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Sikorsky MH-60R BuNo 166545
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Took me forever to discern the ID thanks to the low-viz scheme. No idea what made them stop at KLUK, but a random guess is that it was on a delivery flight from Sikorsky in CT, based on the lack of unit markings.
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I saw a plane that looked like an old Army U-21 because it had some square windows instead of the King Air's round ones. It was in a two tone gray camouflage scheme, tail number N92B and it had a big pod of some kind attached to the belly. It was climbing out of Wright Patterson Air Force Base on its way somewhere.

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I saw a plane that looked like an old Army U-21 because it had some square windows instead of the King Air's round ones. It was in a two tone gray camouflage scheme, tail number N92B and it had a big pod of some kind attached to the belly. It was climbing out of Wright Patterson Air Force Base on its way somewhere.

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This one perhaps?

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=92B
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Hey that is it! Now I know that it was former 70-15898 U-21G. I wonder what it is doing here and what that thing on its belly is?

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Hey that is it! Now I know that it was former 70-15898 U-21G. I wonder what it is doing here and what that thing on its belly is?


4 of those came through our ramp this summer. They went through customs, dont know where they were comming from but the nose has a BUNCH of antenna's! I recognise the company as we also ran the N number.

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Maybe they are patrolling the border to keep Americans from illegally escaping into Canada, eh?
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N3Njeff wrote:
Greg_in_Ohio wrote:
Hey that is it! Now I know that it was former 70-15898 U-21G. I wonder what it is doing here and what that thing on its belly is?


4 of those came through our ramp this summer. They went through customs, dont know where they were comming from but the nose has a BUNCH of antenna's! I recognise the company as we also ran the N number.


Dynamic Aviation is a company here in VA that owns a zillion old King Airs. They do vaious missions all over the place, both civilian and military applications. Karl Stoltzfus owns it and I think his dad started it. The used to do their stuff with Beech 18s and DC3s. He bought a very nice T-6 a couple fo years ago.
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N3Njeff wrote:
Greg_in_Ohio wrote:
Hey that is it! Now I know that it was former 70-15898 U-21G. I wonder what it is doing here and what that thing on its belly is?


4 of those came through our ramp this summer. They went through customs, dont know where they were comming from but the nose has a BUNCH of antenna's! I recognise the company as we also ran the N number.


Dynamic Aviation is a company here in VA that owns a zillion old King Airs. They do vaious missions all over the place, both civilian and military applications. Karl Stoltzfus owns it and I think his dad started it. The used to do their stuff with Beech 18s and DC3s. He bought a very nice T-6 a couple fo years ago.

I know a good friend flying for them. A lot of what they do sounds like fun.

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A B-17 went by about about an hour ago, not certain which one. The tail wasn't visible to ID from my view.
Lovely dilemna, eh....Which Fort' did I see "today"? :D

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Airnutz, we heard it make a couple of approaches into EFD yesterday. We were busy focusing on the F-4, T-33, and A-4, getting ready for Wings Over Houston this coming weekend. I'm thinking it was probably Texas Raiders doing some training flights ? Spanner can you confirm ?

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It was Texas Raiders. We saw it making orbits when we were running the Phantom.

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An odd one this morning. Sounded like a B-25 for awhile, but not? Then a Stearman-ish biplane generally heading toward
Elli came into view. Sounded like it was on steroids! Couldn't ID it looking into the morning sun.

Thanks for the ID on TR guys!

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Waco UPF-7, lives just around the corner from us in the T hangars at EFD. We saw him taxi in.

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