[MilCom] Heads Up Dover Crippled Aircraft headed your way!!!

[Amtrak35 at aol.com]

Thanks Mike for heads up on this  one..

2247z REACH 319 Dover C-5 from Alabama Just arrived Dover area and  will be 
holding at TIDY over middle of Delaware Bay East of Base for some gear  down 
tests on CP 349.400. Dover appch 132.425.
Has 25 POB and 4 hours of fuel  and mentions will do tower flyby inspection 
as well.
2304z REACH 319 asks CP  for C-5 engineer eyes with binoculars in tower.
2315z REACH 319 # 3 B-2 tire  is shredded and probably will leave debris on 
runway.
eta to land time-30-40  minutes.
2326z REACH 319 with Dover tower weak 126.350 mentions damage from  Redstone 
departure.
mentioned earlier has 70k cargo aboard as well.
2328z  REACH 319 asks Tower to turn up lights and going to do overhead 
inspection run  at 500 feet.
2333z mentions will be inbound runway 19 full stop and IFE  declared on 
132.425
2335z REACH 319 mentions to CP 349.400 "on ground in  10-15 minutes.
2338z REACH 319 with Dover tower 126.350 starting inbound  fullstop at end of 
runway.
2347z Silence an all Dover area air freqs.Guess he  landed or is landing.

Another routine C-5 IFE but tires are still a  problem sometimes..

Mark
Maryland  




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