the way home or that was another F-22A flight reporting to GK above....260.9
0906: ROYAL 40 (C-17A, 06-6165, 436th AW Dover) reports to Dover CP he's off the ground at 0904...349.4 (Dover's first and only C-17A...so far)
0913: U/I tanker with McGuire CP asking status of receivers for scheduled 1355Z meet...319.4
The RISKY flight went silent a few minutes ago so I guess it was them reporting RTB.
0915: RATS 11 flight (F-22A Langley) to Giant Killer on 238.1 (then sent to 233.7) and repeat report of entering AR-636 and then W-72 MARSA with DEEJAY flight.
0917: CAN DO 01 calling DARKSTAR (E-3 AWACS, Tinker AFB OK)...319.4 (Probably on wrong freq)
0917: Langley F-22A interflight active...probably the RATS flight...233.525
0921: CAN DO 01 calling LIFTER 31...says he's airborne and can meet the CP time of 1351Z...324.6 (Freq for AR-204)
Both CAN DO and LIFTER are C-17A associated callsigns.
0926: DEEJAY flight (F-22A Langley) w/Giant Killer...238.1
0927: DC 22 (KC-135R, 57-1487, 756th ARS Andrews) reports takeoff time 0925 to LIBERATOR...378.1
0929: _____ 31 flight of F-22A Langley types w/Norfolk TRACON 370.925 and then to Giant Killer 238.1 to enter offshore area.
0930: DC 21 (KC-135R, 57-1512, 756th ARS Andrews) reports takeoff at 1328Z to LIBERATOR...378.1 (DC 22 and then DC 21 both on TRACON freqs after report to LIBERATOR)
0938: REACH 483 (C-17A, 02-1103, 62nd AW McChord AFB WA) lifting off from Andrews...TRACON freqs

There is a steady stream of F-22As from Langley entering the offshore areas reporting to the tanker and then to work W-72 mostly.

And that's an hour's worth of MilAir heard from sunny downtown Glen Burnie.

This is the new cabinet I built for my Uniden BC785 (x6) and BC780 (x3) radios. The new 22" widescreen monitors are taking some getting used to.
The entire front of the cabinet slides out like a large drawer to get at the back of the radios. Very convenient. And I still don't know how to take a good picture. The flash is reflecting off everything.
All the wiring, antenna leads and Stridsberg multicouplers are built into the cabinet along with power strips so there's no jumble of wiring on display. Those two white things that look like eggs on the front of the cabinet are LED lights for the keyboard - touch them and they turn on, again and they turn off. I prefer darkness in the room so needed them. I make enough typing mistakes even WITH light. On top, in front of the monitors is the NCS Receive Console seen here...
http://www.ncsradio.com/m_rx.html
Next project is to build a matching rack for my Icom radios.

 

[CitationJet]

Re: Davison AAF shuttles

Hi Nick,

Looking back at my notes from last year, the NAVY 7C guys are the PHF shuttle, the Davison RFC Army guys (PAT 1201/1202/1203/1204/2401/2402/2403/2404) are on the LFI shuttle. 99.9% of the time they are handed off to 126.400. All flights usually go direct GRUBY in this case, and in the case they file via COATT, they are switched to 134.700, but that very rarely happens, at least as long as I've been monitoring these flights.

Best regards,

Tony

Tony,
I's the PM shuttle usually sent to 126.4? If so I guess I'm going to have to pay more attention to it from now on.

 

[CitationJet]

06.12.2007 am

Hi,

The excitement from this morning's usual early morning commute in via IAD...

06.12.2007 am

1056Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - NAVY 7C 584 (UC-12B NAS Oceana NFD morning shuttle) - lands rwy 32.

1110Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - COAST GUARD 101 (C-37A 01) - deps DCA @ 1500' to 9000' then cleared to 17000' QSY ZDC-Linden 120.650.

 

[TinEar]

I finally managed to get that picture posted in my above post of my new equipment cabinet. I kept saving the picture and it kept saving it at 1920 kb which this site won't allow since it was more than the limit of 244 kb. On about the 10th try, it saved it at about 65 kb. I have no idea why that happened. It's the same picture at the same size. There's something I obviously don't know about jpeg picture formats.

