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Posted: 12/12/2014 8:57:15 PM EDT
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Just heard an F-18, possibly from VMFA-251 and N917NA land back to back at Dulles. Anybody know of some sort of event they'd be involved with? Doesn't seem to be anything happening at the Udvar-Havy this weekend. Maybe part of a flyover for the Army-Navy game? Pretty sure NASA operates Hornets as chase planes. |
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Posted: 12/12/2014 9:04:32 PM EDT
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NASA has a handful of Hornets, most of them are at Edwards I think. They do use them for chase. Not sure if they are doing any more special projects with them.
Probably just a coincidence they landed back to back. |
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Posted: 12/12/2014 9:38:14 PM EDT
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I don't think the F-18 was NASA. It wasn't using a NASA callsign. It sounded like Volt/Bolt01. VMFA-251 uses the callsign TBolt. It landed before the T-38.
01 would signify the CO. "Lieutenant Colonel Riggs graduated from the United States Naval Academy in May 1996" |
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Posted: 12/12/2014 9:54:40 PM EDT
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. Mil planes land at civvy airports all the time
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Posted: 12/12/2014 10:50:04 PM EDT
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Could be what's known as a cross-country training. Our pilots would have to fly to distant airports and stay overnight due to time on duty restrictions.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 10:56:21 PM EDT
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I don't think the F-18 was NASA. It wasn't using a NASA callsign. It sounded like Volt/Bolt01. VMFA-251 uses the callsign TBolt. It landed before the T-38. 01 would signify the CO. "Lieutenant Colonel Riggs graduated from the United States Naval Academy in May 1996" 01 was probably the call sign on the schedule. Likely both were on a cross country. |
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Posted: 12/12/2014 11:33:25 PM EDT
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Don't know if it matters but Army-Navy game is tomorrow in Baltimore.
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Posted: 12/12/2014 11:50:12 PM EDT
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01 is typically used by commanding officers. Had it been a NASA jet the F-18 would've IDed as either NASA### or the more rare PLUTO## which I only heard during the shuttle transfers a few years back. 81/91 are typical for x-country.
NASA917 came from Huntsville. I bet they're doing the flyover tomorrow. The Blue Angels aren't doing it like in the past. The Army's got CH-47s and AH-64s for the flyover. |
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Posted: 12/13/2014 2:32:35 AM EDT
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Probably just landing to refill the chemtrail dispensers. KIAD has alot of chemtrail tanks.
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Posted: 12/13/2014 11:05:35 AM EDT
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Of the eight squadrons I've been in I can't ever recall the CO using 01. I understand the protocol, but it seems we use what ops writes on the schedule. Maybe it is a hornet thing. As a sched writer I can't remember ever writing it specifically that way either. Doesn't mean it that is always the case.
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Posted: 12/13/2014 2:29:48 PM EDT
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917 I am guessing is on a cross country.
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Posted: 12/14/2014 8:01:16 PM EDT
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917 I am guessing is on a cross country. when I was on active duty (77-87), 00 was the CO's bird when the whole squadron flew, but it could be assigned to any pilot to fill the schedule on a day-to-day basis. VMA-542, VMAT-203 Harriers |
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