I see this often with trainers. Not usually a big deal at all. But when I see it across different platforms, it's not something I commonly see and I watch adsbexchange daily. Former Navy aviation guy so it always interest me to watch what's going on. Also common when jets share a squadron to use similar callsigns. This may be mission based instead? None are transcontinental so far, so it's difficult to tell.
And if you didn't catch it, there was a SAM bird (B757) out of Hawaii that looks like it took off toward the East, then had to turn back to HI. Wondering if mechanical failure, in flight emergency or other. That's one of the types that had taken Harris and reporters to Asia this past week. Blue and white painted official bird. It's on deck now so I can't back track to its callsign.
Could they be out of a local outfit that does aerial tours during the day? I know that happens around Gatlinburg, TN, but wondering if that could be the reason for the helicopters. They sure aren't military models unless they're squawking intentionally wrong data.
Ok, maybe I found something to explain at least the RCH birds. Everything around the Middle East from the US starts with RCH in its callsign. That must mean all these transports are part of the same overall mission in Afghanistan to get people out of there and back stateside. Just the back and forth hops from AFG to Germany or UAE, then hops back to the US. Everything in that mission probably shares callsigns so they can track by the 3 digit number.
But then what about the 737/C130 sharing callsigns (not RCH) and then the Beech 90's being the same but seemingly out of different places?
CNV is common, it's for Naval Brass transport aircraft
STGRY is "Stingray" used by spy birds collecting all our data.
I see this often with trainers. Not usually a big deal at all. But when I see it across different platforms, it's not something I commonly see and I watch adsbexchange daily. Former Navy aviation guy so it always interest me to watch what's going on. Also common when jets share a squadron to use similar callsigns. This may be mission based instead? None are transcontinental so far, so it's difficult to tell.
Spraying "covid"? Watch and see if cases go up in these areas.
And if you didn't catch it, there was a SAM bird (B757) out of Hawaii that looks like it took off toward the East, then had to turn back to HI. Wondering if mechanical failure, in flight emergency or other. That's one of the types that had taken Harris and reporters to Asia this past week. Blue and white painted official bird. It's on deck now so I can't back track to its callsign.
That look normal? That many helos around Disney? They were all showing private owned.
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Could they be out of a local outfit that does aerial tours during the day? I know that happens around Gatlinburg, TN, but wondering if that could be the reason for the helicopters. They sure aren't military models unless they're squawking intentionally wrong data.
There are no helicopter rides over Disney to ruin the experience for sure.
Ok, maybe I found something to explain at least the RCH birds. Everything around the Middle East from the US starts with RCH in its callsign. That must mean all these transports are part of the same overall mission in Afghanistan to get people out of there and back stateside. Just the back and forth hops from AFG to Germany or UAE, then hops back to the US. Everything in that mission probably shares callsigns so they can track by the 3 digit number.
But then what about the 737/C130 sharing callsigns (not RCH) and then the Beech 90's being the same but seemingly out of different places?
RCH is common for the transports stands for "REACH"