Interesting Military Aircraft

[viking9]

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]

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]

AFAIK, 05-0732 doesn't exist.

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

Enough said.

[owensy]

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

[Runway 31]

Spar 20 went into Edinburgh

[owensy]

many thanks!

[viking9]

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]

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]

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

[Bethsalem]

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]

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.

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]

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]

Terry,

When did you work at Northolt?

Tom

[viking9]

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]

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