[MilCom] North Alabama Logs 04/03/2011

[Larry Van Horn]

Guess I should have used my other sig block. Wrong list for the genealogy 
sig. ;-)))

Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
Brasstown, NC USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Van Horn" <n5fpw at brmemc.net>
To: "Michael Sharritt" <michael_sharritt at yahoo.com>; 
<mdmonitor1 at verizon.net>; "Milcom" <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: [MilCom] North Alabama Logs 04/03/2011


> 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
> Nicolas Martiau DA National Registrar
> Syndicated Genealogy Newspaper Columnist
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>
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