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Old 14th April 2009, 04:42 PM
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Default RCH5E1 (or 6E1) this week???

Hi all, this is more a question for the Sydney people but does anyone know if the weekly flight mentioned from the US came in this week. I didn't pick it up yesterday as usual and figured it might be because of the public holiday here.
did anyone else pick it up at all or see it?
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Old 14th April 2009, 06:38 PM
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Nothing on Mode-S yet so it may not come in this week.

I am nr St Marys so I always pick this flight up.
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Old 14th April 2009, 07:50 PM
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Am going to be a sticky beak here, but what flight is this. Sounds military and obviously Military. But what is it and where does it come from ?

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Old 14th April 2009, 09:23 PM
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Thanks Peter. Didn't think it had.

Mark, its a USAF flight that comes in most weeks, flies Hawaii-Richmond-Alice Springs-Richmond-Brisbane-Hawaii most weeks over three days.
Im pretty sure its bringing in weekly supplies of Ketchup (probably not ketchup but still i can presume) for the americans over at Pine Gap or whatever it is over in Alice Springs near there that the americans run.
Brisbane is the fuel stop before it heads back to Hawaii on the Wednesday.

Thats my understanding anyway.
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Old 15th April 2009, 10:50 AM
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What type of aircraft is it that usually flies this operation?
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Old 15th April 2009, 12:58 PM
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well it really depends. The last 8 odd weeks when ive driven past its been a c17 but i also saw regular runs with the kc10 but im guessing it depends on what they are bringing and just whatever aircraft gets assigned.
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Old 28th April 2009, 04:18 PM
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Has anyone happened to be listening to sydney ATC at the moment and listening to melbourne center and RCH6E1? Just wondering what they were talking about as half of it i couldnt understand because the was a lot of static or something? Something about their decent or something and a visual high speed approach or something, as i have never heard anything like a high speed and overhead approach? It confusing i know but im only getting half of it
Just curious.

Its now holding in a left circuit over Richmond?
And now its just gone to a normal visual 28 approach. strange.

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Old 28th April 2009, 05:07 PM
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I was at Richmond today spotting and there was a C17 from Hickam AFB
HH 55153.I think the call sign was Reach 36 it departed at around 1040am.Hope that helps.

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Old 28th April 2009, 05:15 PM
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Yea thats the one im talking about came in yesterday went out to see it come in, the weekly run but using Reach 6 Echo 1 - but its return this avo was weird what he was requesting!!
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Old 28th April 2009, 05:17 PM
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I was at Richmond today spotting 1040am.Hope that helps.
OK and i dont know about you but when i'm there, simply just sitting in my car, some people just give me the wierdest looks like seriously. kinda creepy!
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