Interesting Piaware pickups...

Here is an Instagram link that shows three generations of tankers in one picture, the KC-135, the KC-10 and the KC-46.

instagram.com/p/9TTjL_BPJE/

Marty

I picked up the Australian PM’s 737 tonight over Nebraska. flightaware.com/photos/view/1342 … fttype/BBJ

I saw the same aircraft passing through the Chicago Area:

Hex Code Type Callsign Registration Last Altitude Description Country Last Seen (UTC)

7CF85C B737 ASY301 A36-001 38000 RAAF | 34SQN Australia 2016-01-20 04:34:50

Marty

flightaware.com/live/flight/A36 … /KADW/KOAK

What do we figure the range of this bird is? They going to make it from Oakland to Sydney?

This aircraft is a BBJ, so its range is close to 6000nm, depending on its configuration.

Marty

Hey Guys,

I didn’t see this thread till now and so posted my own topic here: http://discussions.flightaware.com/notable-activity/dragon-6-t36725.html

It show a RAAF refueler tooling around off the coast.

Cheers all,

Goldy

Been watching this guy circling around for the past hour or more:

84-0187
United States Air Force
United States Military
Douglas KC-10A Extender

NICE21 ⇒ AE01DF [FR24] [FlightStats] [FlightAware]
Altitude: 16900 ft / 5148 m Squawk: 3375
Speed: 306 kt / 567 km/h RSSI: -27.6 dBFS
Track: 318° (Northwest) Last seen: now
Position: 33.612°, -116.500°

NASA B-747SP

Picked it up as it passed through Illinois.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14758318/nasa747.jpg

flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA … /KPMD/KPMD

Marty

Pretty Sure this is Navy P3 (4000+ hours in them)

RH801 ⇒ [United States] AE1D78 [FR24] [FlightStats] [FlightAware]
Country of registration: United States
Altitude: ▲ 15575 ft | 4744 m Squawk: 1554
Speed: 184 kt | 341 km/h RSSI: -25.6 dBFS
Track: 165° (South) Last seen: now
Position: MLAT: 47.889°, -122.268° (1.2s)
Distance from Site: 2.7 NM | 5.1 km

Not sure what squadron but its sound is unique, went right over head the house.

It belongs to VP-46.

Marty

New A/C for Canadian Airlines. (likely a 787)

n/a ⇒ Canada C01A61
Country of registration: Canada
Altitude: on ground Squawk: n/a
Speed: 0 kt | 0 km/h RSSI: -33.4 dBFS
Track: n/a Last seen: now
Position: 47.921°, -122.274°
Distance from Site:

C-FJZS if my math is correct.

And it’s a B77W.

What software is these screenshots from?

I picked up an E-6 today over my area.

Callsign was SOMAT61
Hexcode is AE041C

Research shows its based out of Tinker AFB~OK https://planefinder.net/data/aircraft/164410

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7462/26395430384_1d09ba1076_o.jpg

Hello from a fellow Chicago area feeder. The E-6s pass through the area fairly regularly. Here is a list of E-6s that I have seen in the Chicago area.

flyingnut.com/adsbmap/adsbMi … hp?type=E6

Marty

[quote=“beckerm13”]

Hi Marty,

Good to meet fellow feeders in the area as well!!

Thanks for the list, much appreciated!

I see some cool stuff here in the my area (Rockford), I can only imagine what you get to pickup in the Chicago area. I get alot of flights to and from Chicago passing overhead. But I bet you get the good pickups over there in Chicago! I am using a small antenna, thinking about upgrading my stuff in the future, so I can get out further. KORD is just out of my range :frowning: lol

Look forward to seeing your pickups :slight_smile:

I recently picked these up

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7788/26852950160_63d3a172f9_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7428/26852950260_30ace1312f_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7238/26852950330_8a516c0c72_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7443/27094113286_f4177262f7_b.jpg

[quote=“freybear”]

AE003C - is a T-38C. I also logged it, along with T-38C, AE0003.

Yesterday was a good day for non-regular loggings. Three F-15Es, two T-38C and the NASA B-747SP.

Marty

I was able to get this a few hours ago (waited to post for security reasons)

It is a VH-60N ZUFRP 000001 (Research shows it was Marine One, for the president and DOD)

It was at 5,500 feet near Madison

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7736/27181815536_a2b7bfa92e_b.jpg

Picking up SeaTac Ground traffic today (29 miles away)

http://www.w7psk.net/images/seatac2.jpg

Hex code: AE4E8d
Callsign: TU

Unknown aircraft. I think it might be a T-6, but not sure

Anyone know what this is? Its obviously military, but I can’t find any records of it

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7436/27245749745_1275fc19b8_b.jpg