[MilCom] Rhody 44 departs Patrick to Quonset Point

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It is 10:16am EST (1516z).
  A short while ago, I watched RI-ANG C-130 "Rhody 44" depart Patrick  AFB 
here in sunny warm Florida, after being read his clearance back to  KOQU.  He 
requested and got permission to do a low pass over the Shuttle  Rnwy a few miles 
north of Patrick.  After a couple of years of refusing the  "Shuttle Tour," 
the Shuttle Landing Facility seems to have become a  bit more lenient in the 
last two or three weeks and has returned to the policy  of allowing the low 
approaches to Military aircraft.  The pilots usually  effuse their gratitude to 
the SLF tower when permitted.
   RHODY 44's handoff sequence: 133.75 > 132.65 > 133.8  > 128.55 > 132.65 > 
124.8 > 134.0.
 
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