B-2 and departures day

[mushbuster]

Sounds good to me I understand Cuba is very dry at this time of year

[BOLLO]

Now on 134.55,10 miles SW of FFD.

It just flew over Swindon (7.06pm). No escorts

It came over Trowbridge too but i was not allowed to tell anyone incase the USAF found out, and I dont like the idea of spending the weekend in Cuba Now will you please keep this intel to the 140,000 Fairford visitors and the worlds press only, nuff said..

Classic.

[paullangford]

Yea, I got a "very naughty boy" telling off on this forum for daring to "ask" what the ETA of the B2 was, & could jepordise the whole event accordingly,
but it's just fine to publish frequencies, headings, tracking info, sightings etc, as far away as off the coast of IRELAND yesterday............hilarious.

[BOLLO]

Yea, I got a "very naughty boy" telling off on this forum for daring to "ask" what the ETA of the B2 was, & could jepordise the whole event accordingly,
but it's just fine to publish frequencies, headings, tracking info, sightings etc, as far away as off the coast of IRELAND yesterday............hilarious.

Yeah strange that is it not ,made me laugh as all ways.Can't wait for Monday when it all starts again, nearly gave the game away

[paullangford]

Yea, I got a "very naughty boy" telling off on this forum for daring to "ask" what the ETA of the B2 was, & could jepordise the whole event accordingly,
but it's just fine to publish frequencies, headings, tracking info, sightings etc, as far away as off the coast of IRELAND yesterday............hilarious.

Yeah strange that is it not ,made me laugh as all ways.Can't wait for Monday when it all starts again, nearly gave the game away

Careful !......they'll lock you up .......and make you wear an anorak for the rest of your life !

[BOLLO]

Hey they might fit now I've lost a few tonne.

[dannyboyo20]

These few previous comments have really tickled me

[wave scanner]

Sounds good to me I understand Cuba is very dry at this time of year

Not so plenty of Bacardi

[2e1var]

B2 will depart Monday but NOT back to the states, will stop over elsewhere and fly stateside Tuesday according to the pilot.

[zero_gravity]

QID 95 and 96 heading NW and just approaching the Scottish border....FL330....in view of last post probably not B2 related but maybe
linked to the departure of other particpants.....?

[BOLLO]

Just for a RCH C 17 bud.

[zero_gravity]

Thanks Bollo

ZG

[BOLLO]

They were telling punters that they were departing Tuesday one day and yesterday telling peeps befor mid day today.May well be bull shine in both cases to avoid questions so will see how it rolls later.

[BunkerAlpha]

B2 will depart Monday but NOT back to the states, will stop over elsewhere and fly stateside Tuesday according to the pilot.

Road trip to Machrihanish then

[BOLLO]

QID 95 and 96 heading NW and just approaching the Scottish border....FL330....in view of last post probably not B2 related but maybe
linked to the departure of other particpants.....?

Although QUID 80/81 departed Mildenhall early hours Sunday morning,were noted on PP/SBS still up at around 15.00/16.00 some place out down the south west and have still not returned to Mildenhall,could this be DEATH 11's tanker support to where ever its departing to later.

[MikeB]

Well this has been an interesting read; and very funny in places - I was working all weekend and unable to participate in anything aviation wise really

So, lets talk about its "stealthy" arrival into the UK and that it was undetectable by radar - rubbish. I watched it come in at work from way off Lands End. It had primary as well as secondary returns

It came over the ocean via Santa Maria, hence nothing with Shanwick till later, it filed an airborne flight plan (by Santa Maria) at some stage which I think was due to a reroute whilst in the air to avoid weather. I believe it was originally going to come in via French Airspace but didn't

It doesn't need escorts to be detectable on radar. I don't know what they use to show as primary returns, but they all have transponders for secondary. I expect there's something that deploys out of the airframe to assist with showing as a primary, and I would think it would have an electronic emmiter of some sort - the F117s had little blocks which were added manually to the side of the airframes which did the same thing. These could be switched on and off from the cockpit if required. Obviously, during real missions these were removed.

As for the statement about the USAF not sending a B2 if there was too much publicity?? Total rubbish. If they felt this way it would have just turned up without the announcement (which would have been impossible anyway)

Cheers

Tony

With regards to the F-117 they do similar with the F-22, by placing a bolt onto the bottom of the air frame, which can be seen here:



Didn't take a close look, but I imagine the B-2 has a similar gadget.

2e1var - I believe it will be flying direct to Whiteman today.

[mushbuster]

They were telling punters that they were departing Tuesday one day and yesterday telling peeps befor mid day today.May well be bull shine in both cases to avoid questions so will see how it rolls later.

A pilot of this particular aircraft is hardly going to tell the public something he is likely to be disciplined for saying, you will never get the full story when you ask them questions like that as they are not allowed to tell it. Operational security is part of their basic training.

For the tankers I think he can easily make it home from Fairford to Whiteman without them, unless the 100ARW need some more practice of course

[BOLLO]

They were telling punters that they were departing Tuesday one day and yesterday telling peeps befor mid day today.May well be bull shine in both cases to avoid questions so will see how it rolls later.

A pilot of this particular aircraft is hardly going to tell the public something he is likely to be disciplined for saying, you will never get the full story when you ask them questions like that as they are not allowed to tell it. Operational security is part of their basic training.

For the tankers I think he can easily make it home from Fairford to Whiteman without them, unless the 100ARW need some more practice of course

Well thhats what they were saying to peeps who asked them if they were departing today or not .

[Dan213]

where has it gone it has disappesred from its static spot

[jeffers.k2]

The Pilot does'nt know. I was at Fairford yesterday and some guy asked the pilot if he would go and stand by the nose wheel to show some scale. He then went and asked permission from a stern looking guy (possibly Special Forces) to go behind the secondary cordon line so the guy next to me could snap a shot!!!!!!!!