Tikaboo Tales

80-1080/BB, pilot says he'll be back in July!

As it's been a bit quiet recently, here's a shot from the family holiday to Vietnam over Xmas.  Makes me want to read the Red Hats book again.... more photos at http://vietnamaircraftxmas2015.wordpress.com

I just happened to be sat at the end of the runway writing my Christmas cards in peace when two Typhoons appeared out of the murk. The 2 seater '1021'/ZK399 had been showing 7700 code, callsign WTN01B mode-S code 43C790 and landed while the single seater ('1023'/ZK394) went back to Warton callsign WTN01A

Have updated the F-117A sighting page   Aroundtherange

N805AM a B757 supposedly of L-3 flying today from GVT back to GVT.  Unlike the similar L-3 COMCO B757s this one has PW2037 engines

N175RU with a man taking photos inside!!   SpecOps C-130 departing Hurlburt Field

Fort Walton Beach  Mi-17 N175RU clanking along the coast on 5-Oct-11 On two other occasions we saw a cammo Mil-8/17 with lights off in company with a white example such as the above. AGEO (?) 96 climbing out of Eglin AFB 6-Oct-11

RAF A330-200 with serial MRTT016 arrived at Boscombe Down around 1100 today using callsign CASA336, inbound from Getafe. MRTT017 was already outside when 016 arrived.  Note that this one has no Airbus Military markings.

http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/journal/pdf/vol03_no2/3.2.2.airborneseeker.pdf

Interesting pods on Blackbox 2

Blackbox 1 19-Jan-11 Blackbox 2  19-Jan-11 Blackbox 3 19-Jan-11

The F-117A and N105TB exercise plus sundry other things is at http://aroundtherange.blogspot.com/

N105TB active in the ranges today out of its home base at Bedford-Hanscom AFB, MA

Extremely secret reconaissance aircraft?