I'll believe it when I see it.
I would not put too much stock in a 7 year old OSINT report on which airframe belongs to what Sqn. Tail numbers get moved, all of the time, for various factors.Original report identifies it as 188735; OSINT reports that aircraft as belonging to 409 Sqn in Cold Lake as of 2016.
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CASPIR McDonnell Douglas Hornet (CF-188)
CASPIR - Canadian Warplane Heritage Museumcaspir.warplane.com
I can’t imagine why the CAF keeps having its funding cut when it’s such a wonderful source of great PR and displays high levels of professionalism to the world. …
50/50 chance in getting the base right, at least...I would not put too much stock in a 7 year old OSINT report on which airframe belongs to what Sqn. Tail numbers get moved, all of the time, for various factors.
Aww…I was expecting to see a USN-style sky penis a la 2016 Whidbey Island.I feel like there about to be a reckoning in the fighter pilot world with the latest PR disaster
To be fair...how would one pronounce 'BLDE11' when talking to air traffic control?Ah.
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Canadian air force investigating 'inappropriate and unapproved' call sign broadcast on U.K. flight
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) is investigating an ‘inappropriate and unapproved’ call sign that was transmitted electronically from one of its aircraft on Monday.www.cp24.com
There’s also the Wing Commander with a relaxed approach to firearms and hunting regulations — that one’s being tried in the civilian courts.Is that the CMP actual court martial, the CFLTC command team both relieved of their positions, the Snowbirds pilot being charged...
One does not; those are automated systems, transmitting a unique identifier.To be fair...how would one pronounce 'BLDE11' when talking to air traffic control?
(Blade11?)
To be fair...how would one pronounce 'BLDE11' when talking to air traffic control?
(Blade11?)
AKA people with far too much time on their hands.Yup. Sounds like a tactical C/S, talking to ATC they’d probably be using a “normal” one until they chopped operational.
There was plane spotter group in Lossiemouth that used to monitor the frequencies and post our ATC and Op callsigns, as well as when we took off and in what direction and what direction we RTBd from…
AKA people with far too much time on their hands.
That's not a nice way to talk about ATC.AKA people with far too much time on their hands.
Nicer than I'd describe them...That's not a nice way to talk about ATC.
Petawawa has more air movements daily than most hard Airforce bases...Nicer than I'd describe them...
That's a fairly popular place for military aviation enthusiasts to set up shop, isn't it?Yup. Sounds like a tactical C/S, talking to ATC they’d probably be using a “normal” one until they chopped operational.
There was plane spotter group in Lossiemouth that used to monitor the frequencies and post our ATC and Op callsigns, as well as when we took off and in what direction and what direction we RTBd from…
Why not both?Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?
My son is an aviation enthusiast which got him his job as a flight planner/manager. He belongs to groups that do plane spotting. When he was in Calgary, his group was dealing with the RCMP and helped out with reporting suspicious activities around Calgary's airport. The RCMP has a national reach through their volunteer airport/coastal watch program.Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?
I met a trainspotter once. I politely backed away slowly once I found out what he was doing.That's a fairly popular place for military aviation enthusiasts to set up shop, isn't it?
(I'm thinking of the Mach Loop, and all the spotter groups that set up on either side of the valley...but maybe I'm thinking of the wrong place?)
Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?
That's a fairly popular place for military aviation enthusiasts to set up shop, isn't it?
(I'm thinking of the Mach Loop, and all the spotter groups that set up on either side of the valley...but maybe I'm thinking of the wrong place?)
Do you think the plane spotter group had nefarious intentions, or were just folks who were super enthusiastic about anything military?