[Scan-DC] Milair Logs, 11 Jan 08

[mdmonitor1 at verizon.net]

((Times are local))

Really bad wx, fog, low ceilings, rain and severe turbulence aloft kept local flying slow until the mid-afternoon when it cleared as the front passed through.


1. Patuxent River NAS (KHNK): Naval Test Pilot School (NTPS); Naval Strike Aircraft Test Sqdn (NSATS)-VX-23; Naval Force Aircraft Test Sqdn (NFATS)-VX-20; Naval Rotary Aircraft Test Sqdn (NRATS)-HX-21;
 Naval Scientific Test Sqdn-VSX-1.

N161NG (BAC 1-11, Northrop-Grumman Test Facility, Baltimore)-w/Potomac (124.55) & ZDC (133.9) for entry into R-4005 & R-4006. Also w/Echo Control (291.15). ((1210)) After playing around here N161NG 

slipped over the Aberdeen Proving Grounds area in R4001 before returning to Baltimore. ((1425))
Tester 00 (F-18B # 161356) & Tester 15 (T-38C # 61-6526)-w/Bay Watch (256.5) in ACM testing/evaluation flight. ((1529))
PAT 2401 (C-12, Davison AAF)-w/approach (120.05). ((1649))


2. Andrews AFB (KADW): Presidential Pilots Office (PPO); 1st AS; 99th AS; 457th AS; 459th ARS: 121st FS DC ANG; 201st AS DC ANG; NAF Washington; VAQ-209; Marine Air Support Detachment (MASD); VR-1; VR-48; VR-53; 1st Helo Sqdn; OSACOM; Priority Air Transport Detachment (PATD). 

Venus 21 (C-20B # 86-0201, 99th AS)-approaches (119.3 & 118.4). ((1145)) Did approaches in the afternoon (1620))
Venus 40 (VC-37 # 97-0400, 99th AS)-approaches (119.3 & 118.4). ((1150))
Army 052 (UC-35 # 00-1052, OSACOM)-w/Potomac (128.35)-land (118.4). ((1225))
Reach 942-depart (118.95). ((1459))
Reach 277 (id as heavy)-w/Potomac (128.35)-land (118.4). ((1622))
Evac 33113 (prob C-17. MS ANG)-w/Potomac (128.35)-land (118.4). ((1629))
Mussel 03 & 10, (UH-1S, 1st Helo Sqdn)-local afld acty (119.3 & 118.4). ((1628))

3. Others.

Lion 31 (F-18C VFA-136, CVW-7 NAS OCEANA)-w/ZDC (284.7). ((1315))
Spill 1 (sounded like)-w/ZDC (281.4). ((1429))
Drago 51 (unid, fighter type)-w/ZDC (281.4)--cleared to NAS Oceana--prob F-18. ((1430))
Jena 101 (prob Cessna, Manassas VA)-w/Potomac (125.65) reporting he will be " on station" at 1500-1600 ft in 10 minutes. ((1455))
Colt 1 Flt (2 x A-10Cs, 104th FS MD ANG, Martin State)-depart Martin State (317.425). ((1510))
Guard 23867 (UH-1/UH-60 MD NG Weide AAF)-w/Potomac (124.55) asking for landing at Andrews. Also w/Weide Ops (126.2) & Phillips AAF (126.15) for approaches.  ((1517))
Reach 172-w/McGuire Metro (239.8) w/req for wx forecast at KCEF (Westover MA). ((1520))
Bolar 70 (prob C-17, Dover)-w/Potomac (128.35 & 124.55). Also w/Dover CP (349.4) reporting training complete. ((1524))
Flag 01 (sounds like, id as C-17)-w/McGuire CP (319.4) w/arrival msg. ((1539))
Nighthawk 2 (prob VH-60N, HMX-1 MCAF Quantico)-w/Potomac (124.55 & 119.3). ((1630))
Devil 01 (F-16, 119th FS NJ ANG Atlantic City)-w/ZDC (354.15). ((1636))
Team 59 (KC-10A 2/32nd ARS MCGUIRE AFB)-w/ZDC (132.55). Also w/McGuire CP (319.4) w/arrival msg. ((1707))

Ron
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