[MilCom] Identified - Re: SAME 40

[wb5uom at hughes.net]

The Dome is the "Manual Tracking  Position"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Strohmeyer" <roger.stroh at gmail.com>
To: <wb5uom at hughes.net>
Cc: "Jim Johnson" <jasbo01 at yahoo.com>; "Ed Langworthy"
<jetcrafter at securespeed.us>; "Milcom" <MilCom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] Identified - Re: SAME 40


> That's a great website.
>
> "Good duty" is right. In the illustration of RC-135S what does the guy
> do that sits in the giant stool\Kirk's chair that goes into a little
> "Cone of Silence?". (only *really* old people know what the cone of
> silence is) Does his head actually sit in a clear dome where he can
> see 360 degrees?...and snap photos? ;-)
>
> Have a Happy and *safe* 4th everyone!
>
> -Roger in Nor Cal\Bay Area
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:36 PM,  <wb5uom at hughes.net> wrote:
> > Some of you may have already visited this site:
> >
> > http://www.rc135.com/
> >
> > I thought it was pretty good.
> > That really has to be good duty as a operator in the back of one of
those.
> >
> >
> > David/WB5UOM
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Johnson" <jasbo01 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Ed Langworthy" <jetcrafter at securespeed.us>; "Roger Strohmeyer"
> > <roger.stroh at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "Milcom" <MilCom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MilCom] Identified - Re: SAME 40
> >
> >
> > Just a quite check showed her to be a Rivet Joint aircraft. (Airborne
SIGINT
> > platform.)
> >
> >
> > Jim Johnson
> > Grand Haven, MI
> >
> > --- On Thu, 7/1/10, Roger Strohmeyer <roger.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Roger Strohmeyer <roger.stroh at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [MilCom] Identified - Re: SAME 40
> > To: "Ed Langworthy" <jetcrafter at securespeed.us>
> > Cc: "Milcom" <MilCom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010, 3:11 PM
> >
> >
> > Thanks for sharing, Ed. The antenna array on that aircraft is
> > *insane*. That and it looks as if it's been quite modified. And I dont
> > know what the painted black things are that are protruding from the
> > bottom but I imagine those are some sort of antenna arrays also.
> >
> >
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Air/Boeing-RC-135V-%28739-445B%29/1721216/L/&sid=7a802189a676674a86c660da22f1b40a
> >
> > -Roger in Nor Cal\Bay Area
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Ed Langworthy
> > <jetcrafter at securespeed.us> wrote:
> >> Thanks to Jack in FL and Ian in the UK, here is the ID of SAME 40
> >>
> >> 64-14846 SAME40 2010-07-01 16:36:27 RC-135V United States 55W/38RS
> >>
> >>
> >> Ed Langworthy
> >> Gray, ME
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Ed Langworthy" <jetcrafter at securespeed.us>
> >> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:41 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [MilCom] SAME 40
> >>
> >>
> >>> 1838z update -
> >>>
> >>> SAME 40 just checked in with ZBW on 128.750
> >>>
> >>> Not sure of his destination yet but may be mid-atlantic bound.
> >>>
> >>> Heads up Alan, Mark.
> >>>
> >>> Ed Langworthy
> >>> Gray, ME
>