[MilCom] Identified - Re: SAME 40

[Roger Strohmeyer]

Thank you. That stuff fascinates me. ;-)

-Roger

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 3:02 PM,  <wb5uom at hughes.net> wrote:
> The Dome is the "Manual Tracking  Position"
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> ----- 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
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>> 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
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>> 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/
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>> > 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
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>> >
>> >
>> > ----- 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.)
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>> >
>> > Jim Johnson
>> > Grand Haven, MI
>> >
>> > --- On Thu, 7/1/10, Roger Strohmeyer <roger.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > 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
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>> > -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
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