Tuesday, 9 Nov 2004

Interesting day of comms with a great variety of acft types:
DC-8, P-3C, T-38, S-3B, C-37A, T-45, KC-135, C-141, E-8C, F-16, C-130, and one
huge Ukrainian Antonov AN-124. Even a US State Dept Cessna Caravan! It just
does not get much better than this.

AIR TRANSPORT 710: DC-8, Air Transport Intl (USAF Contractor).
8:25am: Lands Patrick.
1:33pm: Departs Patrick, probably to Antigua.
[133.75, 132.65]

LIMA LIMA 19: P-3C, Jacksonville NAS VP-30 "Pro's Nest" Sqdn.
8:40am: Area transition.
[119.825]

NASA 909: T-38N #65-10351, Johnson Space Ctr, Houston.
8:59am; Lands Shuttle Landing Facility.
1:10pm: Lands SLF again.
[124.8, 132.65, 128.55]

SCOUT 11: S-3B, Jacksonville NAS VS-24 "Scouts"
9:30am: Over Lake George, departs Pinecastle Range to NAS Jacksonville.
[357.0]

SPAR 30: C-37A #01-0030, MacDill AFB 6AMW 310AS
9:51am: Up with Oakgrove on AICC.
[364.2]

SAM 8172: VIP flight.
10:00am: Area transition.

TOPCAT: S-3B, Jacksonville NAS VS-31 "Topcats"
10:40am: Comms with Alleycat (Razor 88's back-end c/s)
[292.2]

SCOUT 04: S-3B, Jacksonville NAS VS-24 "Scouts"
10:44am: Orbiting on Pahokee 330 radial, 3-18 DME, 12,500 ft, left-hand turns.
[349.0]

CD 212: T-45A, Kingsville NAS TW-2 (Single ship)
10:49am: Working in offshore Whiskey area; comms with Sealord.
[267.5, 351.8, 377.05]

SLUFF 84: KC-135R, Rickenbacker ANGB, OH-ANG 121ARW
11:02am: Patrick-Patrick round-robin clearance. Is told "Rcvr acft has taken
off; contact on 293.525 when you get to Robins; will meet up with you at
1800z."
11:25am; Departs Patrick.
[118.4, 133.75, 132.65, 372.2]

DECEE 91, 92: C-141Bs, Andrews AFB 756AS
11:12am: En route Luke AFB; pilot spelled c/s (I used to think it was DC ##).
[135.475, 119.825]

N4667B: 208B Cessna Caravan, US State Dept Intl Narcotis Mission, Patrick AFB.
11:15pm: Local ops.
[133.75]

RAZOR 88: E-8C JSTARS, Robins AFB
11:50am: Gets FL240-310 altitude block for orbiting; to KMLB 142 radial at 77
DME, then Craig.
[119.825]

ALLEYCAT: Back-end (Mission) Callsign for RAZOR 88.
12:44pm: "MacDill 250 radial at 12."
12:50pm; Passes coordinates to acft EVIL 10.
[388.225]

PISTOL 31: F-16, Shaw AFB
12:47pm: Low approach at Patrick, then continues to Shaw.
[269.3, 281.425, 269.375; air-air on 141.9]

TERRA 5: JSTARS Melbourne Ground Station (Northrop Grumman)
3:57pm: Comms with T-3/Tango 3 acft.
[231.75]

MADFOX 22: P-3C, Jacksonville NAS VP-5 "Mad Foxes"
4:42pm: Inbound to Patrick, touch-and-goes, RTB KNIP.
[133.475, 132.65, 133.75, 269.375, 124.8]

KING 24: C-130
10:00pm: PJ drops, then pattern work at Patrick.
[133.75, 251.9]

VDA 4977: AN-124, Volga Dnepr AL (NASA/USAF Contractor)
10:07pm: Departs to Vatry France (LFOK).
[128.55, 132.65, 132.25, 119.825, 134.85]

___672, 673, 676: Sounds like T-45s
11:56pm: Working in Whiskey Areas; comms with Sealord. Sometimes callsign
sounded like "WN 672."
[284.5]

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