« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: E-8C  (Read 1695 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Snoop55

  • Flying Officer
  • *
  • Posts: 70
  • Gender: Male
  • Local Airport: City of Derry
  • Favourite Aircraft: F-16 Fighting Falcon
  • Camera Used: Canon EOS 40D
E-8C
« on: July 19, 2009, 10:11:59 AM »
An interesting aircraft heard refuelling on the Flamboro AR track yesterday was ‘Palm 14’ an E-8C JSTARS 97-0200.  The aircraft was refuelled by ‘Quid 89’ a KC-135 flying out of RAF Mildenhall.  The boom frequency for the refuelling was 243.650.  Although the E-8C was showing up on SBS there was no Mode-S callsign attached.
Logged
Accidents usually follow the simultaneous combination of running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas

Offline Dave

  • Air Marshal
  • *
  • Posts: 1955
  • Gender: Male
    • My Jetphoto Images
Re: E-8C
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2009, 02:42:27 PM »
Nice catch, I would love to catch a photo of a mid air refueling session! How long did you manage to track the flight for?
Logged

Offline Snoop55

  • Flying Officer
  • *
  • Posts: 70
  • Gender: Male
  • Local Airport: City of Derry
  • Favourite Aircraft: F-16 Fighting Falcon
  • Camera Used: Canon EOS 40D
Re: E-8C
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2009, 09:07:54 AM »
From my QTH I can usually pick up the aircraft as they make their entrance to the northern part of the track and can follow them south of Leuchars although I loose them before exiting the track.
Logged
Accidents usually follow the simultaneous combination of running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »