E3CF Callsign NATO06

[Terry]

james,i pick up many c130s out of Lynham and didn`t notice for a while that some of them give lat & lon in the alerts box,this will give you some idea of where in the vicinity they are,hope this helps
   
  regards terry

[DaveReid]

james,i pick up many c130s out of Lynham and didn`t notice for a while that some of them give lat & lon in the alerts box,this will give you some idea of where in the vicinity they are,hope this helps

Presumably you're referring to some of the visiting foreign C-130s (e.g. the Brazilian ones) rather than the RAF's ?

[BobR]

The E3's seem to spend alot of time around the North East and are often seen doing holds and procedures at Newcastle.

I had NATO 02 talking to Scottish Mil 'holding hands' with Fagin 24 from 2130hrs -2245hrs on 03/09/08 on the UHF. I assumed 'holding hands' to be air to air refuelling as Fagin 24 (ZD948 Tristar KC1 500). The squawk codes quoted above are Boulmer CRC and Scottish military.

[Allocator]

"Holding Hands" just means that he's in formation with Fagin 24.  They probably will be refuelling, or at least doing "dry runs" at some point, but not necessarily right now.

[BobR]

Thanks for that. First time I had heard that phrase used before... just thought they were good friends!