[MilCom] Military departure question

[Daryll]

It would be cool to see a KC-135 with afterburners though.....  :)

Sort of like a large version of Fat Albert's JATO take-off's.

Thanks for the info Aaron.

DS
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Haase" <airplanefreak2000 at hotmail.com>
To: <rotarymag at adelphia.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] Military departure question


>I hear it all the time from Scott which I wont be near until August:(.  But 
>it means they are flashing their transponder.  Hope this helos, ive heard 
>C-21's and KC-135's say that so i dont think its A/B lol.:)
>
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>>From: "Daryll" <rotarymag at adelphia.net>
>>To: "Milcomm" <Milcom at mailman.qth.net>
>>Subject: Re: [MilCom] Military departure question
>>Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:10:30 -0400
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>>I'll take a WAG at this one, and say it might be referencing the use of 
>>the afterburner.
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>>DS
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>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Cobb" <gunslinger37217 at yahoo.com>
>>To: "Radio Monitors" <Radiomonitors at yahoogroups.com>; "Milcomm" 
>><Milcom at mailman.qth.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 4:09 PM
>>Subject: [MilCom] Military departure question
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>>>I was wondering from say military a/c, especially
>>>fighters, what does it mean "with the flash"?   For
>>>example one year when i was in Destin, FL monitoring
>>>Eglin:  "departure, Crow 11 out of 500 for 15000 with
>>>the flash"  Or maybe uses the term before calling
>>>altitude.   Could that be the outer marker?   I was
>>>wondering because Mil a/c just out of habit sometimes
>>>use the term when they leave KBNA.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>Joe