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Aircraft Romeo 146
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:37 pm
by Beachie
Just been listening (in Bunbury) on 124.900 Melbourne ATC and heard them speaking to 3 possibly 4 aircraft who were using the call signs Romeo 146, 148 and 157.
They were asking, in American accents, for airspace clearance to 40,000 feet!
I assume they are Military. Any ideas on what they were?
Thanks
Beachie
Re: Aircraft Romeo 146
Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:44 pm
by gkoutlis
Beachie wrote:Just been listening (in Bunbury) on 124.900 Melbourne ATC and heard them speaking to 3 possibly 4 aircraft who were using the call signs Romeo 146, 148 and 157.
They were asking, in American accents, for airspace clearance to 40,000 feet!
I assume they are Military. Any ideas on what they were?
Thanks
Beachie
Possibly from Pearce mate - haven't heard, but a source says (limited details) flight training - not sure on A/C type but yeah definatley US.
G
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:01 am
by nachoman
Anything further on this ? Like what type of aircraft, why there are here etc
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:13 pm
by doogues71
this was on the 7 news the other night.There here for war games with our boys and some other countries.There mostly based in Darwin but some are here in Perth.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:29 am
by youngscanner
ummmmmmmmmmm i think this is qantas coz i picked up this channel the other day and i heard the word qantas about 3 or 4 times
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:25 pm
by Stretch
youngscanner wrote: ummmmmmmmmmm i think this is qantas coz i picked up this channel the other day and i heard the word qantas about 3 or 4 times
BAe Hawks maybe? 40,000ft though I know a couple of RAAF F-18’s come down to Pearce for some ‘fun’ regularly. I very much doubt it would be Qantas because they wouldn’t use the call sign Romeo they would use Qantas or QF “QF10 direct to Kalgoorlie requesting clearance to FL40â€