1325: Turned the radios back on and immediately heard a WILD flight of two F-16s from Andrews working interflight 143.6. Good to have them back. They're working down at Patuxent. They switched first to 344.4 to call Pax Tower for a bobsled maneuver they want to do at Pax...no reply and the wingman advised flight leader that Pax Tower is now on 343.65 so they changed there and made contact with Tower.
1338: WILD to SENATE SOF to report both are Code 1 and will be down in 5 minutes...139.9
1340: WILD flight to Andrews Tower for landing...both report, "Base, gear, stop, left" and are done...349.0
Sometime in the last 10 minutes between 1330-40, while I was on the phone, I heard DC 22 (KC-135R, 57-1487) returning to Andrews and reciting his maintenance problems. He made the point that they needed to be fixed before tonight's mission so we can expect him back up later. The problem was with the boom...378.1
1345: MARINE 477 (UC-35D, 166767, VMR-2) leaving Andrews with TRACON...118.95
1350: REACH 1009 to Dover CP to say he's going to Pope rather than Dover and would like Customs/Ag notified...349.4 (1009 is not part of his tail number...he gave it to Dover but it was partially blocked. All I got was 90-xxxx)

1402: TOPCAT 3 (KC-135E, 58-0040, 108th ARW McGuire) to TORCH Control at McGuire...wants to know if that weather he sees is going to be blowing by...303.0
1403: NJ-ANG F-16s working interflight doing ACM activity...138.425
1403: TROJAN 41 (F-22A Langley) flight into offshore area with Giant Killer...mission V-1204...will work with CYCLONE flight for the next 30 minutes...238.1
1406: MD-ANG A-10s up on interflight freqs 140.025 and 142.3
1408: One of the MD-ANG flights is with Harrisburg Approach...mentions climbing to 9-10,000...273.525
1409: JOSA 208 (C-21A, 84-0140, 458th AS Scott) arriving Andrews...TRACON (heard earlier w/CP on 378.1)
1410: COLT flight w/Harrisburg...requesting direct R-5802 (Bollen Range)...273.525
1411: AXEMAN flight of A-10s reports airborne from Martin State at 07 past the hour...347.2
1412: TOPCAT 3 tells TORCH Control he's dropping into Dover for an approach...303.0
1412: JOSA 161 (C-21A, 84-0100, 457AS Andrews) reports takeoff at 1810Z...378.1
1413: TESTER 13 reports RTB, field in sight (Pax)...270.8
1416: RAVEN flight to Pax Approach...314.0
1417: RAVEN flight reports as a flight of two to work up to 20,000 feet for the next hour and 15 minutes...sets up the return flight to MTN at 5000 feet IFR...270.8
So...COLT is going to Bollen Range, RAVEN is at Pax and AXEMAN I don't know about yet and haven't found them on interflight.
1421: AXEMAN flight to BayWatch at Pax for work....says they'll work for the next 45 minutes 9000-20000 feet...270.8 (Now we know where they're working but still need the freq)
1422: U/I flight working interflight...143.15 (DC-ANG F-16 preset but don't know yet if it's them)
1424-32: REACH 1009 calling Pope Command Post...257.1 (many calls, no joy)
1427: U/I flight from 143.15 is with SOF on 139.9...there's some kind of problem...they're 35 minutes out in a one mile trail...he's concerned about the single runway at Andrews (one of them is closed)...haven't heard nature of problem....there's the callsign, it's BULLY...say they'll stay on this freq....BULLY 2 reports slowing to 250 (knots)
1431: REACH 4863 (C-130E, 62-1799, 40th AS Dyess AFB TX) to Dover CP with arrival message...says he's a single C-130, tail 62-1799, A-1, 30 minutes out...requires one K-Loader and will RON...349.4
1433: BULLY is a flight of four F-16s...report 69 miles from Nottingham...139.9
1435: REACH 1009 makes contact with Pope CP...and promptly fades out but I did get he IDs as a C-130...257.1
1438: BULLY flight with TRACON heading for runway 1R at Andrews...335.5
Whatever the problem with one of the BULLYs, they aren't chatting on 143.15/139.9 about it...they're silent other than with TRACON.
1444: BULLY flight switches to Andrews Tower...349.0 (didn't hear anything out of the ordinary as they came in for landing other than one of them couldn't transmit on his UHF radio but could hear tower)
1444: EVAC 33119 (C-17A, 03-3119, 183rd AS MS-ANG Jackson) calling Griffin Command...makes contact at 15 minutes out and reads the heartbreaking list of litter (22) and ambulatory (18) patients on board...needs three ambulance buses, oxygen, etc...378.1 (and again it saddens me to hear of these warriors coming home in this condition)
EVAC 33119 has trouble keeping contact on 378.1 and switches to 141.55 and isn't doing much better there.
1451: VENUS 40 (C-37A, 97-0400, 99th AS Andrews) talking to ADW Tower mentions thunderstorms and will go to Richmond instead...118.4 (but that isn't in context since I missed the first part of the conversation...he's probably talking about one of the training locations along the route of his flight where he'd normally do approaches)
1454: VENUS 40 calling Andrews Dispatch...solved the thunderstorm problem...wants dispatch to file flight plan for him due to storms at Atlantic City which is why he's changing it to Richmond...route of flight will be DAILY, V20, Richmond at 14000 feet, 370 knots, 20 minutes enroute...coming home will be Richmond to IRONS 4 arrival at 11,000 feet, 370 knots, 20 minutes enroute...372.2
1458: TESTER 964 to Patuxent to report complete in the south spin area and ready to RTB...256.5

