[Scan-DC] Fighter escort

[mdmonitor1 at verizon.net]

Scott,

What you saw were the BAC 1-11s from the Northrop Grumman Test Facility 
at BWI.  They will usually take off in tandem with one another or one 
BAC 1-11 with a T-39 Sabrelioner. All their aircraft have all-white 
paint jobs.  They are a joy to watch take off. Obviously old fighter 
jocks at the controls.

They are up now with the PAX Echo Control (291.15).  They are the test 
bed aircraft for comms & avionics equipment to be installed on the F-22s 
and the new Joint Strike Fighter under development.

Ron
Baltimore MD
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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at  5:09 PM, Scott Bauer wrote:

> Right over my house here near BWI in MD, blasting over my rooftop flew 
> a large,
> white escorted plane. DC-1 ? The escort was also white. It looked like 
> an F-16.
> but my poor vision isent so great.
> At first the escort was to the rear of the right wing, then moved over 
> to the left. Neato.
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