Hello,
Was anyone else listening last night on the aircraft band? Heard a couple of calls from an aircraft with a rego 'Reach 100', can anyone confirm the correct call sign and was it the C-17 that's in Perth at the moment? It departed around 10pm and headed south before turning west and up the coast. Went outside but it was too far south for me to get alook. Also managed to get it on HF once out of Perth. How long is it around for?
cya
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Hiya mate.....brte wrote:Hello,
Was anyone else listening last night on the aircraft band? Heard a couple of calls from an aircraft with a rego 'Reach 100', can anyone confirm the correct call sign and was it the C-17 that's in Perth at the moment? It departed around 10pm and headed south before turning west and up the coast. Went outside but it was too far south for me to get alook. Also managed to get it on HF once out of Perth. How long is it around for?
cya
Your close to the money there - Yes it was the C-17 - actually, according to a really reliable source - Perth had 2 - C-17's land at different times after 13:35 yesterday - here is the link to the pic of one of them - http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/w ... 9173_1.jpg
Callsign Reach 100- Pretty sure somewhere there - she landed at Pearce - thats about all i know on it.
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Whilst coming home this arvo, through Guildford, i had one of these C-17s come right over my car at what looked like only a few hundred feet. It was on final approach to runway 21 from the north. Looked magnificent just gliding down over our heads, but was making one hell of a noise!!
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Or all of the above?? but I've read it through 4 times, and have a possible idea of what he may have been trying to say but otherwise God and he only knows.
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If anyone was watching the WAFL Football broadcast on ABCTV this arvo around 3.50pm, they would have seen a shot of one of these C-17s in flight. It was climbing skywards after taking off from Perth Airport, and one of our cameras followed it for about 10 seconds.
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We seem to have had a large number of C-17 movements in Perth this week. I have seen two myself (quite impressive i might add) and we have a few reports on this and in other forums. I first thought that it may be the RAAF 36sqn C-17 A41-206 doing training and proving flights but it seems going on reports that we may have USAF Globemasters here as well. Does anyone know what this traffic is in aid of ?. Also why Perth and not Pearce? I am guessing it is something to do with access to vast amounts of Jet fuel but i would be curious to know of any other reasons.
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Always RX - The photo that Mr G Has linked in his post at the top of this page shows 2 USAF aircraft. (The tail of a second plane can be seen behind the nose of the plane in front )Always RX wrote:...but it seems going on reports that we may have USAF Globemasters here as well.
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