Andrews Tower RE: [Scan-DC] C-141 at KADW

[Alan]

I'm fairly sure what you saw and/or heard was not a C-141.

At the time you quote, there was a C-5A (69-0013, 89th Airlift Squadron, 
Wright-Patterson AFB OH) operating with Andrews using callsign REACH 
866. The C-5A has a distinctive engine sound too.

Alan
Maryland

Rick Hansen wrote:

>Does anyone record the tower comms to an MP3? 
>
>Rick
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>[mailto:scan-dc-bounces+rick.hansen=apsglobal.com at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
>Of b_thom at juno.com
>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:11 AM
>To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Scan-DC] C-141 at KADW
>
>Supposedly, they're all out of service, with only "Hanoi Taxi" the last
>one left in flying condition. Well, one just flew west over central
>Alexandria at 10:01 a.m. EDT; it would have left KADW about 9:55. I see
>this plane about one a month. I know a C-17 when I see one, and this was
>not a C_17. This a/c had that characteristic C-141 sound too, a unique
>high-pitched whine that the C-17s do not have, that drops sharply in
>pitch due to the Doppler effect as it passes overhead. Once you've heard
>it, you'll always know it. DC-3s are like that. I can hear one from
>inside the house and know what it is. 
>
>This a/c was not flying on a route for an Arlington National Cemetery
>flyover. Are they operating for some other country's air force? 
>
>I certainly would appreciate a tail number for this plane. Thanks.
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