Interesting Military Aircraft

WAL 2T · April 29, 2009, 01:10:02 AM

FYI Exercise in progress at the moment is "Wycombe Warrior" running until Thursday. Most of the A/G action is at Spade.

Foreign a/c involved: FAF Mirages and Rafales, GAF Tornado IDS, F16s from US, Belgium and Norway. Eyes peeled :)

viking9 · April 30, 2009, 03:40:43 PM

Been tracking on PP Mlat 43C2E1 Pilatus PC-9 ZG969. This aircraft is used by BAe to train pilots contracted to the Royal Saudi Air Force to instruct on the type. Some 50 were supplied to RSAF under the Al Yamamah deal.

Canonjohns40D · May 01, 2009, 02:45:28 PM

I'm back PC repaired and more importantly the Radarbox repaired.

Up now is 43C2AD a RAF Puma HC1 ZJ954 VTX025.

Ahh it feels good, it realy feels good to be doing this.

John

Canonjohns40D · May 01, 2009, 03:13:25 PM

Hi up now 43C3A0 RAF E3 Sentry AW1 ZH102.

John

Canonjohns40D · May 01, 2009, 03:45:26 PM

Hi up now is AE11D0 a USAF E3B Sentry 76-1606 Shuck80H.

John

Canonjohns40D · May 01, 2009, 05:28:45 PM

Hi on the box now 43C1BF a RAF Tristar L-1011-385-3 KC1 ZD948 c/s BDN51.

John

freqhopping · May 01, 2009, 10:06:56 PM

What is it with the QID KC-135s that they display a flightID?
Earlier this week I had QID99 58-0100.

Yesterday and currently I have another KC-135 with a flightID, KANZA96 63-7977 which just departed KADW.

Canonjohns40D · May 01, 2009, 10:59:17 PM

Hi all up now C03A7E Canforce Airbus CC150 Polaris c/s CFC4133 15003. Plus two USAf AE0561 C5B Galaxy 85-0004 and AE0606 C130H c/s RCH037 80-0332.

John

Canonjohns40D · May 01, 2009, 11:14:40 PM

HI two Reach flights both North American Airlines Eastbound tracking across Dublin AA1B36 RCH830 757-28A N750NA and AA5548 RCH824 767-306ER N765NA.

John

WAL 2T · May 01, 2009, 11:20:10 PM

Quote from: freqhopping on May 01, 2009, 10:06:56 PM
What is it with the QID KC-135s that they display a flightID?
Earlier this week I had QID99 58-0100.

Yesterday and currently I have another KC-135 with a flightID, KANZA96 63-7977 which just departed KADW.

Depends whether or not the crew enter the flight id in the FMS/Transponder panel before departure. Under Eurocontrol regs the id should be set and match what is entered in the flight plan so perhaps the aircraft in question are Europe bound. Not sure what the FAA policies are in this respect.

freqhopping · May 02, 2009, 12:13:22 AM

Quote from: WAL 2T on May 01, 2009, 11:20:10 PM
Depends whether or not the crew enter the flight id in the FMS/Transponder panel before departure. Under Eurocontrol regs the id should be set and match what is entered in the flight plan so perhaps the aircraft in question are Europe bound. Not sure what the FAA policies are in this respect.

The thing with KC-135s and maybe some other airframes are that they do have an ID programmed, it's just that the Radarbox doesn't decode it. The SBS will. This is one of the bugs to be fixed in 2.1. That's why this is odd to me. I've logged 64 different KC-135 since March 28 when I dumped old MyLog data. These are the first two I've got an ID for. Someone else in the area with an SBS always get the IDs.

WAL 2T · May 02, 2009, 01:20:15 AM

Roger that. 5 out of 16 KC135s with IDs here in my log... thanks for pointing that issue out in the 2.1 development btw as I was a bit baffled as to why aircraft have been popping up all over the place without Flight IDs.

Canonjohns40D · May 02, 2009, 09:02:46 AM

Hi up now 43C0A5 RAF VC10C1K XR808 RRR2014.

John

Canonjohns40D · May 02, 2009, 09:31:51 AM

HI AE0138 USAF KC-135A 57-1435 up now.

John

Canonjohns40D · May 02, 2009, 10:38:00 AM

Another USAF Tanker AE04FE KC-135R C/sQID99 58-0100 up now.

John