TinEar
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Tin,
All my hard work has finally paid off!!!
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Tony
Add to that all the nasty comments I've made over the years about that juvenile appearing "DECEE" and perhaps they finally got the word. But I doubt it.
1337: SOONER 01 Heavy (KC-135R, 58-0015, 465th ARS Tinker) on approach to the area, contacts ADW Tower for landing but is waived off due to high winds. Told Tower he'd like to hold at RATTA on 10-mile legs. A minute later he went over to CP freq 378.1 and explained about the winds and that he'd be holding. (I'm showing 37 mph winds at BWI but it sure appears and sounds greater than that. Just plugged Andrews AFB zip code into Weatherbug and it shows 29 mph gusts but they must be greater if landings are being halted.)
1407: SOONER 01 Heavy still out there flying those 10 mile legs around RATTA at 3,000 feet.
1408: SOONER 01 calling Martin State Airport Command Post...several calls, no joy...347.2
1348: REACH 946 (C-17A, 94-0070, 437th AW Charleston) calling Pope AFB CP...257.1 (This aircraft departed the U.S. on the 17th for Europe. First log of the day today was in Hungary on his return trip.)
Just for interest's sake...same station in Hungary logged SAM 3524 (C-37A, 99-0404, 99th AS Andrews) this morning at 0927Z.
1408: REACH 421T (C-17A, 99-0060, 62nd AW McChord) just reported airborne from Andrews to CP...378.1 (I didn't hear his callsign but that's what he's displaying. Might be different since that was his inbound call if his mission is completed for that USTRANSCOM mission.)
1411: RAVEN flight (A-10, MD-ANG) reports "call us off at 10" as they go airborne...347.2 (SOONER 01 still calling so I guess Ops doesn't hear him.)
1413: DC-ANG F-16 flight up on interflight (no callsign heard yet)...143.6
1415: RAVAGE flight approaching Andrews w/TRACON...270.275 (Same flight on 143.6, flight of three)
1416: COLT flight (A-10 MD-ANG) w/Harrisburg Approach...281.525 (Flight working 140.025 interflight)
1417: RAVAGE flight over to ADW Twr for landing runway 1L...349.0
1417: SOONER 01 tells Andrews CP he wants to go to BWI...378.1
1417: GILLY 1 (C-130E, 63-7879, 37th AS Ramstein AB) just off from ADW...tells Twr he's going to departure...118.4
1419: RAVAGE 3 reporting he's getting "an anti-skid light" so wants to go over to 1R with the arresting barrier (anti skid light means he might not have braking)...349.0
1425: RAVAGE flight has gone around a couple of times checking things out...still in pattern and now preparing to land...RAVAGE 3 is the one with the problem, will land on the right runway, stop on the runway and be towed off...349.0
1426: RAVAGE 3 asking for confirmation the cables are up on the right runway...confirms they are and he's going in...349.0
1427: SMASH 41 w/ZDC-Salisbury reporting at FL 240...257.7
1429: SOONER 01 Heavy to BWI Twr for landing runway 33L...cleared to land by Tower, reports gear down...119.4
1430: SOONER 01 pointed out to STAT 18 (Med helo) by tower and tower warns the KC-135 of the helo...119.4
Extremely busy on all radios...missing lots of traffic while listening to SOONER 01/BWI Tower/BWI Ground as a priority for now. (Stuck my head out the front door and saw him on approach to 33L. I get about a 5 second view in that direction)
1434: SOONER 01 w/BWI Ground...directions to taxi on Poppa, left on Bravo and over to Signature...she tells him to standby and she'll get a parking space for him ...121.9
1435: SOONER 01 gets new directions...Poppa to P1, left across runway 22...121.9
1437: SOONER 01 to go behind the Embraer and over to the Signature ramp...121.9
1437: SMASH 41 handed off to ZDC-Casino and checks in at 14,500 for 11,000...285.4
1438: BWI Ground tells SOONER 01 he'll see an MD-11 and he's to park on his right side...Block 17 is his parking spot...121.9
1440: BWI Ground tells SOONER 01 he can talk to Signature on 122.95...SOONER 01 says he's already talking to them...121.9
Signature must have a very low power transmitter since I can't hear them on 122.95 and have never heard of that freq - at least for Signature use.
I switched to the normal Signature freq 129.0 and I can hear both ends l/c...Signature asks what he needs...SOONER 01 says he needs transportation for 20 pax and 5 crew to the terminal and then they'll find a way to Andrews...says the aircraft will be there until at least tomorrow...129.0
1448: SOONER 01 says they're going to drop the ladder (and do it) and unload the crew...Signature rep tells them in no uncertain terms to pull the ladder back in. They can't drop off any crew or passenger until Signature comes out to get them. Repeats it a couple of times getting angrier sounding each time. SOONER 01 says they'll comply. Signature is going to tow the aircraft to a parking space and the aircraft commander just wants to make sure they can get out again from the spot when needed. Signature rep calls himself "ASIG" and thanks SOONER 01 for pulling the ladder back into the plane...129.0
1451: SOONER 01 asks if they can shut down their engines...ground tells them they can and wants to know the arrangements for their departure....SOONER 01 tells them they haven't gotten that far yet and just don't know the departure plans yet...129.0
1454: Signature tells SOONER 01 again to shut down their engines...also says they will have an ACU (or ATU) there shortly and "playmate" the passengers and crew to the terminal. SOONER 01 says they want to go to the Signature terminal, not the BWI terminal - which comes as a surprise to the Signature rep. So, he's off to change the arrangements he had just made for them to go to the BWI terminal....129.0 (this is getting kind of funny...they may be on that plane for a bit - with engines shut down and no air. I'd bet the commander is sorry about now that he decided on BWI for recovery of the aircraft.)
By 1503 nothing further is heard so here's where I'll leave it and go enjoy some sunshine.
Well...that was a bad idea. Went outside and about 15 seconds later got bonked on the head with a falling tree branch in the wind.
Earlier, I mentioned the Hungarian logger that had the SAM flight. He also had a couple of other locals...SAM 3590 (C-32A, 98-0002, 1st AS Andrews) at 0535Z and REACH 167 (C-5B, 87-0027, 436th AW Dover) at 0803Z today. Nice location and his log seems very busy. By the way, yesterday I was wondering if 98-0003 was really Air Force 2 since the VP usually uses the 98-0002 aircraft. It was AF2 which got confirmed when he returned to ADW last night. And now I know why he wasn't aboard his usual 98-0002 since it's in Hungary with some other VIP. Has anyone seen anything in the news about someone heading that way?
1535: E-6B, 164388, VQ-4 off from Patuxent, climbing and heading south, then turning on the usual westerly course toward Gordonsville.
1548: 164388 is about 2/3 of the way to Gordonsville, has climbed to FL 240 and leveled off...moving at 400 knots on course 275.
1604: MANTA 75 [Yesterday he was OLLA 79]...(C-32B, 02-4452, 227th SOF NJ-ANG McGuire) heading northeast through the area at FL 330. He just came up from VA, crossed into southern Delaware from MD's eastern shore - looks like he's heading back to McGuire.
1617: MANTA 75 just starting to cross the mouth of Delaware Bay - just southeast of Waterloo.
1700: Another E-6B (164386, VQ-4) coming in from the west...FL 330, 90 degree heading.
Just saw a report on another board that an OH-58C from the NTPS at Patuxent was destroyed yesterday afternoon (1500 hour) when it rolled over. BuNo is (was) 696160.
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