[MilCom] Patrick AFB Area Log - Saturday, 26 Apr 2003: Air Show Acft

Sun Apr 27 02:12:00 2003

Note: All Combat Air Patrol callsigns/freqs and security-sensitive
information have been removed from this log before posting.

                                                       Saturday, 26 Apr 2003

CAT 301
1:50am: To Nassau.
[119.825]

ROCK 24: C-130E Willow Grove ARS AFRC 913AW 327AS 
8:10am: Area transition.
[119.825]

N862FE: Ce-208B Fed Express FAA Liaison Acft.
9:05am: Lands Patrick, Air Show display acft.
[133.75]

MAVERICK 5: Flight of 5
9:23am: Lands Patrick.  12:10pm: Departs Patrick, local ops.
12:10pm: Air Show Demonstration.  12:20pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75; 123.15 air-air]

N410ER: Ce-172S 
9:27am: Lands Patrick, Air Show.

Navion 4321K: 1946 Navion #NAV-4-1321.
9:29am: Lands Patrick, Air Show participant.
[133.75]

GUNFIGHTER 02: F-14B, Oceana NAS VF-101 "Grim Reapers" Sqdn
9:55am: Lands Patrick, Air Show Demonstration Acft
[133.75]

N747F: 2001 Haupt Charles "Foxtrot" #F001
10:00am: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[133.75]

N34AQ: 1956 Beech T-34A #CG112
10:07am: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[133.75]

N796TM: 1996 American Champion 8KCAB #779-96
10:10am: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

CAJUN 11: A-10 Flight of 2, NewOrleans AFRC 926FW 706FS
11:03am: Lands Patrick.
[139.825 air-air]

SWEET 75: C-130H Mitchell Field AFRC 440AW "Flying Badgers" Sqdn.
11:10am: Inbound MacDill 1525z w pax.
[311.0 MacDill Lightning Ops]

WOLF 01
11:13am: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

TALON 57
11:20am: Lands Patrick.
[269.375, 281.425]

JPATS 48: T-6A Trainer
11:30am: Lands Patrick, for static display.
[269.375, 281.425]

RED HORSE 02: USAF Engrs, Air Show Support.
11:30am: Ground comms.
[173.125]

ACFT 51607: C-31A, Golden Knights Fokker #85-1607 Jump Acft
11:35am: Lands Patrick.  Evening jumps over Patrick.
[133.75]

N205DS: DA-40 Diamond Acft #40.205.
11:52am: Lands Patrick, Air Show Display.
[133.75, 132.65]

N20699: Schweizer 269C-1 Helo #0151.
11:55am: Lands Patrick, for Air Show static display.

THUNDERBIRD 8: F/A-18 Single acft.
12:00 noon: Lands Patrick after SLF flyover.
[269.375, 132.65, 133.8, 307.0]

STEALTH 91: F-117A Nighthawk, Holloman AFB 49FW 8FS "Blacksheep" Sqdn.
2:02pm: Departs Patrick.  Per IMs to me from Milcomers, Stealth 91 is heard 
in AAR near MacDill and later does flyovers at two air shows in Southeast US.
4:00pm: Lands Patrick after several pretty passes.
[269.375, 281.425, 289.4]
NOTE: I managed to squeeze off a couple of photos of this guy, but you gotta 
be very very quick to get him.  The plane in incredibly maneuverable; 
sometimes it seems to move crab style because it changes direction so 
instantaneously.  I will attempt to get more and better pics tomorrow, and I 
will post the best pics to the RadioMonitors YahooGroup site.

N11EX: Extra Flugzeugbau EA-300/L #157
12:02pm: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[133.75]

DC 386:
12:45pm: Area transition.

ACFT 15Y: USCS
12:57pm: Comms with Gainesville.
[165.2375]

BLUE ANGELS: F/A-18 Demo Team.
1:00pm: Air Show Demonstration, 1 hour.
[164.9, 238.15]

VDA 992: Antonov AN-124
1:05pm: Lands Cape Canaveral AFS.
[132.65, 118.625]

N4698S: T-28B Flight of 2, incl #137706.
2:13pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

BOLT 61: KC-135R, MacDill 6AMW
2:25pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

NORTH AMERICAN 5728, T-28B Flight of 4, AKA "Texan Flight."
2:26pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

N50CS: MiG-15 #1A07009
2:35pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

TIGER 21
2:56pm: Lands Patrick.
[269.375, 281.425]

COBRA 10: 
2:42pm: Lands Patrick.

IMPAC 61: C-130 Gunship
2:50pm: Shooting at Avon Park Foxtrot Range; gets permission to punch out 
some chaff.
[292.2]
NOTE: It was very interesting to hear the all-business combat-like comms from 
the working gunship in contrast to the relaxed comms of the Air Show 
participants.

N392W: T-28B Flight of 3, incl #138314
3:09pm: Lands Patrick, Airshow Demonstration.
[133.75, 132.65]

NASA 908: T-38N, NASA-Johnson Space Ctr, Houston.
3:25pm: Departs KSC-Shuttle Landing Facility to Gulfport.
[128.55, 124.8, 133.475, 126.525, 128.225, 133.9]

NASA 921: T-38N, NASA-Johnson Space Ctr, Houston.
3:25pm: Departs KSC-Shuttle Landing Facility to Gulfport.
[128.55, 124.8, 133.475, 126.525, 128.225, 133.9]

N5141R: Ce-172M
3:28pm: Lands Patrick, Air Show display acft.
[133.75]

POISON 09: T-38, Columbus AFB 14FTW
3:42pm: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[269.375, 281.425]

N3267G: 1943 North American SNJ-5 #51971
3:43pm: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[133.75]

N1621M:
3:48pm: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[133.75]

MUSTANG 01: Ce-208, US State Dept Intl Narcotics Mission, Patrick AFB.
3:55pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75, 132.65]

BIG DOG 01
4:30pm: Departs Patrick, local ops, Air Show participant.
[133.75]

N392W: T-28B #138314.
4:50pm: Lands Patrick, Air Show.
[133.75]

REACH 1099: C-17
5:25pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75, 132.65]

THUNDERBIRD 01: F/A-18 Demonstration Team, Flight of 7
6:00pm: Arrive Patrick, conduct Arrival Demonstration at Patrick, then 
separate show at Wing celebration over Officers' Club.
[269.1 South Carolina, 319.2 Atlanta Ctr, 282.3 Atlanta Ctr, per my IMs with 
Mike Riffle in GA.  Thanks, Mike; it was fun following the flight all the way 
here.]
[269.375, 141.85, 143.85]
NOTE: Managed to get some good group shots of the acft flying inches from one 
another.  Unfortunately the lighting today was poor so the paint jobs don't 
seem spectacular in the photos; I will try for better ones tomorrow.

THUNDERBIRD 14: C-141
6:51pm: Lands Patrick.
[133.75]

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