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[JohnFB]

Good to have you back Alan, hope you're feeling better soon!

Noticed this one in your log:

N404PA MTH4PA 09:46:46.656 B707-321B USAF


That's something different, at least to me.


Brian

It's the Project Paul Revere test aircraft that's based @ Hanscom, but does a lot of roadwork. Here's a nice pic and short article:

Paul Revere makes program history by taking part in Red Flag


Sometimes he orbits not far from my location while testing equipment. Often uses c/s REASEARCH 4 or 4PA.

If you google N404PA and you find lots of interesting stuff. His little brother is N105TB, a very modified Grumman G-1159.

 

[coronet]

F-16 delivery flight

Hi everyone,

Another F-16 delivery flight departed from Ft. Worth this morning, enroute to Lajes.
RETRO 71-74 should be going Oceanic via ACK and DOVEY at 1345z.

Happy listening !!


René.

 

[bigred10]

a few more from today.....
0110z 119.750 LANCER 24 approaches runway 29 Portland.

LANCER 24 was at Willow Grove doing pattern work for about a 1/2 hour (1930-2000 local).

 

[TinEar]

Good to have you back Alan, hope you're feeling better soon!

Noticed this one in your log:

N404PA MTH4PA 09:46:46.656 B707-321B USAF


That's something different, at least to me.


Brian

Thanks Brian. That N404PA does a lot of flying. It's based at Hanscom Field in MA and does a lot of test flights but usually up through New York, into Canadian airspace and back, It's operated by MIT's Lincoln Labs and has a long history. You can Google it by tail number or even under an operation called 'Paul Revere' to find more.
<Sorry, didn't see John's reply for that aircraft.>

And an explanation of something else for others rather than reply to each individual email...
After posting what I did last night, I got a few emails all basically asking/stating the same thing - "for someone not feeling well, you put in a full day to log all those aircraft."
Nope, I didn't. Without going into a long explanation, I'll just say that all comes from an automatic logging program that is fed by equipment that I turn on in the morning and off at night. All I have to perform is a concatenation process at the end of the day. <Damn...I've always wanted to use 'concatenate' in a sentence!>

Added: I should have known that would result in more emails and questions.
The answer to all of them is: SBS-1

P.S. This site doesn't seem to remember my login anymore. I have to sign in every day now. I also no longer get email notification when someone leaves a reply on this thread as I always did in the past. Anyone else having these problems?
Oops...and haven't been notified of PMs either. Sorry guys.

 

[BM82557]

C-5 departure from Martinsburg

1241 local - PIKESIDE (167th AW WV-ANG OPS) to aircraft saying that everything is delayed because of weather and they're working with the Maine guys for AR. Takeoff from Martinsburg is planned for between 1415 & 1430 local - 297.0

 

[CitationJet]

09.09.2008 pm

A couple of good ones on the go earlier this afternoon. Unfortunately I'm down sick so the drive was interrupted by a visit to the doctor...8-(

1828Z 128.350 PT APP - MACE 91 (F-16CJ/DJ 157th FS SC ANG) - no doubt about SC ANG y'all... 12000'-11000'-2000' for the ILS app to rwy 1L @ Andrews QSY PT APP 335.500.

2006Z 119.850 PT APP - TREND 91 flight x 5 (EA-6B) - TREND 91 flight over to PT APP 335.500 TREND 94 flight to 5000' and also heard TREND 94 switch to PT APP 335.500 along with TREND 95 for the overhead to rwy 1R @ Andrews. Had TREND 91 written down in the logbook but overlooked it when posting yesterday...no wonder!

 

[JohnFB]

Hi everyone,

Another F-16 delivery flight departed from Ft. Worth this morning, enroute to Lajes.
RETRO 71-74 should be going Oceanic via ACK and DOVEY at 1345z.

1328Z - 1347Z

BLUE 27 leaving RETRO 71 x4, who is heading to Chester VOR ... RETRO proceed to Putnam, Providence then Nantucket to meet BLUE 26. 1355Z rendevous @ ACK 260B270.

BLUE 27 RTB Bangor FL310.

They passed a Coronet msn number, which I realized now I neglected to log. I think it was East 136.

254.200 for interplane btwn both BLUEs & RETRO [no AR heard]
123.575 interplane for RETRO

Weather was major factor as they were literally just ahead of massive thunder-boomers that came thru the area ..... I almost lost power, but ended up with just lots of branches in the roads.

 

[coronet]

Retro 71 flight

1328Z - 1347Z

BLUE 27 leaving RETRO 71 x4, who is heading to Chester VOR ... RETRO proceed to Putnam, Providence then Nantucket to meet BLUE 26. 1355Z rendevous @ ACK 260B270.
BLUE 27 RTB Bangor FL310.

They passed a Coronet msn number, which I realized now I neglected to log. I think it was East 136.

254.200 for interplane btwn both BLUEs & RETRO [no AR heard]
123.575 interplane for RETRO

Weather was major factor as they were literally just ahead of massive thunder-boomers that came thru the area ..... I almost lost power, but ended up with just lots of branches in the roads.

