TinEar
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BM82557 said:1246 - 1250 -- HOG 01 (that's what it sounded like) calling command, no response - 370.1
I'm getting HAWK 01 calling Griffin Command at Andrews on that freq Brian. I have no idea who belongs to that freq but it would appear he's on the wrong freq.
He's still calling on that freq as of 1259.
Looking back at my notes, I've had that callsign (HAWK 1 and HAWK 01) used in the past 5/12/06, 12/11/06 and 12/22/06 by C-21A aircraft.
1304: HAWK 01 landing at Andrews w/Tower...118.4
It is a C-21A, tail 84-0127. That was still a real good catch on that 370.1 freq. I wonder why he had it set in his radio though and who it belongs to?
Maybe he just set the third number wheel in the wrong position since he should have been on 378.1
While I was listening for HAWK 01 to maybe come up on 378.1, at 1258 I heard SAM 1575 (C-37A, 97-0401, 99th AS Andrews) reporting to Andrews that his takeoff time was 1647Z and ETB (Estimated Time in Blocks) is 1900Z...378.1
A few minutes earlier I heard that big, lumbering Russian Antonov 124 coming into the area again. Tail was RA-82079 and flight number was VDA 4686.
1320: CHOSEN 1 flight of F-16s off from Andrews...TRACON Departure 348.725 > ZDC-Calvert 281.4 > ZDC-Franklin 290.425 where they check in at FL 220 as a CHOSEN flight callsign at 1331.
Interflight 139.15 is active but I'm only hearing a BULLY flight there. It appears to be the same flight. This one really has me confused.
There doesn't appear to be a second interflight freq active for a CHOSEN flight.
1334: CHOSEN flight leader tells ZDC-Franklin they're going to 5314 (R-5314 is Dare County Range in North Carolina)...290.425
1335: Belgian Air Force, BAF 617 (A-310, tail CA-01, 21 Squadron) climbing out from Andrews...TRACON
1337: CHOSEN flight was handed off to another controller by ZDC-Franklin but I couldn't hear the freq and now can't find them again.
1344: BULLY flight is still working on interflight 139.15 and still within range so it's obviously not the same flight as CHOSEN. Strange that there wasn't another interflight active in the 138-144 range. Could they possibly have a new freq in the 148-150.6 range to go along with the new callsign? I'll have to start checking.
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