USCG Lear in Western Mass

[N4UYV_Al]

USCG Lear jet spotted today make several 5 mile finals for runway #26 in Pittsfield, didnt have my radio with me but seems odd to be that far away from water.lol.. Anyone hear anything?

 

[jfr]

Indeed I did!! Late in the morning, I heard CG-2129 make a touch-and-go at KORH (Worcester). It's an HU-25C+ out of CGAS Cape Cod. The female pilot made mention of heading to Fitchburg to do the same. Maybe she said Pittsfield??. Shortly after the TAG, a male voice came up on VHF Marine Ch 81 and called for Chesapeake. I'm not sure if they were calling a Cutter by that name or if they were calling CAMSLANT, which is in Chesepeake. I had him booming loud so I know it had to be that AC, as I don't get much traffic on the Marine channels being 50 miles inland!

I was going to post a thread up on ScanCapeCod yesterday, but I never got around to it. Imagine my surprise to see this thread here!
-JR

 

[N4UYV_Al]

Thanks for the info JR, it's weird to see them way out this way.. 'Course, if we lived in Kansas & saw them it would be even more outa place...lol

 

[N1BHH]

The USCG can operate just about anywhere. If you were in Kansas and saw them, it would probably be because they were there for a flood or just about any kind of search and rescue operation. It's never a surprise seeing them anywhere.