[MilCom] North Alabama Logs 04/03/2011

[Larry Van Horn]

Michael wrote:
>FIXER 50 HEAVY (?) 133.8,125.6,118.05,127.6 1630 Cleared to 
>Dobbins,possibly C-5M,controller kept calling him Fixer 50 Heavy.

Yes, Michael that was 85-0002 - Fixer 50, a shiny, new C-5M off the line at 
the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Georgia. It was the second C-5 
inducted into the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program, or RERP, 
production line in jan of last year. I caught it on my Mode-S box using its 
C-5B Hex code AE055F signing Fixer 50 in the c/s field. I believe that this 
aircraft is scheduled to return to the  436AW based at KDOV. I have had 
C-130 aircraft out of Lockheed use that call in the past, so my best guess 
is 85-0002 is probably still in the custody of Lockheed at this point. Will 
keep an eye out for him up here in the Snowbird.

73 and good hunting,

Larry Van Horn, Brasstown NC
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