And that's another 90 minute chunk of MilAir activity for this area. Wish I could have logged them all but there were transports reporting all over the dial and I just didn't have time to write them all down or even to hear them all individually through the clack and clatter of the radios. I know I missed the destinations and details of a C-5B, 86-0021 from Westover and a C-5A, 70-0460 from the NY-ANG and a REACH 1195, C-17A, 01-0195 from Charleston.

Late Add: 1508: VENUS 23 (C-20B, 86-0203, 99th AS Andrews) to Griffin Command coming in for a full stop landing at ADW...says he's got a burned out light bulb on the left landing gear control panel which makes it look like the gear is not down but has confirmed it is down. Wants ?Dyncorp? to meet them at the plane with new bulbs since they are the "alert bird" and have to get it fixed....378.1

 

[Dank]

And I still don't know how to take a good picture. The flash is reflecting off everything.

Tin - I think you did fine with the photo. Dealing with flash reflections can be tricky. Look on the positive side your photo didn't include any of your fingers or thumbs! lol.

Dan

 

[Mark]

Great looking shack Tin! ....One of these days got to do the same here..

I caught that tail of REACH 1009 enroute Pope.Interesting tail 90-0165 which
according to Scramble is an AC-130U gunship 4th SOS with name "Death before Dawn"
and "Thumper".
No doubt back from some overseas action.
I have noticed before those Special C-130's on HF over Atlantic seem to use callsign numbers very similiar like REACH 1012 etc.

Mark

 

[TinEar]

Great looking shack Tin! ....One of these days got to do the same here..

I caught that tail of REACH 1009 enroute Pope.Interesting tail 90-0165 which
according to Scramble is an AC-130U gunship 4th SOS with name "Death before Dawn"
and "Thumper".
No doubt back from some overseas action.
I have noticed before those Special C-130's on HF over Atlantic seem to use callsign numbers very similiar like REACH 1012 etc.

Mark

Good catch Mark! Happy to see you got that one. I was curious what kind of mission he had been on when he indicated coming from overseas and later indicated to Pope he was a C-130. As mentioned, all I could get was the 90-xxxx before being blocked. Now we know what he was doing over there - creating havoc among the bad guys. I think they fear that weapon system more than any other - at least now that we don't use napalm anymore. (I love the smell of napalm in the morning!...can we ever forget that line?)

Tin - I think you did fine with the photo. Dealing with flash reflections can be tricky. Look on the positive side your photo didn't include any of your fingers or thumbs! lol.

Dan

I guess the lack of thumbs counts for something. However...I keep seeing those perfect pictures people post of their equipment and I don't even come close to that clarity. Guess it's the cheap camera I use. Gotta blame something, right?

 

[CitationJet]

06.12.200 + Garbo 67

Hi guys,

One out of the ordinary on the way home from work earlier this afternoon...

1921Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - REACH 522 - to 17000' QSY 123.825.
1924Z 128.350 Potomac APP - PAT 136 - i/b ADW field in sight QSY TWR 118.400 for landing 1R.
1928Z 126.300 Davison AAF TWR - MARINE 554 - 6 nms. to the north for rwy 32.
1946Z 118.950 Potomac DEP - CODY 02 - deps ADW 1000' for 3000' to 17000' dir AML QSY 118.675.
1956Z 323.225 ZDC-Hopewell - GARBO 67 - checking in at FL270. Heard earlier in Alabama going direct Richmond, I'm assuming a C-130?