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viking9 · November 10, 2009, 06:00:04 PM

Quote from: DaveReid on November 10, 2009, 07:47:44 AM

Is that a visual sighting? If not, where did you get the tieup from?

AFAIK, 05-0732 doesn't exist.

AirNav thinks it does. That's what's in the database for AE189A :)

Tom

radarspotter10 · November 10, 2009, 06:35:12 PM

hi all
Had to get this one in, not your Apache or Cobra, but it fly's?.
Irish Air Corps AW139 276.

FROM PAT

DaveReid · November 10, 2009, 07:23:40 PM

Quote from: viking9 on November 10, 2009, 06:00:04 PM
Quote from: DaveReid on November 10, 2009, 07:47:44 AM
AFAIK, 05-0732 doesn't exist.

AirNav thinks it does. That's what's in the database for AE189A

Enough said.

owensy · November 11, 2009, 06:30:19 PM

At the moment tracking SPAR20 73-1683 DCC9 no idea where its heading but lost at 32000

Runway 31 · November 11, 2009, 07:16:04 PM

Spar 20 went into Edinburgh

owensy · November 11, 2009, 07:36:00 PM

many thanks!

viking9 · November 12, 2009, 09:47:49 AM

On my RB climbing out of EGUN - AE13E5 WC-135C 62-3582c/s OLIVE29.

PP mlat shows him tracking South past TUNEL heading for ACORN.

Tom

Bethsalem · November 12, 2009, 04:03:54 PM

Picked up AE00117 reg 97-5306 callsign MC0228 at FL26. Airframes.org has this as a WC-130J of the 53rd Weather Reconnaisance Squadron , an Air Force Reserve Command unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Mississippi

anorak · November 15, 2009, 11:04:14 AM

Morning All, I have CATBIRD on my screen, any comments from those that know?
Dave.

Bethsalem · November 15, 2009, 04:16:24 PM

It's Reg N35LX. This is a heavily modified 737 which is being used as a testbed for the avionics suite that's destined for the new F-35 Lightning II. A very nice one to log.

DaveReid · November 15, 2009, 05:20:49 PM

Quote from: Bethsalem on November 15, 2009, 04:16:24 PMIt's Reg N35LX. This is a heavily modified 737 which is being used as a testbed for the avionics suite that's destined for the new F-35 Lightning II. A very nice one to log.

I had CATBIRD today too, from 10:38 to 11:41 UTC. But this was AE0357, which decodes to USN C-20A (Gulfstream 3) 830500.

viking9 · November 15, 2009, 11:07:24 PM

You are right Dave. I tracked that C-20A in on PP mlat from Lydd this morning.

Where I think the confusion arises is that N35LX flies under the title CATB (Cooperative Avionics Test Bed) and is known as CAT-bird.

For those interested there is a analysis of the aerodynamic design of the CATB ac here:

http://www.am-inc.com/PDF/catb.pdf

viking9 · November 16, 2009, 09:19:16 AM

Terry,

When did you work at Northolt?

Tom

viking9 · November 16, 2009, 09:45:51 AM

Terry,

You arrived just after I left. I ran the contract for Fields there from 1980 until Sept 1987.

Were you RAF or Fields?

Tom

anorak · November 18, 2009, 07:58:37 PM

Anyone interested in a Saudi AF BBJ2 HZ102 just coasting in north bound over Berryhead?
Correction right turn towards Lyneham?

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