Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:27 am
Is it still on for the RC135 to move here still
Yes
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Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:31 am
Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:45 pm
I suspect this was a Functional Check Flight (FCF) considering the profile and the fact that it hadn't flown since its arrival on the 20th Sep. Think Valley was to have been a turning point - at 60,000ft
Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:54 pm
Spot on as usual Graham I suspect .graham luxton wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:45 pmI suspect this was a Functional Check Flight (FCF) considering the profile and the fact that it hadn't flown since its arrival on the 20th Sep. Think Valley was to have been a turning point - at 60,000ft
When she does her first 'operational' sortie her c/s will be interesting - presumably not 'Dragon XX' 
Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:00 pm
Very good...
Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:51 pm
A couple of years ago when they operated from Fairford they used the ‘Quid’ callsign
Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:34 pm
OK with me - as long as they don't use 'Euro' call-signs!
Re: Dragon02
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:00 pm
No U-2 was due westbound today, I believe some of the Facebook groups put 2+2 together when they seen a photo of a B-52 pilot & a U-2 pilot suited up and saying heading westbound,,, taken from another social media site 