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Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
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Oh, yeah!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
RULost2? and I stopped to watch planes for a while today as a part of our regular commissary/PX run to Bangor Air National Guard Base.
In addition to the regular air traffic, we saw one civilian Embraer with the tail number G-SUGA. I thought it was interesting, so I wrote it down and researched it when I returned home. Here's the owner (and I assume passenger) of the plane.
Interesting! :D:D
Very interesting.
Yup. But it's far more interesting if you have a scanner so you can listen to air traffic control! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
Naw that's boring. I turn it on now and then. The big voice is more interesting. I don't have the timing down yet but the PA system they have out there and the people running tests on it are funny as hell.
The last air base I was assigned to was Griffiss AFB in Rome, N.Y. (Now closed) It was the first time I worked with B-52's. They had a very steep angle to the wings which allowed them to take off with heavy bomb loads. It also allowed them to land nose down, as opposed to nose up. The first time I saw one land I was convinced it was heading straight for a crash! (I did see one catch on fire once, that was exciting :eek:)Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Amazing that the Air Force is still using those planes. They started the prototype in the early 50's I think. Heck I have a 10 year old car I'm thinking of junking. I have flown in the C-5A. Nice, easy flight. No creature comforts, but better than the KC-135 or the hold on to your ass ride of the C-130
My father retired out of Amarillo AFB in Texas in 1967 when they grounded him due to his bloodpressure. At the time he retired he was in the Strategic Air Command and flew B-52's. I have vague memories of going to the base with my cub scout pack and getting a tour of a B-52. When he was still with us, you could get my father to talk for hours if you brought up flying or B-52's.Quote:
Originally Posted by fins2right
If anyone in the area wants to see an Antonov 124 land at Bangor, there's currently one enroute from Houston, due to land at 2:00 PM today (Monday). :D:D
ABORT! ABORT! This flight just dropped off FlightAware. My guess is that the flight was cancelled. I'll keep watching... LOL!
If anyone wants to see this, there is another Antonov 124 in Bangor. There is one currently parked there with a great viewing opportunity at the end of a little road off Main Road between Griffin Road and Godfrey Blvd. The kids thought that it was pretty impressive.
I check FlightAware a couple of times per day, and note that there have been at least a couple of A-124's in the last 2 days. When I see one that is enroute or on the ground, I'll try and post a note here. They really are impressive - especially seeing them land.
Landing yes and taking off. It is wondrous as how a huge thing like that just kind of leaves the ground.
True - but trouble is, when these things take off, they're usually quite a way off. If they're landing on runway 13, you can park right under the flight path. REALLY COOL! (There used to be a geocache there, too. Is it still there?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
If youre referencing "Loudest View", that was removed by the Reservists. That was mine out near the middle of the run way. There is still Flight Watch near the end of the Telford Aviation road.
Yeah - that's the one I was thinking of. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by masterson of the universe
Thank you!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
An Antonov-124 is currently enroute to Bangor, arrival time 5:26 PM.
Missed it. I have looked around the site, and did not find an answer so thought I would ask you WhereRWe?. Is there any way to tell from this or another site what was wrong with the plane that declared emergency last week or so. I made the Bangor daily and being right under the flight path, it was low, loud and scary, for a long time! Last I heard by newspaper and by a Mainiac is that the airline was not answering any phone calls about the incident.
Yes, there is, but I can't find it right now. There's a site that shows reports on all air traffic events. I'll look for it and post a link later, but I didn't want to delay a reply to your question.Quote:
Originally Posted by dufzor
Thank you! Another pal on FB wrote about it too, She couldn't see the plane but she heard it and felt the vibrations and she and her daughter ran out of their house to look for it. Then I talked to a Mainiac from the base and he said that it was probably flying on one engine to be so loud, but that US air was still not answering calls. This is what I wrote about the ex on my FB page.:Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
OMG! I heard this one go over. It was TOO low and the sound went on and on. I was very scared and tried to convince myself that I have watched too many "Seconds from Disaster" shows. Mugsy (cat) and I were on the bed and she was staring up at the sky too, trying to find the plane in the clouds. I wanted to pick her up and run but how do you run from a large aircraft having obvious problems that you can't even see! I felt the same tension as when I watch Air Emergency, but this was REAL and the tension was much greater. I really was waiting for impact nearby if not on our house. I kept remembering that on the show Air Emerg, the planes computers always say "TOO LOW TERRAIN" and I was repeating that in my head as if trying to psycichly (I know, sp) to the plane! Back when I was on the Red Cross's National Disaster Team, I took a 5 hour course re: plane crash emergencies and did a walk thru rescue of a plane crash at another training at BIA and I was trying to remember what I learned so that I could assist if it didn't take us out! I can see why they met the plane with emergency crews! It sounded horrible!
There are a lot of in flight emergencies . . . smoke in the cockpit, one engine out, etc. . . . it's a lot more common than most folks realize. The first few times I thought it was a major event . . . now after hearing dozens of these types of calls they generally turn out to not be that big of a deal . . . not that the situation couldn't go south. . . .
I think this is the site I was thinking of.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Do they declare emergencies and return to the airport for all of those events? Not being sarcastic, just wondering.Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
Thank you. Tried that. Since the incident is over 10 days old 7/11-12/2011, the site tells me to go to the NTSB site, where I find no mention, maybe because they landed safely so there was no accident report?Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Sometimes . . . more often it's an emergency with an in-bound flight originating from somewhere else.
Did find out that they only got a bit past Swan lake before making the U turn. That explains why it was so loud for so long.
There are several Antanov 124's coming through Bangor today. There are two out on the deck right now with one scheduled to leave in a little bit. Again, if you haven't seen one, take a look....
Just came back from lunch and had seen the third one land. Soooo big and sooo slow to watching them touch down. All three are parked. According to the BIA Facebook page, at least one of them is leaving early this afternoon. Impressive.
For some reason there's a flurry of Antonov-124's arriving in Bangor. Two arrived/left yesterday, one is due to depart in a couple of minutes, and another is on the ground with no projected departure. Great opportunity to see these big planes! (I note that they're all departing for Prestwick, Scotland. It's unusual that all these planes have the same destination. Since there originating from Charleston AFB, SC., I assume they're transporting MRAP vehicles for the US military...
There's an Antonov-12 currently on the ground at Bangor. No projected departure yet, but if you're interested, monitor FlightAware.com for the routing to be posted.
Hope its still there on thurs!
Sorry - left at about 3:20 AM this morning. LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by dufzor
It was amazing.
It was even very quite. You didn't even hear it taxiing to the start point. A shorter trip down the runway than I would have thought and then it just lifted off.
They make a lot more noise landing and taking off during the day. Only felt the ground shake a little too.
I am, admittedly, a novice when it comes to planes...but you guys got me interested enough with this thread that I did some research. By that I mean I did what every good moderately intrigued novice would do. I trolled youtube looking for videos of the plane. The 225 is absolutely massive! I remember when I saw Air Force One over nyc moving right along. I can't imagine seeing that beast gliding over my neighborhood!
I was driving on a road near airport yesterday and a HUGE airplane was flying low next to me getting ready to land. It was an amazing moment, too bad I didn't have camera available at that moment.
Looking at FlightAware, I don't see that any big charter planes arrived, so it was probably a military flight (C-5A or something - the US's biggest plane). They don't show up on FlightAware.Quote:
Originally Posted by cano