Thanks for the log, John !!

Here is short soundclip, the audio quality is not very good, sorry for that ...... http://www.dutchmil.nl/CE2008/Retro71.wav

The Coronet East mission number was CE074, that CE136 was for the A-10s the other day.

They were four brand-new Polish F-16s, and they should be departing to Poland tomorrow, flying through Dutch airspace.

Another interesting deployment coming up tomorrow, with five Prowlers departing from NAS Andrews
as TREND 91-95 with KC-10 GOLD 41 and KC-135 GOLD 42. Take-off at 1200z

Hope this is of interest,


René.

 

[Mark]

Another interesting deployment coming up tomorrow, with five Prowlers departing from NAS Andrews
as TREND 91-95 with KC-10 GOLD 41 and KC-135 GOLD 42. Take-off at 1200z

Hope this is of interest,
René.

Thanks Rene as last night GOLD 41 #87-0121 came back to McGuire with cargo and
and some pax. Guessing he has the TREND flight support crew gear.

A couple Dover C-17's to McGuire last night.
REACH 6167 #06-6167 0315z to McGuire req 190k fuel.
REACH 7174 #07-7174 with McGuire CP at 0640z

Mark

 

[covert53]

Can anyone explain the coronet operations?

CAn anyone provide an explanation for the Coronet operations? Thanks.

 

[ka3jjz]

CAn anyone provide an explanation for the Coronet operations? Thanks.

See the following wiki article....

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Coronet_Missions

73 Mike

 

[CitationJet]

09.08.2008 pm/09.09-10.2008

09.08.2008 pm

1625Z 284.900 NAS Oceana Ops - REACH 3125 (C-17A 03-3125 305th AMW McGuire) - arr. msg 30 mins. out.
1627Z 118.400 Andrews AFB TWR - MARINE 374 (UC-35D 166374 MASD Andrews) - 10 nms. out rwy 1L.
1630Z 128.350 PT APP - SAM 3319 - for the ILS app. to rwy 1L @ Andrews.
1638Z 118.950 PT DEP - TITUS 55 (C-130T VR-53 NAF Washington) - deps Andrews 1300'-3000'-5000'.
1642Z 128.350 PT APP - MARINE 101 (pres. C-37A/B VR-1 NAF Washington) - @ 12000' req. 19L if not then 19R dir OJAAY-OTT VORTAC for the arrival.
1644Z 118.950 PT DEP - TITUS 38 (C-130T VR-53 NAF Washington) - @ 3000' off Andrews to 5000' 15000' dir CSN VORTAC.
1644Z 118.950 PT DEP - PAT 378 - off Andrews @ 3000'-5000'dir CSN VORTAC to 15000' join V130 QSY PT A/D 118.675.
1651Z 118.950 PT DEP - PAT 291 - off Davison AAF.

1721Z 119.300 PT APP - COAST GUARD 02 (V-143A 02 CGAS Washington) - dir DUBYA for RNAV/GPS 19R + req. IFR clnc back to DCA after one circuit.
1726Z 139.150 121st FS DC ANG TAC - SCARY 1/2 (F-16C/D 121st FS DC ANG) - operational A/A comms.
1739Z 118.400 Andrews AFB TWR - VENUS 7 - ILS rwy 19R.
1741Z 118.400 Andrews AFB TWR - MARINE 206 (UC-12B 161206 NAF Washington) - vis rwy 19R.
1751Z 119.300 PT APP - NAVY 376 (C-37A 166376 VR-1 NAF Washington) - for rwy 19L.
1752Z 118.675 PT A/D - JOSA 112 -
1753Z 119.850 PT APP - PAT 006 - missed most of the xmsn but down to 2000' so possibly inbound Davison AAF.

1831Z 118.950 PT DEP - NAVY 7C 618 (UC-12B NAS Oceana NS Norfolk Chambers Field Flight Det.) - dir Davison.
1852Z 128.425 IAD TWR West - GERMAN AIR FORCE 949 (A310 10+27) - lands rwy 19C.

1946Z 118.675 PT A/D TRANS 01 (C-21A 458th AS) - for rwy 19R @ Andrews QSY PT AP 119.850 @ 11000'-10000'.
1950Z 119.850 PT APP - SAM 3322 - QSY PT APP 119.300.
1952Z 118.950 PT DEP - PAT 532 - 7 nms. from ELDEE @ 7000'.
1956Z 119.850 PT APP - BAHRAIN 1 (747-400 A9C-HMK) - @ 8000' inbound Andrews rwy 19R.

2022Z 118.950 PT APP - PAT 978 - off Davison AAF @ 1000'-2000'-5000' QSY PT DEP 125.650.
2022Z 118.950 PT APP - NAVY 7C 618 (UC-12B NAS Oceana NS Norfolk Chambers Field Flight Det.) - 4000'-2000' for the vis. rwy 14 @ Davison QSY Davison AAF TWR 126.300 for the landing.
2025Z 128.350 PT APP - VENUS 23 (C-20B 86-0203) - 7000'-5000'.
2029Z 125.650 PT DEP - PAT 532 - off Andrews 1200'-3000' QSY PT APP 124.550.
2043Z 119.300 PT APP - MARINE 767 (UC-35D 166767 VMR-2) - off Andrews 1600'-2500'.

09.09.2008

1012Z 125.650 PT DEP - ARMY 01053 (UC-35C PATD Andrews) - deps Andrews 1-3-5-7 dir DAILY to 17000' QSY ZDC-Calvert 133.900.
1042Z 125.650 PT DEP - REACH 284T - @ 4000' req. vis. app to rwy 2 @ MCAF Quantico cleared dir BRV VORTAC QSY PT APP 124.650.
1044Z 125.650 PT DEP - BAHRAIN 4 - "off Andrews rwy 19" 2900'-3000' QSY PT DEP 118.950 for correct freq. to 17000' dir LDN QSY PT A/D 118.675 12300'-17000' dir LDN.
1049Z 124.650 PT APP - REACH 284T - @ 4000' req. vis. app to rwy 2 @ MCAF Quantico QSY Quantico ARR 127.050 for the arrival.
1056Z 118.950 PT DEP - NAVY 7C 226 (UC-12B NAS Oceana NS Norfolk Chambers Field Flight Det.) - @ 6000' req. the PAR app. to rwy 14 @ Davison AAF dir DAVEY to 4000'.

1800Z 378.100 GRIFFIN CP Andrews - JOSA 246 - reporting dep. time off Andrews. Also up with PT DEP 118.950 to 13000'.
1804Z 125.650 PT DEP - SPAR 18 - to 3000' then 11000' dir DAILY 17000' QSY ZDC-Calvert 133.900.
1811Z 125.650 PT DEP - VENUS 93 (C-32A 99-0003 1st AS) - 2000'-3000'-11000'-dir DAILY-17000'.
1825Z 118.675 PT A/D - JOSA 558 - @ 15000' on the WZZRD2 arr. dir AML dir andrews X AML @ 8000' QSY PT APP 119.850 and 119.300 for the arrival vis. 1L @ Andrews.
1828Z 128.350 PT APP - MACE 91 (F-16CJ/DJ 157th FS SC ANG) - no doubt about SC ANG y'all... 12000'-11000'-2000' for the ILS app to rwy 1L @ Andrews QSY PT APP 335.500.

2006Z 119.850 PT APP - TREND 91 flight x 5 (EA-6B) - TREND 91 flight over to PT APP 335.500 TREND 94 flight to 5000' and also heard TREND 94 switch to PT APP 335.500 along with TREND 95 for the overhead to rwy 1R @ Andrews.

09.10.2008 am

1103Z 119.850 PT APP - PAT 1202 (C-12T OSACOM VA RFC LFI-DAA shuttle) - 6000'-4000' after OJAAY dir Davison for rwy 32.
1110Z 139.400 Davison AAF Ops "DAVEY OPS" - PAT 1202 (C-12T OSACOM VA RFC LFI-DAA shuttle) - fuel on req. HS1.

 

[bpittman]

Late yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) had Baton 26 on her way back to Harrisburg. Female voice into here was LC on 295.400

Bill
Berkeley Springs

 

[bpittman]

Late yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) had Baton 26 on her way back to Harrisburg. Female voice into here was LC on 295.400

Bill
Berkeley Springs

Freq correction, should have been 295.800 but this is not listed for any PA ANG units yet. Does anyone know if this is a new frequency for them?

Bill

 

[BM82557]

Freq correction, should have been 295.800 but this is not listed for any PA ANG units yet. Does anyone know if this is a new frequency for them?

Bill

295.8 is the primary freq forAR631.


Brian

 

[freqhopping]

EXTRA-17 with ADW Tower 118.4. RI ANG C-130 I would imagine.
1705- GREYHAWK-7 with Bollen Range 266.8

 

[CitationJet]

Re: 267.400

Had an UNID up on 267.400 @ 2032Z a bit earlier while refitting my new DPD Mil Mobile 1/4 Wave - by the way, good job Dave.

 

[Mark]

2050 local DECOY 25 C-5A #68-0225 167AW WV ANG departing pattern at Dover after some touch and go's.
on CP 349.400

Mark

 

[jetcrafter]

AR-20NE Sept 10th late evening

0204z 341.750 ETHYL 52 and SHUCK 80 in AR-20NE ID 52 KC-10, 80 E-3.
0229z 123.900 ETHYL 52 wkg Moncton Center with end AR requests. 80 direct Sydney, direct flight plan route. 52 direct Hampton, Mcguire.

0300z 133.450 PACK 99 wkg Boston ARTCC looking for ADORA 14 for AR-20NE.
0303z 341.750 PACK 99 and ADORA 14 coordinating their AR times at the IP.


ADORA is a new one for me. Any ideas?

 

[TinEar]

Just a quick note to say another new C-17A is up and flying today out west. It's tail 07-7177 and is flying as RIDER 77. Too early to tell if it's coming this way or not. First detection of this aircraft was at 1124 our time.